Guido Ragni

No ORCID on file · 18 papers in corpus · active 2005-2016

Study types

  • article 15
  • other 2
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • mesh:D004715 15
  • endometriosis 6
  • endometrioma 6
  • infertility 2
  • mesh:D004412 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • mesh:D017699 1
  • dysmenorrhea 1
article 2016

'To whom correspondence should be addressed Long episodes of regular, prolonged, abundant menstrual flows are generally agreed to increase the risk of endometriosis. Since oral oestrogen-progestogen combina-tions reduce and intra-uteri…

article 2016

background: There is growing and consistent evidence showing that ovarian reserve is affected following surgical excision of ovarian endometriomas. Of particular concern is the risk of severe ovarian damage leading to unresponsiveness to ov…

article 2014

The laparoscopic excision of ovarian endometriomas appears to increase the chances of spontaneous conception, but the value of this treatment in women selected for IVF–ICSI cycles is debated. Studies recruiting women with unilat-eral diseas…

other 2013
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.01.110

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate IVF outcome in women with unoperated bilateral endometriomas. DESIGN: Multicenter retrospective cohort study. SETTINGS: Two infertility units. PATIENT(S): Thirty-nine women with bilateral endometriomas matched with…

article 2013
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.3109/09513590.2013.813476

There is a general belief that pregnancy has a beneficial effect on endometriosis but evidence is scanty. Moreover, some recent warning reports documented progression-growth of ovarian endometriomas during pregnancy. To further elucidate th…

article 2012
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/des054

background: There is a growing consensus that ovarian endometriomas should not be systematically removed in women selected for IVF. However, some recent evidence suggested that the presence of these cysts may negatively affect the course of…

article 2011
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/der208

BACKGROUND: A possible and neglected concern in women with endometriosis undergoing IVF is the potential risk of progression of the disease. We set up a prospective study mainly aimed at evaluating the impact of IVF on endometriosis-related…

article 2011
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2011.01.053
article 2011
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/der097

BACKGROUND: There is a growing consensus that ovarian reserve is reduced after surgical excision of ovarian endometriomas. However, it remains to be fully clarified whether this damage precedes or follows surgery. In order to further elucid…

article 2010
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dep464

BACKGROUND: There is growing and consistent evidence showing that ovarian reserve is affected following surgical excision of ovarian endometriomas. Of particular concern is the risk of severe ovarian damage leading to unresponsiveness to ov…

article 2009
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dep202

BACKGROUND: A growing body of evidence suggests that ovarian reserve is damaged after excision of ovarian endometriomas. However, it may not be excluded that gonadal damage is at least partly caused by the very presence of an endometrioma p…

article 2009
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/s1472-6483(10)60099-5
article 2009
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.09.007
other 2008
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.038

The authors evaluated the risk of developing a pelvic abscess in a series of 214 in vitro fertilization cycles that were performed in women with endometriomas. This complication was never recorded, indicating that its risk is very low (0.0;…

article 2008
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/den133

BACKGROUND: The influence of previous conservative surgery for endometriomas on IVF-ICSI outcome is debated. Conflicting information emerging from the literature may be consequent to the fact that endometriomas are mostly monolateral. The c…

article 2006
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.034
article 2005
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2005.05.056
review 2005
Human reproduction update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/dmi035

The laparoscopic excision of ovarian endometriomas appears to increase the chances of spontaneous conception, but the value of this treatment in women selected for IVF-ICSI cycles is debated. Studies recruiting women with unilateral disease…