Tirlapur SA

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 2012-2018

Study types

  • article 2
  • review 2
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • chronic_pelvic_pain 4
  • endometriosis 3
  • endometrioma 1
article 2018
MRI versus laparoscopy to diagnose the main causes of chronic pelvic pain in women: a test-accuracy study and economic evaluation
Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) ·doi:10.3310/hta22400

Background Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) symptoms in women are variable and non-specific; establishing a differential diagnosis can be hard. A diagnostic laparoscopy is often performed, although a prior magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan may…

review 2015
Chronic pelvic pain: how does noninvasive imaging compare with diagnostic laparoscopy?
Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology ·doi:10.1097/GCO.0000000000000222

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) has an annual prevalence of 38/1000 in the UK, with coexisting pathologies often present. Diagnostic laparoscopy has long been the gold standard diagnostic test, but with up to 40% showing no abn…

article 2015
MRI reporting standard for chronic pelvic pain: consensus development
The British journal of radiology ·doi:10.1259/bjr.20140615

AIM: To identify radiological parameters that should be reported on gynaecological MRI in order to create a standardized assessment pro forma for reporting CPP, which may be used in clinical practice. METHODS: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in f…

other 2013
The 'evil twin syndrome' in chronic pelvic pain: a systematic review of prevalence studies of bladder pain syndrome and endometriosis
International journal of surgery (London, England) ·doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.02.003

BACKGROUND: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP), a common gynaecological presentation, may be due to bladder pain syndrome (BPS) or the co-existence of BPS and endometriosis, known as the 'evil twins syndrome'. OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence…

review 2012
Future research in gynaecological surgery
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2012.12.001

Gynaecological surgery is constantly evolving. To inform practice with high-impact research, clinicians need to focus on areas of importance. Surveys of specialist members of the British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy have revealed a r…