Maher PJ

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus
article 2015
European journal of radiology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.08.003

PurposeTo determine if the menstrual cycle affects MR interpretation in patients with pelvic endometriosis.Materials and methodsThirty-one patients with either laparoscopically proven endometriosis, or a high clinical suspicion of deep infi…

rct 2008
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2007.09.007

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine whether use of heated humidified carbon dioxide as insufflation gas during gynecologic laparoscopy reduced postoperative pain and hypothermia. DESIGN: A randomized controlled trial (Canadian Task Force classif…

rct 2002
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60101-6

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of ropivacaine and saline on pain after laparoscopic excision of endometriosis. DESIGN: Randomized, double-blind, controlled trial (Canadian Task Force classification I). SETTING: Women's hospital. …

article 2001
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60598-1

A woman with a history of numerous surgical episodes for treatment of aggressive endometriosis experienced rectal symptoms. She was prepared for the possibility of laparotomy with or without colostomy to relieve her symptoms. After extensiv…

review 1994
Bailliere's clinical obstetrics and gynaecology ·doi:10.1016/s0950-3552(05)80057-4

Laparoscopic hysterectomy is a substitute for abdominal hysterectomy and not for vaginal hysterectomy. Most hysterectomies currently performed with an abdominal approach may be performed with laparoscopic dissection of part or all of the ab…

other 1992
The Medical journal of Australia ·doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1992.tb139785.x

OBJECTIVE: To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of laparoscopically assisted hysterectomy. DESIGN: A prospective study of the planned surgical procedure was carried out by two teams, each with two gynaecologists, who were experie…