Adalgisa Pietropolli

PURPOSE: There is limited information on the risk factors for recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). METHODS: In this study, a patient-based approach was used to investigate the possible involvement and relative relevance of a large number of dia…

The most recent international guidelines regarding recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) exclude most of the immunological tests recommended for RPL since they do not reach an evidence-based level. Comparisons for metanalysis and systematic review…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) findings in patients who underwent segmental rectosigmoid resection for deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) and to correlate postsurgical ultrasound findings with symptoms. METHODS: …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the ultrasonographic presence of different forms of endometriosis and the associated clinical symptoms in adolescent women. DESIGN: Retrospective observational study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Two h…

To investigate whether or not an ovarian endometrioma detected by ultrasound was associated with other appearances of pelvic endometriosis such as adhesions and/or deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) in order to improve the management of …

To evaluate the presence or absence of residual posterior disease and adhesions by 2D and 3D transvaginal sonography in patients who underwent segmental bowel resection for Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). Furthermore the presence or …

Copyright © 2014 Elvira Paladino et al.This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is pr…

Objective Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) is a macromolecular glycoprotein. The peritoneal fluid of women affected by endometriosis shows a significant increase of PAPP-A levels. Given the important role of PAPP-A in first tr…

OBJECTIVE: It has been suggested that the development of uterine leiomyomas is positively influenced by an immune system in a chronically inflammatory state and that a lower level of regulating T cell (Treg cells) would play a central role.…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possible effect of clinical and genetic variables on the association between PTPN22 and endometriosis. METHODS: PTPN22, ACP₁ and p53 codon 72 genetic polymorphisms and duration of previous pharmacological trea…

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) can be identified as a chronic nociceptive, inflammatory and neuropathic pain characterised by spontaneous pain and an exaggerated response to painful and/or innocuous stimuli. This pain condition is extremely debi…

OBJECTIVE(S): To assess the recurrence rate of endometrioma after laparoscopic cystectomy plus hormonal suppression treatment or plus dietary therapy compared to post-operative placebo. STUDY DESIGN: A randomized comparative trial was cond…

Recent studies suggest that acid phosphatase locus 1 (ACP1) could be involved in T-cell antigen receptor signaling and in immune disorders. The present study shows that the ACP1( *)C allele, which is associated with elevated enzymatic activ…

PTPN22 is currently one of the few known shared-autoimmunity genes and is therefore a candidate marker for endometriosis. Our data show that female carriers of the PTPN22( *)T variant are significantly more susceptible to endometriosis than…

OBJECTIVES: To compare the surgical and immediate postoperative outcomes for vaginal hysterectomy (VH) with those for laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) in patients with enlarged myomatous uterus. METHODS: Eighty women r…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness for the outcomes of endometriosis-related pain and quality of life of conservative surgery plus placebo compared with conservative surgery plus hormonal suppression treatment or dietary therapy. DES…