Ball E

No ORCID on file · 9 papers in corpus · active 2006-2025

Study types

  • review 5
  • other 3
  • article 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 7
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 5
  • infertility 2
  • dyspareunia 2
  • irritable_bowel_syndrome 1
  • adenomyosis 1
other 2025
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-099374

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate models to predict which endometriosis patients are likely to experience pain reduction following therapeutic laparoscopy using intraoperative findings and patient characteristics. DESIGN: A retrospective …

review 2024
F1000Research ·doi:10.12688/f1000research.142586.2

UNLABELLED: Endometriosis is a common chronic non curable neuro-inflammatory condition, which can cause endometriosis-related pelvic pain (ERPP). Sufferers may struggle with side effects and/or risks from conventional medical and surgical t…

review 2021
Reproduction & fertility ·doi:10.1530/raf-20-0057

BACKGROUND: Up to 28% of endometriosis patients do not get pain relief from therapeutic laparoscopy but this subgroup is not defined. OBJECTIVES: To identify any prognostic patient-specific factors (such as but not limited to patients' type…

article 2020
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030164

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the feasibility of a randomised trial of a modified, pre-existing, mindfulness meditation smartphone app for women with chronic pelvic pain. DESIGN: Three arm randomised feasibility trial. SETTING: Women were recruit…

other 2013
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
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…

other 2008
Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology ·doi:10.1097/GCO.0b013e32830002bb

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Two hundred and fifty thousand gynaecological laparoscopies are performed yearly in the UK, many of them diagnostic. Unless a patient has major endometriosis and needs advanced surgery, the Royal College of Obstetricians …

review 2007
Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology ·doi:10.1097/gco.0b013e328216f642

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To appraise a new approach to laparoscopic surgery for infertility caused by advanced endometriosis. RECENT FINDINGS: Endometriosis is a common systemic and local disease with altered peritoneal function, which requires b…

review 2006
Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology ·doi:10.1097/01.gco.0000233928.19522.f0

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Magnetic resonance imaging is commonly used for gynaecological malignancies, but also is increasingly used for the investigation of benign gynaecological complaints. This review summarizes the current evidence regarding i…