Shay M. Freger
ORCID: 0000-0001-5534-3965
· 32 papers in corpus
meta-analysis
2023
Endometriosis affects 1 in 9 women, taking 6.4 years to diagnose using conventional laparoscopy. Non-invasive imaging enables timelier diagnosis, reducing diagnostic delay, risk and expense of surgery. This review updates literature explori…
2023
The uterosacral ligaments (USLs) and torus uterinus (TU) are common sites for deep endometriosis (DE) but are challenging to diagnose through transvaginal ultrasound (TVS). Anatomical distortion caused by severe endometriosis, including pou…
2023
An up-to-date description of ovarian and deep endometriosis distribution is necessary as the diagnostic algorithm now includes ultrasound as a highly specific diagnostic test. The primary objective was to describe ovarian/deep endometriosis…
2023
The primary objective of this study is to establish whether ultrasound (US) diagnosis of endometriosis affects patient decision-making on treatment options. Secondary objectives include determining: 1) patient comfort of endometriosis US; 2…
2023
review
2021
Endometriosis is a chronic oestrogen-dependent gynaecological disorder characterized by non-menstrual pelvic pain, infertility and the extrauterine growth of endometrial-like glands and stroma. It has been noted that the eutopic endometrium…
2020
Endometriosis is widely acknowledged to be an estrogen dependent disease or unknown etiology. Recognition that environmental toxicants can bind with and activate the estrogen receptor, dysregulate steroid metabolism and, in some cases, act …