Maria Cristina Meriggiola

ORCID: 0000-0003-0061-9834 · 15 papers in corpus
2025
·doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2025.108291
review 2025
Contraception and reproductive medicine ·doi:10.1186/s40834-025-00399-8

INTRODUCTION: Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) are increasingly gaining popularity due to their high efficacy and ease of use compared to short-acting reversible contraceptives (SARCs). Among available LARCs, the etonogestrel (…

observational 2024
·doi:10.23736/s2724-5276.20.05842-9

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of ultrasound diagnosis of adenomyosis and endometriosis in young women complaining of pelvic pain and to find the symptoms and clinical characteristics associated with these …

observational 2023
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-023-07125-2

PURPOSE: to compare the effects of Dienogest 2 mg (D) alone or combined with estrogens (D + ethinylestradiol 0.03 mg, D + EE; D + estradiol valerate 1-3 mg, D + EV) in terms of symptoms and endometriotic lesions variations. METHODS: This r…

observational 2023
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-2671149/v1

Abstract Purpose to compare the effects of Dienogest 2 mg (D) alone or combined with estrogens (D + ethinylestradiol 0.03 mg, D + EE; D + estradiol valerate 1–3 mg, D + EV) in terms of symptoms and endometriotic lesions variations. Methods …

observational 2023
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) ·doi:10.3390/medicina59061154

Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate lifestyle, menopausal symptoms, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and sleep disorders in post-menopausal women throughout the first wave of the COVID-19 pan…

2022
·doi:10.1017/9781108899987.015

Complaints related to endometriosis, irregular vaginal bleeding, fibroids, chronic recurrent colpitis, urinary tract infections or other benign gynecological conditions can be a heavy burden for patients regardless of one’s gender identity …

observational 2021
International journal of environmental research and public health ·doi:10.3390/ijerph18137133

The demand for masculinizing breast surgery and hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (HBSO) from transmen has increased. With a multidisciplinary approach, these surgeries can be performed in a single session. The objective of …

observational 2020
Minerva pediatrics ·doi:10.23736/s0026-4946.20.05842-9

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of ultrasound diagnosis of adenomyosis and endometriosis in young women complaining of pelvic pain and to find the symptoms and clinical characteristics associated with these …

observational 2020
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.13824

INTRODUCTION: Recto-vaginal endometriosis surgical management needing partial colpectomy is a surgically challenging condition and has been associated with a notable risk of major postoperative complications. In the present study we sought …

other 2020
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine ·doi:10.1002/jum.15213

OBJECTIVES: To describe the ultrasound (US) features of intraligamental myomas (IMs) using Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment group standardized terminology. METHODS: This was a retrospective monocentric study. A total of 125 cons…

review 2019
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) ·doi:10.3390/medicina55080477

Hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) is effective in treating the symptoms of menopause. Endometriosis is defined as the presence of functional endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity with a tendency towards invasion and infiltration. B…

review 2019
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) ·doi:10.3390/medicina55100615

The aim of this review is to provide an overview of genitourinary health in peri- and postmenopause, particularly of vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA), which is part of genitourinary syndrome (GSM). This condition has a high prevalence among post-…

rct 2002
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism ·doi:10.1210/jcem.87.5.8514

Androgen-progestin combinations are promising male contraceptive regimens. Optimization of these regimens includes the development of new progestins with more favorable biological properties. In this context we tested the effects of the pro…

nonrandomized-trial 2002
·doi:10.1210/jc.87.5.2107

Androgen-progestin combinations are promising male contraceptive regimens. Optimization of these regimens includes the development of new progestins with more favorable biological properties. In this context we tested the effects of the pro…