Histological classification of endometriosis as a predictor of response to treatmentM S Abrao
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, The University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 82:31-40. 2003
..To evaluate the usefulness of the histological classification of endometriosis in predicting responses to treatment...
Endometriosis of the ureter and bladder are not associated diseasesMauricio Simoes Abrao
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fertil Steril 91:1662-7. 2009
..To verify whether bladder and ureter endometriosis had the same clinical features and disease behavior...
- Deeply infiltrating endometriosis affecting the rectum and lymph nodes
Mauricio S Abrao
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fertil Steril 86:543-7. 2006
..To analyze morphologic aspects of bowel endometriosis...
- Bowel endometriosis and schistosomiasis: a rare but possible association
Mauricio Simoes Abrao
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital das Clinicas, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fertil Steril 85:1060.e1-2. 2006
..To report the case of a patient submitted to laparoscopic bowel resection in whom histology revealed endometriosis and schistosomiasis...
- Endometriosis lesions that compromise the rectum deeper than the inner muscularis layer have more than 40% of the circumference of the rectum affected by the disease
Mauricio Simoes Abrao
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Minim Invasive Gynecol 15:280-5. 2008
..To estimate the relationship between the depth of lesions of rectal endometriosis and the percentage of the circumference of the bowel segment affected by the disease...
- Treatment of rectosigmoid endometriosis by laparoscopically assisted vaginal rectosigmoidectomy
M S Abrao
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Sao Paulo, Medical School, General Hospital, Av Dr Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar, 255, 10 andar, CEP 05403 900, Cerqueira, CESAR, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 91:27-31. 2005
..To describe the use of mechanical anastomoses in cases of laparoscopically assisted vaginal rectosigmoidectomy for the treatment of rectosigmoid endometriosis...
- Bowel endometriosis and mucocele of the appendix
Mauricio Simoes Abrao
Endometriosis Division, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, , , Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Minim Invasive Gynecol 12:299-300. 2005
- [Rectovaginal septum endometriosis: a disease with specific diagnosis and treatment]
Mauricio Simoes Abrao
Departamento de Obstetricia e Ginecologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Arq Gastroenterol 40:192-7. 2003
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- Rectal endoscopic ultrasound with a radial probe in the assessment of rectovaginal endometriosis
Mauricio Simoes Abrao
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 11:50-4. 2004
..To evaluate the accuracy of rectal endoscopic ultrasound and to evaluate endometriosis in the rectovaginal septum, rectum, and sigmoid walls...
- Endometriosis at several sites, cyclic bowel symptoms, and the likelihood of the appendix being affected
Mauricio Simoes Abrao
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sirio Libanes Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fertil Steril 94:1099-101. 2010
..When these characteristics are present or if patients have more than three sites affected by endometriosis, the surgeon should evaluate the appendix carefully...
- Epidemiological and clinical aspects of pelvic endometriosis–a case series
Patrick Bellelis
Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP
Rev Assoc Med Bras 56:467-71. 2010
..To describe clinical and epidemiological aspects of patients with pelvic endometriosis who underwent laparoscopy at our service...
- CD4(+) CD25(high) Foxp3(+) cells increased in the peritoneal fluid of patients with endometriosis
Sergio Podgaec
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Am J Reprod Immunol 68:301-8. 2012
..To evaluate CD4(+) CD25(high) Foxp3(+) cells and IL-6, IL-10, IL-17, and TGF-β in the peritoneal fluid of women with endometriosis...
- Evaluation of CA-125 and soluble CD-23 in patients with pelvic endometriosis: a case-control study
Ivana Maria de Luna Ramos
Endometriosis Division, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Rev Assoc Med Bras 58:26-32. 2012
..To evaluate serum concentrations of CA-125 and soluble CD-23 and to correlate them with clinical symptoms, localization and stage of pelvic endometriosis and histological classification of the disease...
- Patients with endometriosis of the rectosigmoid have a higher percentage of natural killer cells in peripheral blood
Joao Antonio Dias
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Minim Invasive Gynecol 19:317-24. 2012
..To estimate the concentration of natural killer (NK) cells in the peripheral blood in patients with and without endometriosis...
- Epigastric pain relating to menses can be a symptom of bowel endometriosis
Sergio Podgaec
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sao Paulo Med J 126:242-4. 2008
..Endometriosis is a common affliction that may affect the intestinal tract. The objective of this case report was to describe an unusual clinical presentation of this form of the disease...
- Environmental factors and endometriosis
Patrick Bellelis
Medical School, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Rev Assoc Med Bras 57:448-52. 2011
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- Microlaparoscopy vs. conventional laparoscopy for the management of early-stage pelvic endometriosis: a comparison
Fabio Ikeda
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Anesthesiology, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Reprod Med 50:771-8. 2005
..To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of microlaparoscopy vs. conventional laparoscopy in the management of patients with early-stage pelvic endometriosis...
- Th1 and Th2 ummune responses related to pelvic endometriosis
Sergio Podgaec
Departamento de Obstetricia e Ginecologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP
Rev Assoc Med Bras 56:92-8. 2010
..This study analyzed the relationship between clinical characteristics of endometriosis and Th1/Th2 immune response patterns...
Stem cells in endometrium and their role in the pathogenesis of endometriosisPaula Gabriela Marin Figueira
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1221:10-7. 2011
..Endometrial stem cells have been used to generate chondrocytes, myocytes, neurons, and adiposites in vitro as well as to replace dopaminergic neurons in a murine model of Parkinson's disease...
- Vaginal cone use in passive and active phases in patients with stress urinary incontinence
Jorge Milhem Haddad
Divisão de Clínica Ginecológica, Ginecologia Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Clinics (Sao Paulo) 66:785-91. 2011
..To evaluate vaginal cone therapy in two phases, passive and active, in women with stress urinary incontinence...
- The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device reduces CA-125 serum levels in patients with endometriosis
Ana Carolina Japur de Sa Rosa E Silva
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
Fertil Steril 86:742-4. 2006
..The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device was found to be as efficient as GnRH agonist in reducing CA-125 serum levels...
- Histologic classification of specimens from women affected by superficial endometriosis, deeply infiltrating endometriosis, and ovarian endometriomas
Gil Kamergorodsky
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Santa Casa Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fertil Steril 92:2074-7. 2009
..8%) was most frequently seen in superficial endometriosis lesions, and in ovarian endometriomas a predominance of both the undifferentiated (40.5%) and mixed patterns (37.8%) was observed...
