Wilson J

Background Biliary dyskinesia (BD) is a disorder characterised by abdominal pain of biliary origin (i.e., sudden steady pain at the right upper quadrant of the abdomen or the epigastrium, the absence of gallstones on ultrasound (US)), and a…

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) affects 5.7-26.6% women worldwide. 55% have no obvious pathology and 40% have associated endometriosis. Neuropathic pain (NeP) is pain arising as a consequence of a lesion/disease affecting the somatosensory system…

Bowel obstruction accounts for 20% of hospital admissions due to acute abdominal pain. We report a case of acute bowel obstruction in a 31-year-old woman with a history of endometriosis diagnosed on laparoscopy a year before this presentati…

The aims of the study were to evaluate whether three-dimensional transvaginal ultrasound (3D TV US) is superior to two-dimensional transvaginal ultrasound (2D TV US) at visualising intrauterine devices and determining their position. This p…

INTRODUCTION: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) affects >1 million UK women. Annual healthcare costs are estimated at >£150 million. Proven interventions for CPP are limited, and treatment is often unsatisfactory. Gabapentin is increasingly prescri…

ObjectiveTo evaluate the utility of fat-suppressed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of endometriosis.DesignA prospective clinical trial.SettingA government research hospital.Patient(s)Forty-eight women with pelvic pain.Inte…