J. Timothy Wright

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of clinical vaginal examination with that of transvaginal sonography (TVS) in the presurgical diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis. METHODS: One-hundred and …

Fragestellung: Ziel dieser Studie war der direkte Vergleich von klinischer (bimanueller) Untersuchung versus Vaginalsonografie zur Detektion von TIE. Methodik: 155 Patientinnen mit Endometriose-assoziierten Symptomen wurden prospektiv klini…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the value of patient-reported symptoms in diagnosing endometriosis. DESIGN: A national case-control study. SETTING: Data from the UK General Practice Research Database for years 1992-2001. SAMPLE: A total of 5540 wom…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the increased chances of having a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in women with endometriosis is due to misdiagnosis or co-morbidity. DESIGN: A case-control…

Background: Many women seek medical help for what is broadly defined as 'chronic pelvic pain', with a prevalence rate of 24% in Primary Care (1). A frequent cause of this pain is endometriosis, with a 10% prevalence rate in women of reprodu…