G D Adamson

STUDY QUESTION: Can the priorities for future research in infertility be identified? SUMMARY ANSWER: The top 10 research priorities for the four areas of male infertility, female and unexplained infertility, medically assisted reproduction…

Abstract STUDY QUESTION Is electronic digital classification/staging of endometriosis by the EQUSUM application more accurate in calculating the scores/stages and is it easier to use compared to non-digital classification? SUMMARY ANSWER We…

STUDY QUESTION: Can the priorities for future research in infertility be identified? SUMMARY ANSWER: The top 10 research priorities for the four areas of male infertility, female and unexplained infertility, medically assisted reproduction…

DR DALEY: MS B IS A 36-YEAR-OLD MARRIED MEDICAL WRITER with pelvic pain, endometriosis, and infertility. She lives near Boston with her husband and 1-year-old adopted daughter. She has managed care insurance. Ms B experienced menarche at ag…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of alternative treatments for unexplained infertility. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of 45 published reports. SETTING: Clinical practices. PATIENT(S): Couples who met criteria for u…

ObjectiveTo estimate the empirical relationship between the revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine's classification of endometriosis and pregnancy rates after treatment.DesignRetrospective analysis.Patient(s)Patients seen by fou…

Endometriosis is one of the most enigmatic and common diseases encountered by the gynecologist in the reproductive-age female. An estimated 10% of reproductive-age women and 25-35% of infertile women have this progressive disease which may …

Surgical resection of endometriosis, previously possible only by means of laparotomy, can now be accomplished through laparoscopic techniques. The requirements for surgery, surgical principles, operative techniques, and results are summariz…

ObjectiveOur goal was to determine the effects of a repeated course of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist nafarelin on symptoms and signs of endometriosis and lumbar and distal radius bone mineral density.Study designForty-five wome…

The choice of treatment options for endometriosis-associated infertility has been both controversial and complex, largely because of lack of data. In the last 10 years, better data from numerous studies with improved design support laparosc…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of nafarelin acetate with danazol in the treatment of dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and pelvic pain associated with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective, randomized double-blind controlled study. PATIENTS, SETT…

ObjectiveOur purpose was to evaluate the role of surgery in the treatment of endometriosis associated with infertility.Study designWe used a prospective cohort analysis of pregnancy rates and variables affecting pregnancy rates for surgical…

This study assessed the performance of the Heraeus LaserSonics InfraGuide with the 250Z CO2 laser in 46 patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery. Procedures included vaporization of endometriosis, adhesiolysis, ovarian cystectomy, uterosacr…

OBJECTIVE: Development of an endometriosis classification system based on empirically derived stages of the disease, to supplant the Acosta (1973), Kistner (1977), and American Fertility Society (1985) classifications, which are based on ar…

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…

ObjectiveTo assess the effectiveness of laparoscopy versus laparotomy in the treatment of endometriomata.DesignControlled study using data prospectively tabulated.SettingTreatment performed by senior author in a referral reproductive endocr…

Despite advances in diagnostic techniques, endometriosis remains an enigmatic condition. Clinical symptoms and signs often do not correlate with the anatomic stage of the disease, and morphologic characteristics very widely. A definitive di…

This study reports on 108 infertile patients with endometriosis diagnosed at laparoscopy. Sixty-four patients had endometriosis and adhesions vaporized with a CO2 laser (LAS) and were prospectively compared with a control group (CON) of 44 …

This study develops a method of identifying factors that predict pregnancy rates in patients with endometriosis. In 123 women, 60% had adhesions, 89% had implants, and 29% had endometriomas. The most common lesions were cul-de-sac implants …