Karen Ballard

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2006-2014

Study types

  • article 5
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 4
review 2014
Endometriosis
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) ·doi:10.1136/bmj.g1752
article 2011
A randomized trial of day-case vs inpatient laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy
·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2010.11.014

ObjectiveTo determine whether women having day-case laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy are more or less satisfied with the length of hospital stay compared with women who stayed overnight after the procedure.Study designAn randomized c…

article 2009
Can specific pain symptoms help in the diagnosis of endometriosis? A cohort study of women with chronic pelvic pain
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.164

ObjectiveTo investigate whether different dimensions of chronic pelvic pain are useful in the diagnosis of endometriosis.DesignA prospective questionnaire-based study of 185 women.SettingSoutheast of England.Patient(s)Women undergoing a dia…

article 2007
Management of endometriosis in general practice: the pathway to diagnosis.
The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of endometriosis is estimated to be around 10%. Diagnosis is through visualisation of the lesions, mostly via laparoscopy. Studies reveal that there is an average delay in the diagnosis of endometriosis of between…

article 2006
Balancing the risks and benefits of different diagnostic interventions for chronic pelvic pain
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.07.1492
article 2006
What’s the delay? A qualitative study of women’s experiences of reaching a diagnosis of endometriosis
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.04.054

ObjectiveTo investigate the reasons women experience delays in the diagnosis of endometriosis and the impact of this.DesignA qualitative interview-based study of 32 women, 28 of whom were subsequently diagnosed with endometriosis.SettingSou…