ObjectiveTo evaluate the oncological and reproductive outcomes of patients with ovarian sex-cord stromal tumors (SCSTs) treated with fertility sparing surgery (FSS).Material and methodsThis retrospective study included patients diagnosed wi…
AIM: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of color Doppler mapping for tubal patency, comparing its results with those of hysterosalpingography (HSG) and laparoscopy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A prospective clinical study was conducted in 36 su…
OBJECTIVE: To compare the levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) with hysterectomy in patients with adenomyosis and to study the effects of both treatments on quality of life (QOL). DESIGN: Prospective randomized clinical trial. SET…
Pelvic pain is the most common gynecological symptom in adolescent girls presenting with an adnexal mass and the leading reason for hospital admission. A single center retrospective study, carried out in the years 2005–2006, enrolled 63 gir…
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of three different progestins with differing androgenicity on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in overweight-obese younger postmenopausal women. Additionally, the relationsh…
BACKGROUND: Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata is a benign disease of women of reproductive age. Female gonadal steroids play the major role in pathogenesis, but reported cases in postmenopausal women suggests other factors. A few case…
AIM: To report 11 cases of incisional endometriosis after cesarean section, episiotomy and other gynecologic procedures. The diagnostic approaches and therapies for incisional endometriosis are also evaluated. METHODS: Eleven patients who …
Our purpose was to assess the most proper time for initiation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) therapy combined with laparoscopic drainage. The first group included 13 women with 18 endometriomas (5 bilaterally) in whom dr…
In order to assess the effectiveness of GnRH-agonist (GnRH-a) therapy in the treatment of endometriomas, with or without surgical intervention, 26 women with laparoscopically proven endometriomas, greater than 3 cm diameter were recruited t…