W D Schlaff

No ORCID on file · 12 papers in corpus · active 1990-2001

Study types

  • article 6
  • other 2
  • rct 2
  • review 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 11
  • dysmenorrhea 3
  • dyspareunia 3
  • infertility 2
article 2001
Hydrosalpinx treated with extended doxycycline does not compromise the success of in vitro fertilization
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(01)01753-8
article 2000
Delayed oral estradiol combined with leuprolide increases endometriosis-related pain.
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

OBJECTIVES: To determine if low-dose estrogen replacement can be added to GnRH agonist therapy after three months to reduce hypoestrogenic symptoms while allowing continued relief of pain in patients with endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHOD…

review 2000
UPDATE ON THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS
Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America ·doi:10.1016/s0889-8545(05)70161-3
review 1999
Extending the treatment boundaries: Zoladex and add-back
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1016/s0020-7292(98)00239-2

OBJECTIVE: To review the evidence that add-back hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can ameliorate the metabolic consequences of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist treatment in women with symptomatic endometriosis. METHODS: A revi…

rct 1998
Goserelin acetate (Zoladex) with or without hormone replacement therapy for the treatment of endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(98)00086-7

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT) plus goserelin (Zoladex) is as effective as goserelin alone for the relief of pelvic symptoms of endometriosis and to determine whether it reduces both the loss of bone miner…

article 1996
Evaluation of synthetic serum substitute versus serum as protein supplementation for mouse and human embryo culture
Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics ·doi:10.1007/bf02068866
article 1992
Superovulation with or without intrauterine insemination for the treatment of infertility.
The Journal of reproductive medicine

Patients undergoing human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) superovulation were reviewed retrospectively to determine whether fecundity was greater for intrauterine insemination (IUI) than timed intercourse. Forty patients with unexplained infe…

other 1991
Laparoscopic cautery in the treatment of endometriosis-related infertility
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)54110-7

Life table analysis and the two-parameter exponential method have been applied to pregnancy rates in 72 patients undergoing laparoscopic cautery exclusively. Patients with male factor infertility were excluded. Estimated cure rates for pati…

article 1991
Time-related effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog treatment in experimentally induced endometriosis in the rat
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)54137-5
other 1990
Effect of serum from patients with minimal to mild endometriosis on mouse embryo development in vitro
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)53956-9

Two-cell mouse embryos were cultured at 37 degrees C in 5% CO2, 95% air with a 7.5% serum supplement from patients with minimal to mild endometriosis, (group I, n = 31), tubal factor (group II, n = 33), male factor (group III, n = 17), feta…

article 1990
Megestrol acetate for treatment of endometriosis.
Obstetrics and gynecology

Between 1977-1989, 29 women with symptomatic endometriosis were treated with megestrol acetate by the Johns Hopkins Division of Reproductive Endocrinology. All had previously received one or more alternative medical treatments for endometri…

rct 1990
The efficacy of presacral neurectomy for the relief of midline dysmenorrhea
Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1097/00006254-199103000-00016

The present study was undertaken to evaluate prospectively the efficacy of presacral neurectomy for the treatment of midline dysmenorrhea. All patients had moderate to severe dysmenorrhea and stage III-IV endometriosis. Of the patients unde…