European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether omentectomy is required in the operation for ovarian cancer, in particular at the early stage. STUDY DESIGN: F344 nude rats were divided into two groups: one in which laparotomy and omentectomy were perfor…

OBJECTIVES: To describe the outcomes of laparoscopic surgery for severe ureteric endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective descriptive study of the clinical and surgical outcomes for patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery for severe …

OBJECTIVE: Overexpression of DNA methyltransferase 3A (DNMT3A) and aberrant methylation of various genes in eutopic endometrium have been demonstrated in women with endometriosis. We aimed to study whether DNMT3A polymorphisms could be a ge…

UNLABELLED: Endometriosis is a complex disease with unclear pathogenesis, defined as the presence of endometrial tissue (glands and stroma) outside its usual location in the uterine cavity. Ureteral involvement is rare, with an estimated fr…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the trial was to assess the safety and efficacy of tricholoroacetic acid for the treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding using topical versus intrauterine instillation. STUDY DESIGN: In a pilot prospective randomi…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of hysteroscopic polypectomy with endometrial ablation in the management of tamoxifen-associated endometrial polyps in postmenopausal women with a more than 3-year follow-up perio…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the feasibility and value of abdominal ultrasound guided access for transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy (THL). STUDY DESIGN: One hundred and ninety-three infertile women were retrospectively included. A total of 31 subject…

OBJECTIVE: The use of laparoscopy in unexplained infertility work-up is still a subject of debate, although laparoscopy remains the gold standard for diagnosis and treatment of several pelvic pathologies. The objective of this study was to …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate image findings in the junctional zone (JZ) in patients with endometriosis and correlate with image findings of adenomyosis. To attempt a correlation of the degree of adenomyotic infiltration with the degree of infilt…

OBJECTIVE: Estrogen receptor interacts in several types of cells with phosphatidyl-inositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway regulating cell survival and apoptosis. No data are available of the Akt/PKB signaling and its role in the endometrial homeosta…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the relationship between endometriosis and polymorphisms in insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and IGF-I receptor genes. STUDY DESIGN: In a case-control study, 128 women with endometriosis and 108 control women were…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the differentiation conditions of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) into endometrial epithelial cells and to confirm the effect of 17β-estradiol in this process. STUDY DESIGN: BMSCs were cultured alone or…

OBJECTIVES: The levonorgestrel (LNG) intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) has been shown to improve symptoms in women with minimal to moderate endometriosis. The precise mechanism for this is unknown. We hypothesized that this involves alteration …

OBJECTIVE: To clinically analyze cases of ectopic ovarian pregnancy and to generate data regarding the evaluation and management of suspected ectopic ovarian pregnancies. STUDY DESIGN: We retrospectively analyzed 49 ovarian pregnancies tha…

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the combination of PR (PROGINS), ERβ G+1730A and/or LHβ G1502A polymorphisms in infertile women with and without endometriosis and in a control group increases the risk of infertility and/or endometriosis. …

OBJECTIVE: Aim of our study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the association between N-Palmitoylethanolamine and transpolydatin in the management of chronic pelvic pain related to EMS. STUDY DESIGN: This was a randomized, double-blind,…

OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of bone marrow derived-mononuclear stem cells transplantation in the growth, VEGF-R and TNF-alpha expression of surgically induced endometriosis in an experimental model. STUDY DESIGN: This is an experimental…

OBJECTIVE: To assess adhesion formation and fertility outcome after transient abdominal ovariopexy performed in patients with severe endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study including 218 patients who underwent surgery for severe e…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the success rate of proximal tubal occlusion with Essure(®) devices in subfertile women with unilateral or bilateral hydrosalpinx and to observe the results of subsequent treatment with IVF-ET and/or frozen embryo …