Matthew Siedhoff

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Perimenopause is a clinically distinct stage in which abnormal uterine bleeding, fibroids, adenomyosis, endometriosis, and adnexal pathology may require surgical evaluation. Management is complex because symptom burden an…

BACKGROUND: Postoperative pain following laparoscopic surgery can delay recovery and increase opioid use. Lower insufflation pressures have been consistently shown to reduce pain in general surgery procedures, but their impact in gynecologi…

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between operative time and short-term postoperative complications in patients undergoing surgery for stage III-IV endometriosis. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study was conducted at a quaternary c…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To study the rate and risk factors for short-term postoperative complications of patients undergoing minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for endometriosis in the United States. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Am…

Endometriosis is a common condition in women that causes chronic pain and infertility and is associated with an elevated risk of ovarian cancer. We profiled transcriptomes of >370,000 individual cells from endometriomas (n = 8), endometrios…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if smooth muscle cells can be detected in pelvic washings at the time of intact hysterectomy. DESIGN: A multicentered pilot cohort study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETTING: Two academically aff…