Publications by authors named "Paolo Scirpa"
Objective: To determine pregnancy outcomes among women who underwent loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP).
Methods: In a case-control study in Italy, 475 pregnant women who underwent LEEP and 441 untreated pregnant women were enrolled between January 2003 and January 2007. Outcome measures were spontaneous abortion, preterm delivery, and at-term delivery rates.
Background: VIN usual type appears to be related to the HPV's oncogenic types. The aim of this prospective multicenter study was to evaluate the re-infection rate of high-risk HPV and the recurrence rate of VIN usual type after surgical treatment.
Material/methods: The study enrolled 103 women affected by VIN usual type.
Objective: To evaluate the impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections on the neovaginal and vulval tissues of women who underwent surgical treatment for Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome.
Design: Multicenter observational study.
Setting: University and community hospitals.
Background: The incidence of cervical cancer in pregnancy is estimated to be 1-10/10000 pregnancies. Approximately 3% of cervical cancers are diagnosed during pregnancy. The incidence of abnormal Pap smears has been reported to be 5%-8%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate HRT compliance and efficacy in the treatment of symptomatic ovarian failure in pre-menopausal women after stem cell transplantation (SCT) for malignancies.
Methods: Thirty-one females were selected and prospectively followed in a university bone marrow transplantation unit and gynecologic outpatient clinic in a university teaching hospital. The patients received regular gynecological examinations, hormonal assessment every 6 months including plasma levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), 17-beta estradiol (E2), and transvaginal pelvic ultrasonography, mammography, and computerized bone mineralometry every 12 months.