Krishnan Karthigasu

No ORCID on file · 9 papers in corpus · active 2018-2025

Study types

  • article 7
  • case-report 1
  • preprint 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 9
  • die_deep_infiltrating 6
  • dyspareunia 2
  • endometrioma 1
  • bladder_endometriosis 1
article 2025
Endometriosis Quality of Life Cohort Study: Long-term Impact of Radical Laparoscopic Excision of Endometriosis
Gynecology and minimally invasive therapy ·doi:10.4103/gmit.gmit_156_23

Abstract Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine if radical laparoscopic excision of endometriosis (RLEE) improves long-term outcomes in the quality of life (QOL) and symptomatology experienced by women with the disease. …

preprint 2024
‘My Devil Womb’: Patients’ perspectives on, and understanding of, endometriosis: An observational cross-sectional study
·doi:10.22541/au.170664633.32339874/v1

Objective: To gain insight into patients’ understanding of endometriosis, utilised sources of information on endometriosis, and perceptions of available treatment options. Design: Observational cross-sectional study. Setting: Data were coll…

article 2021
‘My devil womb’: Patients’ perspectives on, and understanding of, endometriosis: An observational cross-sectional study
·doi:10.1177/22840265211034092

Objective: To gain insight into patients’ understanding of endometriosis, utilised sources of information on endometriosis and perceptions of available treatment options. Design: Observational cross-sectional study. Setting: Data were colle…

article 2019
Creating the surgical platform for patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis - Results from the first sonovaginography services in Western Australia
article 2019
Ureteric Endometriosis: Detection and Assessment of Level of Obstruction at Sonovaginography for Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis
case-report 2018
Case report and surgical video presentation: Combined laparoscopic and cystoscopic partial bladder cystectomy for excision of deeply infiltrating endometriosis
Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) ·doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2018.09.038

INTRODUCTION: Whilst endometriosis is a relatively common condition, deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) of the bladder is less so, and when medical treatment fails, surgical management is an effective option. We present a case report a…

article 2018
EP20.01: Tail gut cyst masquerading as endometriosis: case report
·doi:10.1002/uog.20069

Tail gut cysts (TGC) are a rare developmental anomaly, due to the remnant embryonic hindgut. Symptomatic TGC can be challenging to diagnose and manage. There are only scant reports in published literature. We report two cases of TGC diagnos…

article 2018
OP12.03: Creating the surgical platform for patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis: results from the first sonovaginography centre in Western Australia
·doi:10.1002/uog.19495

To assess the accuracy of preoperative sonovaginography for mapping of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) lesions by correlating ultrasound findings with MRI and laparoscopic findings. A retrospective review was done of patients who had …

article 2018
OP12.05: Ureteric endometriosis: detection and assessment of level of obstruction at sonovaginography for deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE)
·doi:10.1002/uog.19497

Urinary tract endometriosis affects 1% of patients with pelvic endometriosis and, in approximately 10%, there will be ureteric endometriosis. A significant proportion of these patients will have no symptoms or minimal symptoms. Bowel prepar…