Twijnstra ARH

No ORCID on file · 8 papers in corpus · active 2017-2025

Study types

  • article 4
  • rct 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
  • adenomyosis 1
rct 2025
Quality of life 1 year after uterine artery embolization vs hysterectomy for symptomatic adenomyosis (QUESTA study)
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.15165

INTRODUCTION: Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a less-invasive alternative for hysterectomy in therapy-resistant symptomatic adenomyosis. Comparative data are lacking. Our objective is to evaluate the non-inferiority of UAE compared wit…

article 2024
The (cost-) effectiveness Of Surgical excision of Colorectal endometriosis compared to ART treatment trAjectory (TOSCA study) - a study protocol
Reproduction & fertility ·doi:10.1530/raf-23-0048

Currently, the optimal treatment to increase the chance of pregnancy and live birth in patients with colorectal endometriosis and subfertility is unknown. Evidence suggests that that both surgery and in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracyt…

article 2023
Clavien-Dindo, comprehensive complication index and classification of intraoperative adverse events: a uniform and holistic approach in adverse event registration for (deep) endometriosis surgery
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoad019

STUDY QUESTION: What is the additional value of the comprehensive complication index (CCI) and ClassIntra system (classification for intraoperative adverse events (ioAEs)) in adverse event (AE) reporting in (deep) endometriosis (DE) surgery…

article 2022
Preoperative pain measurements in correlation to deep endometriosis classification with Enzian
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn ·doi:10.52054/fvvo.14.3.034

BACKGROUND: Deep Endometriosis (DE) classification studies with Enzian never compared solitary compartments (A, B, C, F), and combinations of anatomical locations (A&B, A&C, B&C, A&B&C), in correlation to pain. Therefore, the results of the…

article 2020
EQUSUM: Endometriosis QUality and grading instrument for SUrgical performance: proof of concept study for automatic digital registration and classification scoring for r-ASRM, EFI and Enzian
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoaa053

Abstract STUDY QUESTION Is electronic digital classification/staging of endometriosis by the EQUSUM application more accurate in calculating the scores/stages and is it easier to use compared to non-digital classification? SUMMARY ANSWER We…

2019
Implementation of uterine artery embolization for symptomatic fibroids in the Netherlands: an inventory and preference study.
CVIR endovascular ·doi:10.1186/s42155-019-0061-5

Background and purposeThe Dutch national guideline on heavy menstrual bleeding was updated and published in 2013. It recommended (for the first time) that uterine artery embolization (UAE) should be part of counseling of women with symptoma…

2017
Laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign indications: clinical practice guideline.
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-017-4467-9

PurposeSince the introduction of minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, the percentage of advanced laparoscopic procedures has greatly increased worldwide. It seems therefore, timely to standardize laparoscopic gynecologic care according t…

2017
Medical malpractice claims in laparoscopic gynecologic surgery: a Dutch overview of 20 years.
Surgical endoscopy ·doi:10.1007/s00464-017-5624-8

BackgroundThe success of newly introduced surgical techniques is generally primarily assessed by surgical outcome measures. However, data on medical liability should concomitantly be used to evaluate provided care as they give a unique insi…