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A Laparoscopy-Based Score To Predict Surgical Outcome in Patients With Advanced Ovarian Carcinoma: A Pilot Study

scientific article published on 21 June 2006

A laparoscopic risk-adjusted model to predict major complications after primary debulking surgery in ovarian cancer: A single-institution assessment.

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A multicentric trial (Olympia-MITO 13) on the accuracy of laparoscopy to assess peritoneal spread in ovarian cancer.

scientific article published on 24 July 2013

A prospective randomized study of laparoscopy and minilaparotomy in the management of benign adnexal masses

scientific article published on 08 July 2004

A prospective study of laparoscopy versus minilaparotomy in the treatment of uterine myomas

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

A randomized study comparing the use of the Ligaclip with bipolar energy to prevent lymphocele during laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy for gynecologic cancer

scientific article published on 17 August 2010

A treatment selection protocol for recurrent ovarian cancer patients: the role of FDG-PET/CT and staging laparoscopy

scientific article published in October 2008

Advanced vulvar carcinoma: Is it worth operating? A perioperative management protocol for radical and reconstructive surgery

scientific article published on 02 May 2006

Analysis of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression in different sites of endometriosis and correlation with clinico-pathological parameters

scientific article published on 01 February 2004

Articular ganglia of the volar aspect of the wrist: arthroscopic resection compared with open excision. A prospective randomised study

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Assessment of pathological status of lower pelvic nodes to tailor surgery in not squamous early cervical carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

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scientific article published on 30 November 2018

Cervical cancer response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: MRI assessment compared with surgery

scientific article published on 29 November 2015

Chemoradiation with concomitant boosts followed by radical surgery in locally advanced cervical cancer: long-term results of the ROMA-2 prospective phase 2 study.

scientific article published on 18 October 2014

Classical and nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy: an evaluation of the risk of injury to the autonomous pelvic nerves

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

Clinical outcome of recurrent locally advanced cervical cancer (LACC) submitted to primary multimodality therapies

scientific article published on 01 May 2015

Comparison of optimal cytoreduction rates in emergency versus non-emergency admissions for advanced ovarian cancer: a multi-institutional study

scientific article published on 05 June 2013

Comparison of peritoneal carcinomatosis scoring methods in predicting resectability and prognosis in advanced ovarian cancer

scientific article published on 01 July 2010

Completion surgery after concomitant chemoradiation in locally advanced cervical cancer: a comprehensive analysis of pattern of postoperative complications.

scientific article published on 10 January 2014

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and Her-2/neu expression in ovarian cancer

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Cytoreductive surgery plus HIPEC in platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer patients: a case-control study on survival in patients with two year follow-up

scientific article published on 25 September 2012

Definition of a dynamic laparoscopic model for the prediction of incomplete cytoreduction in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: proof of a concept.

scientific article published on 18 July 2015

Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound in detecting the severity of abnormally invasive placentation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 30 September 2017

Discoid or segmental rectosigmoid resection for deep infiltrating endometriosis: a case-control study.

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Distal radius fractures: treatment using the Epibloc system

scientific article published on 01 April 2010

Douglas peritonectomy compared to recto-sigmoid resection in optimally cytoreduced advanced ovarian cancer patients: analysis of morbidity and oncological outcome.

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Early postoperative bladder training in patients submitted to radical hysterectomy: is it still necessary? A randomized trial

scientific article published on 2 October 2014

Elderly and very elderly advanced ovarian cancer patients: does the age influence the surgical management?

scientific article published on 28 August 2012

Endometrial cancer arising in both horns of didelphys uterus in a Down's syndrome woman

scientific article published on 17 February 2006

Endometrial cancer: magnetic resonance imaging.

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Excisional cone as fertility-sparing treatment in early-stage cervical cancer.

scientific article published on 3 December 2010

External hemipelvectomy as treatment for solitary coxofemoral metastasis from endometrial carcinoma: case report and review of the literature.

scientific article published on 13 March 2012

Feasibility and surgical outcome in obese versus nonobese patients undergoing laparoendoscopic single-site hysterectomy: a multicenter case-control study.

scientific article published on 12 December 2014

Frozen section examination of pelvic lymph nodes in endometrial and cervical cancer: accuracy in patients submitted to neoadjuvant treatments

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

HIPEC in recurrent ovarian cancer patients: morbidity-related treatment and long-term analysis of clinical outcome.

scientific article published on 4 May 2011

How Technology Can Impact Surgeon Performance: A Randomized Trial Comparing 3-Dimensional versus 2-Dimensional Laparoscopy in Gynecology Oncology

scientific article published on 01 April 2016

Impact of Obesity on Surgical Treatment for Endometrial Cancer: A Multicenter Study Comparing Laparoscopy vs Open Surgery, with Propensity-Matched Analysis.

scientific article published on 14 August 2015

Impact of interval debulking surgery on clinical outcome in primary unresectable FIGO stage IIIc ovarian cancer patients

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Importance of a specialized pathologist for the examination of frozen sections of adnexal masses

scientific article published on 28 March 2007

Increased cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression is associated with chemotherapy resistance and outcome in ovarian cancer patients.

scientific article published in August 2002

Increased cyclooxygenase-2 expression is associated with better clinical outcome in patients submitted to complete ablation for severe endometriosis

scientific article published on 24 June 2005

Influence of intraperitoneal dissemination assessed by laparoscopy on prognosis of advanced ovarian cancer: an exploratory analysis of a single-institution experience

scientific article published on 22 May 2014

International consensus guidelines on Clinical Target Volume delineation in rectal cancer

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Is frozen section analysis of pelvic lymph nodes accurate in locally advanced cervical cancer patients administered preoperative chemoradiation?

scientific article published on 31 October 2007

Laparoendoscopic single-site hysterectomy: is it safe and feasible?

scientific article published on August 2014

Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery for fertility-sparing staging of border line ovarian tumors: initial experience.

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Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery for the treatment of benign adnexal disease: a prospective trial.

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Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery for total hysterectomy

scientific article published on 07 December 2009

Laparoscopic Management of Ovarian Cancer Patients With Localized Carcinomatosis and Lymph Node Metastases: Results of a Retrospective Multi-institutional Series.

scientific article published on 10 February 2016

Laparoscopic Management of a Small Bowel Recurrence of Endometrial Cancer

scientific article published on 22 September 2015

Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy After Concomitant Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: A Prospective Phase II Study.

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

Laparoscopic Versus Laparotomic Surgical Staging for Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer: A Case-Control Study.

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Laparoscopic diagnosis of asymptomatic megaureter

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Laparoscopic fertility-sparing surgery for early ovarian epithelial cancer: A multi-institutional experience

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Laparoscopic myomectomy at 25 weeks of pregnancy: case report

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Laparoscopic staging of apparent early stage ovarian cancer: Results of a large, retrospective, multi-institutional series

article published in 2014

Laparoscopic surgical management of localized recurrent ovarian cancer: a single-institution experience

scientific article published on 11 January 2014

Laparoscopic vs. open treatment of endometrial cancer in the elderly and very elderly: An age-stratified multicenter study on 1606 women.

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Laparoscopic, minilaparoscopic and single-port hysterectomy: perioperative outcomes

scientific article published on 08 June 2012

Learning a new robotic surgical device: Telelap Alf X in gynaecological surgery.

scientific article published on 11 June 2015

Learning curve and pitfalls of a laparoscopic score to describe peritoneal carcinosis in advanced ovarian cancer.

scientific article published on 27 July 2011

Lymph node involvement in locally advanced cervical cancer patients administered preoperative chemoradiation versus chemotherapy

scientific article published on 06 January 2007

Mesenteric lymph node involvement in advanced ovarian cancer patients undergoing rectosigmoid resection: prognostic role and clinical considerations

scientific article published on 21 February 2014

Metastatic tumour cells favour the generation of a tolerogenic milieu in tumour draining lymph node in patients with early cervical cancer.

scientific article published on 27 January 2009

Mini-laparoscopic versus robotic radical hysterectomy plus systematic pelvic lymphadenectomy in early cervical cancer patients. A multi-institutional study

scientific article published on 28 October 2014

Minilaparoscopic nerve sparing radical hysterectomy in locally advanced cervical cancer after neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy.

scientific article published on 4 December 2013

Minilaparoscopic radical hysterectomy (mLPS-RH) vs laparoendoscopic single-site radical hysterectomy (LESS-RH) in early stage cervical cancer: a multicenter retrospective study.

scientific article published on 24 April 2014

Minilaparoscopic radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer: multi-institutional experience in comparison with conventional laparoscopy.

scientific article published on 12 August 2013

Minilaparoscopic versus single-port total hysterectomy: a randomized trial.

scientific article published on 17 January 2013

Minilaparotomy for type II and III radical hysterectomy: technique, feasibility, and complications

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

Minilaparotomy in the management of benign gynecologic disease

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

Minimally invasive interval debulking surgery in ovarian neoplasm (MISSION trial-NCT02324595): a feasibility study.

scientific article published on 31 October 2015

Minimally invasive secondary cytoreduction plus HIPEC for recurrent ovarian cancer: a case series

scientific article published on 27 December 2013

Minimally invasive secondary cytoreduction plus HIPEC versus open surgery plus HIPEC in isolated relapse from ovarian cancer: a retrospective cohort study on perioperative outcomes

scientific article published on 26 November 2014

Morbidity after pelvic exenteration for gynecological malignancies: a retrospective multicentric study of 230 patients

scientific article published in January 2014

Narrow band imaging in borderline ovarian tumor

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Narrow-band imaging in laparoscopic management of cervical carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Narrow-band imaging in laparoscopic management of recurrent platinum sensitive ovarian cancer

scientific article published in January 2013

Neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by radical hysterectomy in FIGO Stage IIIB cervical cancer: feasibility, complications, and clinical outcome.

scientific article published in August 2009

Neuropilin-1 expression identifies a subset of regulatory T cells in human lymph nodes that is modulated by preoperative chemoradiation therapy in cervical cancer

scientific article published on 20 November 2007

One-Step Nucleic Acid Amplification (OSNA): A fast molecular test based on CK19 mRNA concentration for assessment of lymph-nodes metastases in early stage endometrial cancer.

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Ovarian cancer patients with localized relapse: clinical outcome and prognostic factors.

scientific article published on 20 June 2013

Percutaneous fixation of mallet fractures by the "umbrella handle" technique.

scientific article published in August 2006

Perioperative outcomes of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) versus conventional laparoscopy for adnexal disease: a case--control study

scientific article published on 18 January 2011

Perioperative outcomes of total laparoendoscopic single-site hysterectomy versus total robotic hysterectomy in endometrial cancer patients: a multicentre study

scientific article published on 3 March 2012

Phase III randomised clinical trial comparing primary surgery versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer with high tumour load (SCORPION trial): Final analysis of peri-operative outcome.

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Positron emission tomography-laparoscopy based method in the prediction of complete cytoreduction in platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer.

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Postoperative ileus after para-aortic lymphadenectomy: a prospective study

scientific article published on 21 August 2006

Pre-hysterectomy cone biopsy is able to predict response in locally advanced cervical cancer patients submitted to neo-adjuvant chemoradiation.

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Preoperative concomitant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer: safety, outcome, and prognostic measures

scientific article published on 28 August 2007

Prospective validation of a laparoscopic predictive model for optimal cytoreduction in advanced ovarian carcinoma

scientific article published on 17 September 2008

Radical hysterectomy after chemoradiation in FIGO stage III cervical cancer patients versus chemoradiation and brachytherapy: Complications and 3-years survival.

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Randomized study comparing use of THUNDERBEAT technology vs standard electrosurgery during laparoscopic radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy for gynecologic cancer.

scientific article published on 8 December 2013

Re: "Diagnostic open laparoscopy in the management of advanced ovarian cancer"

scientific article published on 13 July 2006

Risk of Essure microinsert abdominal migration: case report and review of literature.

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Risk of postoperative pelvic abscess in major gynecologic oncology surgery: one-year single-institution experience

scientific article published on 9 April 2010

Robotic Hysterectomy in Severely Obese Patients With Endometrial Cancer: A Multicenter Study.

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Robotic single-site hysterectomy (RSS-H) vs. laparoendoscopic single-site hysterectomy (LESS-H) in early endometrial cancer: a double-institution case-control study.

scientific article published on 10 April 2013

Role of comorbidities in locally advanced cervical cancer patients administered preoperative chemoradiation: Impact on outcome and treatment-related complications

scientific article published on 24 December 2011

Role of different approaches to the abdominal retroperitoneum for aortic lymphadenectomy in patients with gynecological cancers

scientific article published on 09 November 2012

Role of gemcitabine in ovarian cancer treatment.

scientific article published on May 2006

Role of laparoscopy to assess the chance of optimal cytoreductive surgery in advanced ovarian cancer: a pilot study

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Role of minimally invasive surgery versus open approach in patients with early-stage uterine carcinosarcomas: a retrospective multicentric study

scientific article published on 03 September 2020

Secondary cytoreduction plus oxaliplatin-based HIPEC in platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer patients: a pilot study.

scientific article published on 5 April 2009

Secondary cytoreductive surgery in patients with isolated platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer: a retrospective analysis

scientific article published on 05 June 2014

Severe prolonged gastroparesis after cytoreductive surgery in an advanced ovarian cancer patient

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Should laparoscopy be included in the work-up of advanced ovarian cancer patients attempting interval debulking surgery?

scientific article published on 28 October 2009

Simple conization and lymphadenectomy for the conservative treatment of stage IB1 cervical cancer. An Italian experience

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Survival in clinical stage I endometrial cancer with single vs. multiple positive pelvic nodes: results of a multi-institutional Italian study

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Systematic pelvic and aortic lymphadenectomy in advanced ovarian cancer patients at the time of interval debulking surgery: a double-institution case-control study

scientific article published on 30 May 2012

TELELAP ALF-X Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: Feasibility and Perioperative Outcomes.

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

Teaching and training in laparoscopic surgery: experience of Catholic Laparoscopy Advanced Surgery School in the basic gynecological surgery.

scientific article published on 11 June 2011

Technological innovation and personalized surgical treatment for early-stage endometrial cancer patients: A prospective multicenter Italian experience to evaluate the novel percutaneous approach

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Telelap ALF-X vs Standard Laparoscopy for the Treatment of Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer: A Single-Institution Retrospective Cohort Study.

scientific article published on 18 November 2015

Telelap Alf-X-Assisted Laparoscopy for Ovarian Cyst Enucleation: Report of the First 10 Cases.

scientific article published on 15 May 2015

Terminologia Anatomica versus unofficial descriptions and nomenclature of the fasciae and ligaments of the female pelvis: a dissection-based comparative study.

scientific article published in October 2005

The lymphatic drainage of the uterine cervix in adult fresh cadavers: anatomy and surgical implications

scientific article published on 22 July 2009

The new robotic TELELAP ALF-X in gynecological surgery: single-center experience

scientific article published on 04 April 2015

The sonographic prediction of invasive carcinoma in unilocular-solid ovarian cysts in premenopausal patients: a pilot study

scientific article published on 26 June 2012

Timing and pattern of recurrence in ovarian cancer patients with high tumor dissemination treated with primary debulking surgery versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

scientific article published on 10 July 2013

Total Laparoscopic (S-LPS) versus TELELAP ALF-X Robotic-Assisted Hysterectomy: A Case-Control Study.

scientific article published on 28 May 2016

Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy With Percutaneous (Percuvance) Instruments: New Frontier of Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery.

scientific article published on 16 September 2015

Total laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) hysterectomy in low-risk early endometrial cancer: a pilot study

scientific article published on 26 July 2011

Total laparoscopic hysterectomy in early-stage endometrial cancer using an intrauterine manipulator: is it a bias for frozen section analysis? Case-control study.

scientific article published on 26 January 2011

Total microlaparoscopic radical hysterectomy in early cervical cancer.

scientific article published on January 2013

Ultrasound evaluation of intra-abdominal sites of disease to predict likelihood of suboptimal cytoreduction in advanced ovarian cancer: a prospective study

scientific article published in January 2012

Upper abdominal surgery in advanced and recurrent ovarian cancer: role of diaphragmatic surgery.

scientific article published on 11 December 2009

Urologic surgery in gynecologic oncology: a large single-institution experience

scientific article published on 20 February 2014

Use of robot-specific resources and operating room times: the case of Telelap Alf-X robotic hysterectomy

scientific article published on 8 January 2016

Which role for pre-treatment laparoscopic staging?

scientific article published on 28 August 2007