Tony Ma

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2013-2022

Study types

  • article 5
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • mesh:D004715 4
  • mesh:D017699 2
  • dyspareunia 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
article 2022
Preoperative Imaging in Patients with Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis: An Important Aid in Predicting Depth of Infiltration in Rectosigmoid Disease
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2021.12.015
other 2019
Can Narrowband Imaging Improve the Laparoscopic Identification of Superficial Endometriosis? A Prospective Cohort Trial
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2018.05.007

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the usefulness of narrowband imaging (NBI) to detect additional areas of endometriosis not identified by standard white light in patients undergoing laparoscopy for the investigation of pelvic pain. DESIGN: A pro…

article 2018
Chronic pelvic pain – pain catastrophizing, pelvic pain and quality of life
·doi:10.1515/sjpain-2017-0181

Background and aims Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) impacts significantly on the lives of women. Negative coping responses such as pain catastrophizing are thought to be significant in predicting both pain severity and outcome. The combined effec…

article 2018
Multicentre retrospective study to assess diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound for superficial endometriosis—Are we any closer?
The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/ajo.12911

BACKGROUND: To establish whether the ultrasound findings of minimal endometriosis are confirmed at laparoscopy and that a correlation can be established as to the anatomical sites in this mild form of the disease. AIMS: Patients with pain a…

article 2015
Ability of MRI and Ultrasound with Multidisciplinary Meeting to Pre Operatively Predict the Need for Bowel Resection
·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2015.08.078
article 2013
Is the Detection of Endometrial Nerve Fibers Useful in the Diagnosis of Endometriosis?
International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists ·doi:10.1097/pgp.0b013e31825b0585

Laparoscopy is currently considered to be the gold standard investigation in patients suspected to have endometriosis, but this is an invasive and relatively costly procedure and there may be significant delays in diagnosis. As the eutopic …