R Hemmings

Use of preoperative gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists may be beneficial in the case of laparoscopic surgery for large endometriomas. Further studies are necessary to confirm the claim that preoperative GnRH agonists facilitate …

PURPOSE: Our purpose was to assess the effect of pretreatment with oral contraceptives (OCs) on the formation of functional ovarian cysts during pituitary suppression with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists, subsequent follicula…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the long-term results of laparoscopic fenestration and coagulation of ovarian endometriomas and to compare them with the results of ovarian cystectomy performed by either laparotomy or laparoscopy. DESIGN: Case-cont…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of the GnRH agonist (GnRH-a) nafarelin compared with placebo administered for 6 months after reductive laparoscopic surgery for symptomatic endometriosis. DESIGN: Randomized, prospective, placebo-control…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of reoperation for stage III or IV endometriosis-related infertility versus IVF-ET. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. SETTING: In vitro fertilization-embryo transfer unit and tertiary infertility clinic. …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the leukocyte subpopulations present in follicular fluid (FF) of infertile patients undergoing IVF-ET for tubal factor, idiopathic infertility, and endometriosis. PATIENTS: Sixty patients undergoing IVF-ET with a tu…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase may play a role in the pathophysiology of endometriosis. METHODS: Peritoneal fluids were obtained at laparoscopy from eight fertile women without endometriosis an…

Serum and peritoneal fluid inhibin levels were measured by radioimmunoassay throughout the menstrual cycle in 14 women with endometriosis and in 16 controls. In controls, serum values (+/- standard error of the mean) increased from the earl…