C. Overton

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 1996-2022

Study types

  • article 2
  • letter 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • infertility 2
review 2022
Endometriosis Impact on Fertility: A Review of Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment
·doi:10.33140/jgrm.06.04.07

Endometriosis is a common problem affecting 5-10% of women of childbearing age. It is a condition with unknown pathology, leaving us with several theories. However, about half of women with endometriosis complain of difficulty conceiving. T…

letter 2010
More on the missed disease
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) ·doi:10.1136/bmj.c3727

Engemise and colleagues do not mention dyschezia as a symptom of endometriosis.1 Excruciating pain in the rectum, worst premenstrually and during menstruation, is indicative of deep endometriosis in the rectovaginal septum and should prompt…

article 2005
Psychosexual health 5 years after hysterectomy: population‐based comparison with endometrial ablation for dysfunctional uterine bleeding
·doi:10.1111/j.1369-7625.2005.00338.x

BACKGROUND: We report a population-based comparison of psychosexual health 5 years after contrasting amounts of surgical treatments for heavy periods [dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB)]. Women's fears about sexual function after hysterec…

article 1996
Peritoneal fluid cytokines and the relationship with endometriosis and pain
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/11.2.380

It is generally accepted that the current scoring system for endometriosis has little correlation with clinical symptoms such as pain, and therefore we may deduce that either endometriosis does not cause pain, or that the current scoring sy…