Jason Abbott

STUDY QUESTION: How is endometriosis care organized at the primary, secondary, and tertiary care levels in five high-income countries? SUMMARY ANSWER: In all countries under study, initiatives have been taken to provide endometriosis care …

STUDY QUESTION: How do cumulative live birth rates (CLBRs) in women with endometriosis compare to those with other infertility diagnoses undergoing ART? SUMMARY ANSWER: Women with endometriosis as the sole cause of infertility achieved hig…

BACKGROUND: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common and debilitating presentation for adolescent and young adult females. Medical management is often utilised as first line therapy with surgical management considered if medical treatment has …

As a heterogenous disease with likely multiple pathogeneses and as-yet-undefined subtypes, progress in endometriosis treatment is currently limited by a lack of appropriate models and cohorts for research. Almost half of all publicly availa…

ABSTRACT: People with endometriosis report consuming cannabis to manage their symptoms. Given the range of differing legalities and access pathways across the world, this study aimed to investigate the drivers and barriers to cannabis use w…

STUDY QUESTION: What are the patterns of health service use (HSU) before and after endometriosis diagnosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Women with endometriosis had higher rates of visits to general practitioners (GPs), specialists, and diagnostic ima…

This group was formed out of the conviction that endometriosis research has not progressed at a pace in proportion to disease severity and the negative impact on women's quality of life. Furthermore, advancement in our understanding of this…

Background: The diagnosis of neuromuscular pelvic pain is challenging. Despite the increasing use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the assessment of pudendal neuralgia, there are limited data describing radiological variations of the …

People with endometriosis use cannabis to manage their symptoms. This study aimed to identify costs, modes of administration, product composition, and self-reported effectiveness for those accessing medicinal cannabis in Australia. There we…

We write with substantive concerns regarding the assumptions made in the recent editorial ‘Worth waiting for?’ published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology1 – assumptions the publication states should be…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: While laparoscopic surgery plays a key role in the management of endometriosis, symptoms commonly recur, and repeat surgery comes with increased risk. Medical management, including hormonal and nonhormonal treatment, is v…

OBJECTIVE: No consensus currently exists regarding patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) instruments. This structured review was conducted to identify the PROMs used by randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated surgical treatment…

Social media platforms are used for support and as resources by people from the endometriosis community who are seeking advice about diagnosis, education, and disease management. However, little is known about the scientific accuracy of inf…

Previous quantitative research has shown that cannabis use, mostly illicit, is used for symptom management amongst those with endometriosis living in Australia or New Zealand, but the drivers and barriers for use of legal, medicinal cannabi…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess long-term urinary function for women having laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis. DESIGN: Institutional Review Board-approved nested cohort study within a larger randomized controlled trial assessing urinary fu…

With 11.4% of women, girls and the gender-diverse community affected,1 endometriosis is a major contributor to morbidity globally. Australia is 80% of the way through the first five-year National Actional Plan on Endometriosis (NAPE), launc…

In Australia, endometriosis affects one in nine women and those assigned female at birth. Although endometriosis is more common than conditions such as diabetes, research funding for endometriosis research has historically been low in compa…

Endometriosis is a common yet under-recognised chronic inflammatory disease, affecting 176 million women, trans and gender diverse people globally. The National Endometriosis Clinical and Scientific Trials (NECST) Registry is a new clinical…

Endometriosis affects 1 in 9 women, taking 6.4 years to diagnose using conventional laparoscopy. Non-invasive imaging enables timelier diagnosis, reducing diagnostic delay, risk and expense of surgery. This review updates literature explori…

A reliable non-invasive biomarker for endometriosis is highly likely in the coming years. In the lead-up to this, clinicians need to be aware of commercially available tests as they become accessible, be aware of the level of evidence to su…

INTRODUCTION: Performing surgical procedures is a recognized source of stress for surgeons. Vocational stress is an important contributor to performance, patient care, and burnout with dispositional and environmental factors contributing. A…