Madeleine Lemyre

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess the interobserver reproducibility of the Revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine score (r-ASRM) and the Endometriosis Fertility Index (EFI) in women undergoing a conservative laparoscopy to …

OBJECTIVE: To identify pain phenotypes in patients with endometriosis and investigate their associations with demographics, clinical characteristics, comorbidities and pain-related quality of life (QoL). DESIGN: Cross-sectional, single-cen…

OBJECTIVE: To provide a contemporary approach to the understanding of the impact and methods for the diagnosis of endometriosis in Canada. TARGET POPULATION: Individuals, families, communities, health care providers, and health care admini…

Objective To identify phenotypes of pain in patients with endometriosis and to investigate their associations with predictors and quality of life (QoL). Design Population-based study. Setting A referral university center in Quebec City, Can…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of hormonal suppression on fertility when administered to infertile patients or patient wishing to conceive after surgery for endometriosis. DATA SOURCES: A systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL an…

OBJECTIVE: This guideline reviews the investigation and treatment of primary dysmenorrhea. INTENDED USERS: Health care providers. TARGET POPULATION: Women and adolescents experiencing menstrual pain for which no underlying cause has been …

CONTEXT: is a potent angiogenic factor in endothelial cells. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether or not the F-prostanoid receptor modulates angiogenesis in ectopic stromal cells. DESIGN: signaling was assessed. SETTING: The study was …

Studies have long sought specific cytokines that could characterize endometriosis. Either due to variations between study designs regarding the assessment criteria for the cytokine or to low power resulting from small sample size, no factor…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Ambulatory total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) could lead to significant cost savings, but some fear the effects of what could be premature postsurgical discharge. We sought to estimate the feasibility and safety…

Pelvic inflammation is a hallmark of endometriosis pathogenesis and a major cause of the disease's symptoms. Abnormal immune and inflammatory changes may not only contribute to endometriosis-major symptoms, but also contribute to ectopic en…

Endometriosis is often associated with a chronic pelvic immuno-inflammatory process, which is closely related to disease pathogenesis and major symptoms. Our studies led to the detection of a marked imbalance between IL-1 and its natural in…

PURPOSE: We report the clinical characteristics and the principles of laparoscopic management of ureteral endometriosis at our institution. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the charts of patients with ureteral endometriosi…