D C Martin

No ORCID on file · 37 papers in corpus · active 1984-2021

Study types

  • article 16
  • other 10
  • review 7
  • letter 3
  • editorial 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 36
  • infertility 9
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • adenomyosis 2
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
  • bladder_endometriosis 1
  • dyspareunia 1
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
other 2021
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deab211
article 2021
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn ·doi:10.52054/fvvo.13.3.028

Background and Objective: to study the natural history of endometriosis. Materials and methods: the analysis of all women (n=2086) undergoing laparoscopy for pelvic pain and endometriosis between 1988 and 2011 at University Hospital Gasthui…

other 2020
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn

Statistical significance is used to analyse research findings and is together with biased free trials the cornerstone of evidence based medicine. However traditional statistics are based on the assumption that the population investigated is…

article 2020
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deaa340

STUDY QUESTION: What is the prevalence of laparoscopically nonvisualized palpable satellite bowel nodules at or near the planned stapler site in women undergoing segmental bowel resection for endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Overall, 13 (25.5…

editorial 2019
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn

Statistical significance is used to analyse research findings and is together with biased free trials the cornerstone of evidence based medicine. However traditional statistics are based on the assumption that the population investigated is…

review 2019
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn

BACKGROUND: The genetic-epigenetic theory postulates that endometriosis is triggered by a cumulative set of genetic-epigenetic (GE) incidents. Pelvic and upper genital tract infection might induce GE incidents and thus play a role in the pa…

review 2007
Histology and histopathology ·doi:10.14670/hh-22.1161

Müllerianosis may be defined as an organoid structure of embryonic origin; a choristoma composed of müllerian rests--normal endometrium, normal endosalpinx, and normal endocervix--singly or in combination, incorporated within other normal o…

other 2001
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology ·doi:10.1093/toxsci/60.2.327

Previous work has shown that exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is associated with a dose-dependent increase in the incidence and severity of endometriosis in the rhesus monkey. Studies also suggest that immune mechanism…

letter 2001
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)60543-9
article 2001
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology ·doi:10.1093/toxsci/59.1.147

Humans and animals are exposed daily to a complex mixture of polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (PHAHs). Previous work has shown that exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is associated with a dose-dependent increase in …

review 1999
Clinical obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1097/00003081-199909000-00019

Endometriosis generally causes pain that is cyclic and generally responds to medication and/or surgery. When endometriosis is found coincidentally, it may need no treatment because many women have endometriosis as a self-limited disease. In…

letter 1998
Fertility and Sterility
review 1997
Seminars in reproductive endocrinology ·doi:10.1055/s-2008-1068762

The absolute risk of endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary is very small. When endometriosis is left behind at the time of hysterectomy, there may be increased risk and difficulties in hormone replacement management.

article 1996
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(96)80006-5
article 1995
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80008-8
other 1995
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57294-x

OBJECTIVE: To correlate Chlamydia trachomatis immunoglobulin gamma (IgG) titers with psammoma bodies, dystrophic peritoneal calcification, degree of calcification, adhesions, and hydrosalpinges. DESIGN: This is a prospective single-blinded…

article 1995
Environmental health perspectives ·doi:10.1289/ehp.95103s7151

Endometriosis is a reproductive disease characterized by the growth of endometrial cells at sites outside the uterus. This disease is a serious disorder associated with chronic pain and infertility, which may be present in 6 million women i…

review 1995
British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1995.tb09157.x

ABSTRACT Endometriosis may result in pain and/or infertility in some patients, while others may remain asymptomatic. The disease appears to progress and regress somewhat unpredictably, making it difficult to determine the appropriate treatm…

letter 1995
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(95)90066-7
article 1993
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80751-0
review 1993
Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America ·doi:10.1016/s0889-8545(21)00388-0

Although epidemiology can suggest populations at risk for endometriosis, a single form of therapy with consistent results for all patients is lacking. It is without question that the advancement of conservative therapy for endometriosis-ass…

article 1993
Fundamental and applied toxicology : official journal of the Society of Toxicology ·doi:10.1006/faat.1993.1119
other 1992
The Journal of reproductive medicine

Reported symptoms in patients with endometriosis have shown poor correlation with the extent of disease at surgery. Recent data have suggested that signs and symptoms may correlate with depth and volume of individual implants. In this study…

other 1992
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)55436-3

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the incidence and occurrence of subtypes of deep endometriosis. DESIGN: Deep endometriotic lesions (> 5 mm) were retrospectively analyzed, using our data base and slides taken systematically during surgery. SETTING: …

article 1992
International journal of fertility

Apparently conflicting results have been reported regarding the incidence, and even the existence, of endometriosis in visually normal peritoneum. The present study was undertaken in view of the fact that the presence and incidence of nonvi…