Tyrone Carpenter

To provide an overview of the variation and quality of clinical practice guidelines for diagnosing endometriosis, written or signposted to by G12 countries national medical gynaecological societies or equivalent organisation.

BACKGROUND: Hysterectomy, the most common gynecological operation, requires surgeons to counsel women about their operative risks. We aimed to develop and validate multivariable logistic regression models to predict major complications of l…

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate novel prediction models to personalise the risk of conversion from laparoscopic to open hysterectomy in benign conditions. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTINGS: English NHS Hospitals between 2011 a…

BACKGROUND: Chronic pelvic pain affects 2-24% of women worldwide and evidence for medical treatments is scarce. Gabapentin is effective in treating some chronic pain conditions. We aimed to measure the efficacy and safety of gabapentin in w…

Detailed history and examination are crucial. Laparoscopy is readily justifiable in acute pain. In chronic pelvic pain, the possible benefits and risks associated with laparoscopy need to be assessed for each woman individually. Learning ob…

Endometriosis is a common condition affecting up to 10% of women of reproductive age. Despite being described nearly 150 years ago its aetiology remains unclear. In addition there is a clear lack of knowledge of the natural history of the c…