Dicker D

No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus · active 1988-2016

Study types

  • article 3
  • other 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
  • infertility 1
2016
US Spending on Personal Health Care and Public Health, 1996-2013.
JAMA ·doi:10.1001/jama.2016.16885

ImportanceUS health care spending has continued to increase, and now accounts for more than 17% of the US economy. Despite the size and growth of this spending, little is known about how spending on each condition varies by age and across t…

2015
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition.
Lancet (London, England) ·doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(15)61340-x

BackgroundThe Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable compariso…

other 1993
Severe abdominal complications after transvaginal ultrasonographically guided retrieval of oocytes for in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)55997-4

Severe life-threatening complications as a result of ultrasonically guided ovum pick-up for IVF may rarely occur. We report 14 cases, out of 3,656 patients undergoing the procedure, presenting with a clinical picture of acute abdomen. In 9 …

article 1992
The impact of long-term gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue treatment on preclinical abortions in patients with severe endometriosis undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)54906-1

ObjectiveTo examine the relationship between endometriosis and preclinical abortions and to evaluate the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (GnRH-a) therapy on these pregnancies.Design and patientsOf 67 women with severe endo…

article 1991
Transvaginal ultrasonic needle-guided aspiration of endometriotic cysts before ovulation induction for in vitro fertilization
Journal of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer : IVF ·doi:10.1007/bf01139786

Controversy still exists concerning the optimal treatment of endometriomata in endometriosis and its related infertility. Forty-one women with endometriomata who failed to conceive during previous in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer …

article 1990
The value of pre-treatment with gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue in IVF-ET therapy of severe endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137114

Controversy concerning the optimal treatment of endometriosis and its related infertility still exists. Thirty-one women with moderate and severe endometriosis, who failed to conceive during previous in-vitro fertilization and embryo transf…

review 1988
Primary abdominal pregnancy: can artificial abortion, endometriosis and IUD be etiological factors?
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/0028-2243(88)90007-x

Primary abdominal pregnancy is a very rare condition, accompanied by high rates of perinatal and maternal mortality. The etiology of this condition is not clear; nevertheless several theories have been proposed. We have reported three cases…