Jan Bosteels
ORCID: 0000-0002-2373-6868
· 16 papers in corpus
other
2025
Background/Objectives: The diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis should be based on the best available evidence. Emphasising the risk of bias, the pyramid of evidence has the double-blind, randomised controlled trial and its meta-analyse…
review
2022
Vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a novel technique for minimally invasive gynecological surgery. Adequate training and standardization are key elements to patient safety and quality of care. Based on consen…
review
2020
The standard fertility workup includes assessment of ovulation, semen analysis, and evaluation of tubal patency. If the fertility workup is found to be normal, a diagnosis of unexplained infertility is made. The role of laparoscopy in ferti…
review
2020
meta-analysis
2020
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is associated with pain and infertility. Surgical interventions aim to remove visible areas of endometriosis and restore the anatomy. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness and safety of laparoscopic surgery in th…
meta-analysis
2020
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is associated with pain and infertility. Surgical interventions aim to remove visible areas of endometriosis and restore the anatomy. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness and safety of laparoscopic surgery in t…
meta-analysis
2020
(1) Objective: We aimed to report an update of the systematic review and meta-analysis by Baekelandt et al. (2016). (2) Method: We followed PRISMA guidelines to perform this systematic review. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL and additi…
meta-analysis
2019
BACKGROUND: Screening hysteroscopy in infertile women with unexplained infertility, or prior to intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilisation (IVF) may reveal intrauterine pathology that may not be detected by routine transvagin…
meta-analysis
2018
BACKGROUND: Observational studies suggest higher pregnancy rates after the hysteroscopic removal of endometrial polyps, submucous fibroids, uterine septum or intrauterine adhesions, which are present in 10% to 15% of women seeking treatment…
meta-analysis
2017
BACKGROUND: Observational evidence suggests a potential benefit with several anti-adhesion therapies in women undergoing operative hysteroscopy (e.g. insertion of an intrauterine device or balloon, hormonal treatment, barrier gels or human …
meta-analysis
2016
Abstract. The tendency of women to delay their first pregnancy until an older age and the widespread use of accurate non-invasive imaging techniques has caused adenomyosis to be diagnosed more often in women with otherwise “unexplained infe…
meta-analysis
2014
The aim of this study was to assess the effects of any anti-adhesion barrier gel used after operative hysteroscopy for treating infertility associated with uterine cavity abnormalities. Gynecologists might use any barrier gel following oper…
meta-analysis
2011
Het belang van reproductieve chirurgie neemt af door de alomtegenwoordige beschikbaarheid van technieken van medisch begeleide voortplanting (MBV), maar een solide epidemiologisch bewijs voor deze evolutie ontbreekt. Om deze reden verrichtt…
meta-analysis
2010
Background: The role of reproductive surgery is declining due to the widespread availability of assisted reproductive technology, but an evidence-based fundament for this decline is lacking. We therefore performed a systematic review of the…
review
2007
In everyday clinical practice, it is not always clear if and when exactly in the fertility work-up a diagnostic laparoscopy should be offered. The aim of this review is to analyse the available evidence with respect to alternative diagnosti…
case-report
2003
Endometriosis has been observed in 8 to 15% of the women of reproductive age. Occasionally it can be found outside the pelvis, its usual location. Rather exceptionally it is located on the diaphragm. A case report of preoperatively diagnose…