Ben Willem J Mol

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2016-2026

Study types

  • other 2
  • rct 2
  • meta-analysis 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 4
  • infertility 4
  • endometrioma 1
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
meta-analysis 2026
Visual tubal patency tests for tubal occlusion and hydrosalpinx
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews ·doi:10.1002/14651858.CD014968.pub2

BACKGROUND: Around 18% to 33% of couples with infertility present with tubal occlusion (blocked or damaged fallopian tubes) or hydrosalpinx (fluid-filled tubes). Diagnostic laparoscopy (keyhole surgery) with chromopertubation (methylene blu…

rct 2024
The effect of prior hysterosalpingo-foam sonography or hysterosalpingography on tubal patency: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deae194

STUDY QUESTION: Does hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HyFoSy) prior to hysterosalpingography (HSG) or HSG prior to HyFoSy affect visible tubal patency when compared HSG or HyFoSy alone? SUMMARY ANSWER: Undergoing either HyFoSy or HSG prior…

other 2023
Surgical approach to hysterectomy for benign gynaecological disease
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews ·doi:10.1002/14651858.CD003677.pub6

BACKGROUND: Currently, there are five major approaches to hysterectomy for benign gynaecological disease: abdominal hysterectomy (AH), vaginal hysterectomy (VH), laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH), robotic-assisted hysterectomy (RH) and vaginal…

rct 2022
Can hysterosalpingo-foam sonography replace hysterosalpingography as first-choice tubal patency test? A randomized non-inferiority trial
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deac034

STUDY QUESTION: Does hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HyFoSy) lead to similar pregnancy outcomes, compared with hysterosalpingography (HSG), as first-choice tubal patency test in infertile couples? SUMMARY ANSWER: HyFoSy and HSG produce si…

other 2018
The prognostic capacity of transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy to predict non-IVF conception
Reproductive biomedicine online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2018.01.012

Transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy (THL) is performed to investigate tubal pathology in subfertile women. This retrospective multicentre cohort study investigated the results of THL and subsequent pregnancy rates. Between 2000 and 2011, 1033 sub…

review 2016
Blood biomarkers for the non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews ·doi:10.1002/14651858.cd012179

BACKGROUND: About 10% of reproductive-aged women suffer from endometriosis, a costly chronic disease causing pelvic pain and subfertility. Laparoscopy is the gold standard diagnostic test for endometriosis, but is expensive and carries surg…