Ballard K
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other
2023
BACKGROUND: Anonymized videotaped endoscopic procedures can be used for the assessment of surgical competence, but a reliable non-procedure-specific scoring system is needed for gynaecology. OBJECTIVES: To design and evaluate the validity …
review
2014
other
2011
Please cite this paper as: Wright J, Ballard K. The surgical management of rectovaginal endometriosis: plus ça change? BJOG 2011;118:274–277.
diagnostic-accuracy
2011
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of clinical vaginal examination with that of transvaginal sonography (TVS) in the presurgical diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis. METHODS: One-hundred and…
observational
2009
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether different dimensions of chronic pelvic pain are useful in the diagnosis of endometriosis. DESIGN: A prospective questionnaire-based study of 185 women. SETTING: Southeast of England. PATIENT(S): Women un…
observational
2008
OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of long-term outcomes following laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH). DESIGN: Retrospective postal questionnaire. SETTING: Norwegian university teaching hospital. POPULATION: A total of 315 consecutive pati…
observational
2007
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of endometriosis is estimated to be around 10%. Diagnosis is through visualisation of the lesions, mostly via laparoscopy. Studies reveal that there is an average delay in the diagnosis of endometriosis of between…
qualitative
2006
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the reasons women experience delays in the diagnosis of endometriosis and the impact of this. DESIGN: A qualitative interview-based study of 32 women, 28 of whom were subsequently diagnosed with endometriosis. SE…
review
2003