Jack Spira

No ORCID on file · 8 papers in corpus · active 2005-2019

Study types

  • article 7
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 8
  • dysmenorrhea 5
  • infertility 2
other 2019
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives ·doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2019.01.001

OBJECTIVE: The present aim was to contribute to improving the traditional pelvic examination chair with vertical leg support and to evaluate patients' and examiners' experience of a new gyneacological and urological examination chair with h…

article 2013
·doi:10.1097/01.ogx.0000429298.55211.ad

Dysmenorrhea and infertility are the primary symptoms of endometriosis. Lignocaine (lidocaine, xylocaine) is an anesthetic that stabilizes membranes by blocking the action potential. The drug is used topically to induce local and regional a…

article 2013
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.12257

OBJECTIVE: Pertubation with lidocaine has been shown to reduce pain (on a VAS-scale) in women with endometriosis. A clinical study was performed to evaluate the effect of lidocaine pertubations on quality of life. DESIGN: Double-blind, rand…

article 2013
Drugs in R&D ·doi:10.1007/s40268-013-0022-8

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to report the serum concentration of lignocaine after pertubation in patients with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: The study was carried out at a gynaecological out…

article 2013

The Author(s) 2013. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Objective The objective of this study was to report the serum concentration of lignocaine after pertubation in patients with endometriosis. Design Prospectiv…

article 2012
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives ·doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2012.02.001
article 2012
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/der434

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology that can cause severe dysmenorrhea. Lignocaine has anti-inflammatory properties and exerts effects on nerve endings and intra-peritoneal macrophages. The objec…

article 2005
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.07.382