M P Diamond

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus · active 1984-1998

Study types

  • article 4
  • letter 2
  • other 2
  • case-report 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 10
  • infertility 4
  • endometrioma 1
article 1998
Pelvic adhesions.
Surgical technology international

Pelvic adhesions observed in gynecologic patients are a major contributing factor to infertility, pelvic pain, and/or intestinal obstruction. Such adhesions may be the sequelae to inflammatory processes, endometriosis, and prior surgical in…

case-report 1994
Vascular complications of laparoscopic surgery
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80783-2

Laparoscopic surgery as an alternative to traditional laparotomies has become an important modality in the management of gynecologic diseases; however, it is not without potential risks. Case reports describe numerous complications, includi…

letter 1993
Adhesions After Resection of Ovarian Endometriomas
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)55887-7
article 1993
Laparoscopic ablation of endometriosis using the cavitational ultrasonic surgical aspirator
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80756-x
other 1993
Laparoscopic oophorectomy
The Journal of reproductive medicine

Oophorectomies were performed on 312 women as part of an operative laparoscopic procedure over an eight-year period. The average age of the women was 40.4 +/- 0.6 (SEM) years; 36.5% had previously undergone a hysterectomy. The median operat…

review 1990
Ureteral injuries at laparoscopy: insights into diagnosis, management, and prevention
Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0020-7292(90)90558-3

The increasing use of laparoscopy as a therapeutic method mandates a reappraisal of the risks involved. Complications frequently described include injuries to the large and small bowels, bladder, and blood vessels. The world literature repo…

article 1989
Laparotomy in infertility patients with endometriosis. Use of the CO2 laser.
The Journal of reproductive medicine

Sixty-eight women underwent laparotomy for endometriosis associated with infertility. They were not candidates for laser laparoscopy by our criteria, or they had failed to conceive after previous therapy. The cumulative pregnancy rate was 7…

letter 1988
Nafarelin for Treatment of Endometriosis
The New England journal of medicine ·doi:10.1056/nejm198808253190814
article 1986
Laparoscopic use of the argon laser in nonendometriotic reproductive pelvic surgery.
The Journal of reproductive medicine

The major advantage of the argon laser in laparoscopic reproductive pelvic surgery is the ability to transmit the laser beam along a flexible fiber that can easily be directed at a lesion. Its use has been specifically described for the tre…

other 1984
Tubal patency and pelvic adhesions at early second-look laparoscopy following intraabdominal use of the carbon dioxide laser: initial report of the intraabdominal laser study group
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)48196-3

It has been suggested that the carbon dioxide (CO2) laser, by virtue of its hypothetical capabilities for precise incisions, minimization of tissue handling and bleeding, and shortened operating time, may improve the success rate of gynecol…