Lucian Puscasiu

No ORCID on file · 13 papers in corpus
meta-analysis 2025
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews ·doi:10.1002/14651858.cd000547.pub3

BACKGROUND: Uterine fibroids occur in up to 40% of women over 35 years of age. Up to 50% of uterine fibroids cause symptoms that warrant treatment: anaemia caused by heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain, dysmenorrhoea, infertility and poor…

observational 2020
Reproductive BioMedicine Online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2020.09.008

RESEARCH QUESTION: Are large ovarian endometriomas associated with high pre-operative anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentrations? DESIGN: Data from 332 women who underwent AMH measurement before surgery for endometriosis were prospectivel…

review 2020
Medical ultrasonography ·doi:10.11152/mu-2331

The authors present their experience in ultrasound patterns of primary and recurrent endometrioma and correspondence with histopathological results, using 2D and color Doppler ultrasound examination. Cases of primary and recurrent endometri…

other 2017
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2017.10.026

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To document the presence of bowel invisible microscopic endometriosis implants and their relationship with deep endometriosis macronodule infiltrating the bowel. DESIGN: A series of consecutive patients with deep endometri…

meta-analysis 2017
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews ·doi:10.1002/14651858.cd000547.pub2

BACKGROUND: Uterine fibroids occur in up to 40% of women aged over 35 years. Some are asymptomatic, but up to 50% cause symptoms that warrant therapy. Symptoms include anaemia caused by heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain, dysmenorrhoea, …

observational 2016
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2016.08.818

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the probability of postoperative pregnancy in infertile women with ovarian endometrioma larger than 3 cm in diameter, managed by either ablation using plasma energy or cystectomy. DESIGN: A multicentric case-con…

case-report 2015
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2015.05.023

OBJECTIVE: To discuss the risk of bowel occlusion or subocclusion in patients with pregnancy wish and deep colorectal endometriosis, when surgery is postponed until after conception. DESIGN: A prospective series of consecutive patients man…

other 2015
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.11.006

OBJECTIVE: To provide a mapping of bowel occult microscopic endometriosis implants from colorectal specimens removed from patients who had undergone colorectal resection for deep endometriosis infiltrating the rectum. DESIGN: A series of c…

nonrandomized-trial 2014
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons ·doi:10.4293/jsls.2014.00002

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of ovarian endometrioma vaporization using plasma energy on antimullerian hormone (AMH) level. METHOD: We report a prospective, noncomparative series (NCT01596985). Twenty-two patients with unilateral o…

review 2013
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2013.04.015

The relationship between deep fibrotic endometriosis of the rectum and digestive symptoms as well as the impact of surgical treatment on digestive complaints appears increasingly complex. With the exception of cases in which the disease lea…

other 2013
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.01.131

OBJECTIVE: To compare delayed digestive outcomes in women managed by two different surgical philosophies: a radical approach mainly related to colorectal resection, and a conservative approach involving rectal shaving and rectal nodule exci…

other 2013
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2013.02.016

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess recurrence and pregnancy rates in women with ovarian endometrioma treated via ablation using plasma energy. DESIGN: Retrospective non-comparative pilot study including 55 patients treated during 28 months, with p…

observational 2010
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons ·doi:10.4293/108680810x12785289143800

BACKGROUND: To evaluate intra- and postoperative complications associated with laparoscopic management of rectal endometriosis by either colorectal segmental resection or nodule excision. METHODS: During 39 consecutive months, 46 women und…