Ballard K

No ORCID on file · 9 papers in corpus · active 2003-2023

Study types

  • article 5
  • letter 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 7
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 4
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
2023
Development and validation of GLVS (Generic Laparoscopic Video Scoring System), a tool for assessment of laparoscopic skills in gynaecology using videotaped procedures: Are edited videos representative of their full-length version?
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn ·doi:10.52054/fvvo.15.2.085

BackgroundAnonymized videotaped endoscopic procedures can be used for the assessment of surgical competence, but a reliable non-procedure-specific scoring system is needed for gynaecology.ObjectivesTo design and evaluate the validity of the…

review 2014
Endometriosis
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) ·doi:10.1136/bmj.g1752
letter 2011
The surgical management of rectovaginal endometriosis: plus ça change?
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02818.x

Please cite this paper as: Wright J, Ballard K. The surgical management of rectovaginal endometriosis: plus ça change? BJOG 2011;118:274–277.

article 2011
Transvaginal sonography vs. clinical examination in the preoperative diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.8935

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of clinical vaginal examination with that of transvaginal sonography (TVS) in the presurgical diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis. METHODS: One-hundred and …

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 2008
Long‐term outcomes following laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01854.x

OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of long-term outcomes following laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH). DESIGN: Retrospective postal questionnaire. SETTING: Norwegian university teaching hospital. POPULATION: A total of 315 consecutive patient…

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
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…

2003
Making decisions about hormone replacement therapy.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) ·doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7384.322