Karin Wickström

No ORCID on file · 8 papers in corpus · active 2012-2017

Study types

  • article 7
  • dissertation 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 8
  • dysmenorrhea 6
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • infertility 1
article 2017
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives ·doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2017.05.004
article 2016
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719116657188
dissertation 2014

BACKGROUND:Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown origin that can cause severe dysmenorrhea, chronic pain and impaired quality of life. Lignocaine has anti-inflammatory properties and pertubation with lignocaine could be…

article 2013
·doi:10.1097/01.ogx.0000429298.55211.ad

Dysmenorrhea and infertility are the primary symptoms of endometriosis. Lignocaine (lidocaine, xylocaine) is an anesthetic that stabilizes membranes by blocking the action potential. The drug is used topically to induce local and regional a…

article 2013
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.12257

OBJECTIVE: Pertubation with lidocaine has been shown to reduce pain (on a VAS-scale) in women with endometriosis. A clinical study was performed to evaluate the effect of lidocaine pertubations on quality of life. DESIGN: Double-blind, rand…

article 2013
Drugs in R&D ·doi:10.1007/s40268-013-0022-8

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to report the serum concentration of lignocaine after pertubation in patients with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: The study was carried out at a gynaecological out…

article 2012
·doi:10.1016/s0020-7292(12)61249-1
article 2012
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/der434

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology that can cause severe dysmenorrhea. Lignocaine has anti-inflammatory properties and exerts effects on nerve endings and intra-peritoneal macrophages. The objec…