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Use of transanal irrigation (TAI) in the treatment of persistent bowel disorders in patients with endometriosis: A retrospective study.

Endometriosis has a strong impact on women's quality of life (QoL). Pain is the main symptom of the disease, but bowel dysfunctions such as fecal incontinence, constipation and voiding difficulties …

Comment on: Endometriosis and mental health disorders: identification and treatment as part of a multimodal approach.

Cryptotanshinone alleviates immunosuppression in endometriosis by targeting MDSCs through JAK2/STAT3 pathway.

Endometriosis (EMS), a well-recognized chronic inflammatory disorder, characterized by significant immune dysregulation, in which myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are essential for facilitating immunosuppression and driving to disease progression. Cryptotanshinone (CTS) …

Endometriosis: Future Biological Perspectives for Diagnosis and Treatment.

Endometriosis is an oestrogen-dependent inflammatory disease affecting menstruating women, with varying levels of severity. Oestrogen dysregulation is responsible for chronic inflammation, angiogenesis, endometrial lesion development, progression, and infertility during menarche …

Novel Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches to Endometriosis and Adenomyosis: A Comprehensive Review.

Endometriosis and adenomyosis are chronic gynecological conditions that significantly impact women's quality of life, leading to symptoms such as pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and infertility. Despite ongoing research, a definitive cure …

Autophagy Involvement in Non-Neoplastic and Neoplastic Endometrial Pathology: The State of the Art with a Focus on Carcinoma.

Autophagy is a cellular process crucial for maintaining homeostasis by degrading damaged proteins and organelles. It is stimulated in response to stress, recycling nutrients and generating energy for cell survival. …

The Critical Role of Host and Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles in Endometriosis.

Endometriosis is a chronic, inflammatory, oestrogen-dependent disorder that is defined by the presence of endometrium-like tissue in the extra-uterine environment. It is estimated to affect approximately 10% of women of …

Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis of the Left Ureter Managed with Laparoscopic Ureterolysis Combined with Allium Ureteral Self-Expandable Stent: A Case Report.

Introduction: In endometriosis, urinary tract involvement occurs in 1-5.5% of cases, where the ureter is affected in 9-23%. Unfortunately, endometriosis may remain asymptomatic even with significant anatomical progression. A delay …

Diagnostics and Surgical Treatment of Deep Endometriosis-Real-World Data from a Large Endometriosis Center.

Background: Deep endometriosis (DE) is a special form of endometriosis, one of the most common benign diseases in gynecology. In the specific case of DE, ectopic endometrium can be found …

Recent advances in the development of 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase inhibitors.

The family of 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (17β-HSDs) occupies a prominent place due to its number of isoforms, which carry out a bidirectional transformation (reduction of a steroid carbonyl to alcohol and …