Alan Lam
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· 27 papers in corpus
· active 2001-2024
Study types
- article 19
- other 6
- case-report 1
- review 1
Condition tags
- endometriosis 26
- bowel_endometriosis 5
- infertility 4
- chronic_pelvic_pain 4
- dyspareunia 3
- dysmenorrhea 3
- endometrioma 1
- die_deep_infiltrating 1
- adenomyosis 1
- irritable_bowel_syndrome 1
Top journals
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article
2024
Introduction: Often, symptoms of bowel endometriosis are mistaken, with incorrect diagnoses such as irritable bowel syndrome being made, with endometriosis going untreated for many years.Surgical treatment involves the resection of endometr…
other
2024
article
2023
Aims The Raising Awareness Tool for Endometriosis (RATE) was developed to facilitate discussions with health providers regarding endometriosis‐associated symptoms. We aim to evaluate the acceptability of the RATE by general practitioners (G…
article
2023
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To reduce diagnostic delay for women with endometriosis-related symptoms, we need to understand general practitioners' (GPs) perspectives on the challenges they face in diagnosing and managing endometriosis. METH…
article
2021
OBJECTIVE: Evidence for an association between uterine leiomyoma and increased risk of endometriosis is limited by small sample sizes and short follow-up periods. We assessed this association in a large nationwide sample with 14 years of da…
article
2020
article
2019
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To determine whether surgical excision or ablation is the optimum management of peritoneal endometriosis with respect to pain and secondary outcomes on …
article
2019
Introduction: Endometriosis is a common gynaecological condition, usually presenting with pelvic pain or infertility in women of reproductive age. Diagnosis is made on histopathology of deposits excised during laparoscopy, given diagnosis s…
article
2018
Background: The Endometriosis Phenome and Biobanking Harmonisation Project has been set up to facilitate and advance global endometriosis research. Aim: To test the feasibility and practicality of using the Endometriosis Phenome and Biobank…
article
2018
This is the first case report of a symptomatic retroperitoneal lymphocoele formation occurring a decade after laparoscopic presacral neurectomy successfully managed by laparoscopic surgery.
article
2017
Introduction Caesarean scar defect is a well-recognised complication of caesarean section. It can cause secondary infertility, although the mechanism is still poorly understood. Case description We present the case of a patient diagnosed wi…
article
2017
other
2016
This chapter presents a case of a woman who underwent laparoscopy for assessment of chronic pelvic pain. She had previously undergone two laparoscopies for treatment of endometriosis, and a vertical midline laparotomy for myomectomy. Althou…
other
2016
Rectovaginal endometriosis (RVE) should be suspected in women presenting with a combination of dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, deep rectal pain, and dyschezia. Several imaging tests are available with varying sensitivity and specificity to aid t…
article
2014
OBJECTIVES: To determine the correlation between historical variables at presentation with the phenotype and location of biopsy proven endometriosis at laparoscopy. METHODS: Prospective observational study. Consecutive women had laparoscopi…
article
2011
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: To determine whether surgical excision or ablation is the optimum management of peritoneal endometriosis with respect to pain and secondary outcomes on …
article
2011
other
2011
Surgery continues to play an essential role in the management of endometriosis despite the availability of medical therapies. With advances in technology and growth of surgical expertise, laparoscopy has become the standard approach for dia…
article
2011
Objectives : The aim of this study was to perform saline sonovaginography (SVG) in women with suspected rectovaginal endometriosis (RVE) in order to establish the thickness of the rectovaginal septum (RVS) in this population and to predict …
other
2010
This prospective study aimed to evaluate the suitability of the Endometriosis Health Profile-30 Questionnaire (EHP-30) as a self-report health status instrument. We compared our results with those from the U.K. and the U.S. and discovered r…
case-report
2010
Endometriosis is a common condition that affects as many as 10% to 20% of women of reproductive age. Because of the subtle clinical signs and symptoms and limitations of imaging methods, the diagnosis is frequently delayed or missed, with s…
article
2008
article
2007
Endometriosis affects 10-15% of the female population during their reproductive years. Although the pathogenesis of this disease is undefined, the presence of endometrium-like tissue plaques outside of the uterus could implicate the eutopic…
other
2007
UNLABELLED: OBJECTIVE STUDY: To estimate the value of preoperative bimanual examination of the pelvis in women undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH). DESIGN: Prospective observational cohort study. SETTING: Private hospitals an…
review
2001
Deeply infiltrating endometriosis was described in the early part of the last century. Only recently, has there become a greater awareness and understanding of this form of endometriosis aided in part by advances in laparoscopic surgical te…