OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to evaluate the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of a newly developed, health-related quality-of-life measure. STUDY DESIGN: A total of 137 women (122 from a Phase III clinical trial and 15 from …
OBJECTIVE: We compared quality of life, utilization, and costs for women undergoing elective abdominal, laparoscopically assisted vaginal, or vaginal hysterectomy within a managed-care organization. STUDY DESIGN: A prospective study of 287…
OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to evaluate the role of surgery in the treatment of endometriosis associated with infertility. STUDY DESIGN: We used a prospective cohort analysis of pregnancy rates and variables affecting pregnancy rates for su…
OBJECTIVE: To assess the hypothesis that pregnancy rates (PRs) after operative laparoscopy (Laparoscopy Group) for endometriosis treatment would be equal to or greater than diagnostic laparoscopy only (No Treatment Group), diagnostic laparo…
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of laparoscopy versus laparotomy in the treatment of endometriomata. DESIGN: Controlled study using data prospectively tabulated. SETTING: Treatment performed by senior author in a referral reproduct…