Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Environmental Factors and Endometriosis: Is There a Need or Possibility for a Change?
(Melanie Norton, MD, Sanja Terzic, MD, Gauri Bapayeva, MD PhD, Gulzhanat Aimagambetova, MD, Michele Fichera, MD, Gaetano Riemma, MD, and Milan Terzic, MD PhD, Department of Urogynaecology, Whittington Hospital, London, England, and others)

Chapter 2. Pathogenesis of Endometriosis
(Diletta Marcolin, MD, Fabio Barra, MD, Umberto Leone Roberti Maggiore, MD, PhD, Simone Ferrero, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, and others)

Chapter 3. Is Macrophage Polarization Important in Pathogenesis of Endometriosis?
(Justina Sikora, MD, and Simone Ferrero, MD, PhD, Department of Immunology and Serology, School of Pharmacy with the Division of Medical Analytics in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, Kato, Katowice, Poland, and others)

Chapter 4. Advances in Endometriosis Diagnosis: How Far Can Molecular Biology Help Us?
(Luana Grupioni Lourenço Antônio, Juliana Meola MD, PhD, Ana Carolina Japur de Sá Rosa e Silva, MD, Omero Benedicto Poli Neto, MD, and Julio César Rosa e Silva, MD, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)

Chapter 5. Quality of Life, Sexual Function and Couple Relationship in Women with Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain
(Valentina Lucia La Rosa, PsyD, Gaetano Riemma, MD, and Agnese Maria Chiara Rapisarda, MD, Unit of Psychodiagnostics and Clinical Psychology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy, and others)

Chapter 6. Endometriosis: Comprehensive Overview on Diagnostic and Therapeutic Options
(Giuseppe Gullo, MD, PhD, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, AOOR Villa Sofia Cervello, IVF Public Center, Palermo, Italy)

Chapter 7. First-Line Medical Therapies for the Treatment of Endometriosis
(Giulio Evangelisti, MD, Matteo Tantari, MD, Fabio Barra, MD, Carolina Scala, MD, PhD, and Simone Ferrero, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, and others)

Chapter 8. Second-Line Medical Therapies for the Treatment of Endometriosis
(Giulio Evangelisti, MD, Fabio Barra, MD, and Simone Ferrero, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, and others)

Chapter 9. Experimental Drugs in Endometriosis Therapy
(Matteo Tantari, MD, Fabio Barra, MD, Giulio Evangelisti, MD, Umberto Leone Roberti Maggiore, MD, PhD, and Simone Ferrero, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, and others)

Chapter 10. Hormonal Therapies before In vitro Fertilization in Patients with Endometriosis
(Simone Ferrero, MD, PhD, Carolina Scala, MD, PhD, and Fabio Barra, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, and others)

Chapter 11. Bowel Endometriosis: Epidemiology of a Challenging Disease
(Giovanni Noberasco, MD, Andrea Orsi, MD, PhD, Giulio Evangelisti, MD, Fabio Barra, MD, Simone Ferrero, MD, PhD, and Giancarlo Icardi, MD, PhD, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, and others)

Chapter 12. Surgical Treatment of Bowel Endometriosis
(Simone Ferrero, MD, PhD, Umberto Leone Roberti Maggiore, MD, PhD, Cesare Stabilini, MD, and Fabio Barra, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, and others)

Chapter 13. Rectovaginal Deep Endometriosis: Planning the Right Surgical Approach
(Marco Mitidieri, MD, Domenico Ferraioli, MD, PhD, Emanuele Manti, MD, Vanessa Nirde, MD, and Stefano Cosma, MD, PhD, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, City of Health and Science, Turin, Italy, and others)

Chapter 14. Urinary Tract Endometriosis: Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis
(Brunella Gravina, MD, Fabio Barra, MD, Giulio Evangelisti, MD, Domenico Ferraioli, MD, Umberto Leone Roberti Maggiore, MD, PhD, and Simone Ferrero, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, and others)

Chapter 15. Cesarean Scar Endometriosis
(Sara Guzzetti, MD, Fabio Barra, MD, and Simone Ferrero, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, and others)

Chapter 16. Impact of Endometriosis on Pregnancy
(Carolina Scala, MD, PhD, Fabio Barra, MD, and Simone Ferrero, MD, PhD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Liguria, Italy, and others)

Appendix I

Index