Kate McIlwaine

No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus
observational 2019
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2018.05.007

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the usefulness of narrowband imaging (NBI) to detect additional areas of endometriosis not identified by standard white light in patients undergoing laparoscopy for the investigation of pelvic pain. DESIGN: A pro…

other 2018
The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/ajo.12911

BACKGROUND: To establish whether the ultrasound findings of minimal endometriosis are confirmed at laparoscopy and that a correlation can be established as to the anatomical sites in this mild form of the disease. AIMS: Patients with pain …

2016
·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2016.08.007
diagnostic-accuracy 2016
·doi:10.1002/uog.16644

To establish whether a correlation exists between pre-operative ultrasound assessment and laparoscopic findings in women referred to specialist gynecologists with symptoms suggestive of endometriosis. 53 patients who had laparoscopy to inve…

diagnostic-accuracy 2015
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dev259

STUDY QUESTION: Can the presence of endometrial nerve fibres be used as a diagnostic test for endometriosis in women with pelvic pain? SUMMARY ANSWER: Endometrial fine nerve fibres were seen in the endometrium of women both with and withou…

other 2015
European journal of radiology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.08.003

PURPOSE: To determine if the menstrual cycle affects MR interpretation in patients with pelvic endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-one patients with either laparoscopically proven endometriosis, or a high clinical suspicion of dee…

2011
·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2011.08.065