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Background: Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, governments have taken actions to limit the transmission of the virus such as lockdown measures and reorganization of the local Health System. Quarantine measures have influenced pregnant women's daily lives. The aim of this study was to understand the impact of the changes imposed by COVID-19 emergency on the well-being of pregnant women and how the transformation of Schiavonia Hospital into a dedicated COVID hospital affected their pregnancy experience., Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Pregnant women who gave birth in Schiavonia Hospital during the period May-September 2020 have been included. The assessment examined clinical characteristics, attitudes in relation to the pandemic and how it affected birth plans, perception of information received, and attitudes regards giving birth in a COVID hospital., Results: One hundred four women responded to the survey, with an enrolment rate of 58%. About the influence of COVID-19 pandemic, 51% of respondents reported changing some aspect of their lifestyle. The identification of Schiavonia Hospital as COVID hospital did not modify the trust in the facility and in the obstetrics ward for the 90% of women, in fact for the 85.6% it was the planned Birth Center since the beginning of pregnancy. The communication was complete and exhaustive for 82.7% of the respondents., Conclusions: Despite the COVID hospital transformation, the women who came to give birth at Schiavonia Birth Center rated the healthcare assistance received at high level, evidencing high affection for the structure and the healthcare workers.

Study Objective: A strong association exists between adenomyosis and endometriosis and a common pathogenetic mechanism was proposed. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether and how the presence of concurrent adenomyosis can affect the outcome of laparoscopic excision of deep endometriosis., Design: Data were retrospectively collected from our computerized medical records (Canadian Task Force classification II-3)., Setting: General hospital., Intervention: Restrospective evaluation., Patients: From January 2003 through July 2005, 40 consecutive patients affected by concomitant endometriosis and adenomyosis were included in group A and another 40 affected by endometriosis only were included in group B., Measurements and Main Results: In group A, 20 women required bowel surgery (17 segmental and 3 full-thickness discoid resections) versus 16 patients in the other group (13 segmental bowel resections with end-to-end anastomosis and 3 discoid resections). Dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia after treatment improved (p<.01) in both groups, whereas dyschezia improved only in group A. The persistence of menometrorrhagia was more frequent in group B (p<.01). During follow-up, patients of group A underwent medical treatment for a longer time than those of group B (p<.001). Clinical detection of endometriosis recurrence was more frequent in patients with adenomyosis (p<.01), whereas no difference existed in the incidence of the recurrence detected by ultrasound. The overall number of pregnancies after surgery was significantly lower in the group with adenomyosis (p=.03)., Conclusion: Complete excision of deep endometriosis is not always feasible because of adenomyosis. For this reason, preoperative imaging screening for adenomyosis could be included in the preoperative workup when extensive disease is clinically suspected.