Greta Edelstam

No ORCID on file · 16 papers in corpus · active 1994-2019

Study types

  • article 14
  • other 1
  • preprint 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 14
  • dysmenorrhea 7
  • infertility 4
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
other 2019
Optimised gynaecological examination with a new pelvic examination chair
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives ·doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2019.01.001

OBJECTIVE: The present aim was to contribute to improving the traditional pelvic examination chair with vertical leg support and to evaluate patients' and examiners' experience of a new gyneacological and urological examination chair with h…

preprint 2018
Optimising for patients with endometriosis and reducing the time of the gynaecological examination with a new concept of a pelvic examination chair
·doi:10.26226/morressier.5af300af738ab10027aa955f
article 2017
Minimal clinically important difference for pain on the VAS scale and the relation to quality of life in women with endometriosis
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives ·doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2017.05.004
article 2016
Effect of Lignocaine on IL-6, IL-8, and MCP-1 in Peritoneal Macrophages and Endometriotic Stromal Cells
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719116657188
article 2013
Pertubation With Lignocaine as a New Treatment of Dysmenorrhea Due to Endometriosis
·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
Quality of life in patients with endometriosis and the effect of pertubation with lidocaine – a randomized controlled trial
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
Serum Concentration of Lignocaine After Pertubation: An Observational Study
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 2013
SHORT COMMUNICATION Serum Concentration of Lignocaine After Pertubation: An Observational

The Author(s) 2013. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Objective The objective of this study was to report the serum concentration of lignocaine after pertubation in patients with endometriosis. Design Prospectiv…

article 2012
M055 PERTUBATION WITH LIGNOCAINE AS A NEW TREATMENT OF DYSMENORRHEA DUE TO ENDOMETRIOSIS: A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL
·doi:10.1016/s0020-7292(12)61249-1
article 2012
Pertubation with lidocaine – a non-hormonal, long-term treatment of dysmenorrhea due to endometriosis
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives ·doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2012.02.001
article 2012
Pertubation with lignocaine as a new treatment of dysmenorrhea due to endometriosis: a randomized controlled trial
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…

article 2005
A New Rapid Method for Treatment of Infertility and Dysmenorrhea Due to Endometriosis
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.07.382
article 1998
Fibrinolysis in the Peritoneal Fluid During Adhesions, Endometriosis and Ongoing Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Inflammation ·doi:10.1023/a:1022322814288
article 1998
The effect of lignocaine on sperm phagocytosis in the peritoneal fluid from women with or without endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/13.5.1353

The study was undertaken to investigate a possible mechanism for reducing the phagocytosis of spermatozoa by leukocytes in the peritoneal fluid from women suffering from endometriosis. Peritoneal fluids were collected during laparoscopy fro…

article 1994
Hyaluronan and myeloperoxidase in human peritoneal fluid during genital inflammation
·doi:10.1007/bf01534555
article 1994
Role of eosinophilic granulocytes in women with infertility and pelvic adhesions
·doi:10.1007/bf01534434