Pamela Stratton

ORCID: 0000-0002-8700-7197 · 95 papers in corpus
review 2011
·doi:10.1002/9781444398519.ch22

Most women experiencing endometriosis-associated pain have chronic pelvic pain. Pain symptoms ascribed to endometriosis and their severity correlate poorly with lesion characteristics and occur in women without endometriosis. Both endometri…

nonrandomized-trial 2011
Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1097/aog.0b013e318223fed0

OBJECTIVE: To study whether pain location is related to lesion location in women with chronic pelvic pain and biopsy-proven endometriosis. METHODS: A secondary analysis was performed to compare self-reported pain location with recorded lap…

observational 2010
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.1698

OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of patient-reported, physician-diagnosed comorbid conditions in women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of self-reported survey data. SETTING: Academic research. PATIENT(S): Four thousa…

2010
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.797
review 2010
Human Reproduction Update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/dmq050

BACKGROUND: Many clinicians and patients believe that endometriosis-associated pain is due to the lesions. Yet causality remains an enigma, because pain symptoms attributed to endometriosis occur in women without endometriosis and because p…

2010
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.153
rct 2010
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.057

OBJECTIVE: To test potential contraceptive mechanisms of the selective P receptor modulator CDB-2914 in the early luteal phase. DESIGN: Prospective randomized clinical trial. SETTING: Clinical research center. PATIENT(S): Fifty-six women…

review 2010
Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1097/GRF.0b013e3181db7ce8

Endometriosis has been associated with pain and infertility. The gold standard for the diagnosis of endometriosis has been visual inspection by laparoscopy, preferably with histologic confirmation. Because there is no good noninvasive test …

nonrandomized-trial 2010
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.11.037

OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of migraine in women with chronic pelvic pain with and without endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study of headache, pelvic pain, and quality of life before laparoscopic surgery for pelvic pain. Endomet…

2010
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.07.799
observational 2009
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.020

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether first physician seen and symptoms beginning in adolescence have an impact on the diagnostic experience of endometriosis. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of self-reported survey data. SETTING: Academic researc…

2009
·doi:10.1093/med/9780199235193.003.0005
observational 2009
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.02.121

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the expression of biomarkers of implantation, glycodelin A (GdA), osteopontin (OPN), lysophosphatidic acid receptor 3 (LPA3), and HOXA10, in eutopic endometrium of women with and without endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospe…

other 2008
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.11.038

OBJECTIVE: To develop a model that uses individual and lesion characteristics to help surgeons choose lesions that have a high probability of containing histologically confirmed endometriosis. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of prospectively co…

2008
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.248
guideline 2008
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.056

Standardized entry criteria and outcome measures for clinical trials in endometriosis-related pain would facilitate the comparison of trial results and the production of systematic reviews, improving evidence-based practice in this area. Th…

rct 2008
Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1097/01.aog.0000297307.35024.b5

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether 6 months of raloxifene was effective in treatment of chronic pelvic pain in women with endometriosis. METHODS: Women with chronic pelvic pain and no endometriosis treatment for 6 months underwent laparoscopy …

2008
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.247
case-report 2008
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000128601

BACKGROUND: Aplastic anemia (AA) complicated by menorrhagia is treated with transfusion and hormonal therapy. When bleeding is life-threatening, balloon endometrial ablation can safely be used to treat menorrhagia in selected patients. CAS…

observational 2008
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.042

OBJECTIVE: To correlate histology with endometriosis characteristics. DESIGN: Secondary data analysis. SETTING: Government research hospital. PATIENT(S): One hundred thirty-three women with chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis who under…

observational 2007
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.03.069

OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between disease severity and patient characteristics in endometriosis. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of self-reported survey data. SETTING: Academic research setting. PATIENT(S): One thousand wome…

2007
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.723
case-report 2007
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.07.1381

Recurrent chronic pelvic pain should prompt physicians to reassess the patient. The threshold to perform laparoscopy, and to consider and surgically treat all potential disease associated with pain, even non-gynecologic etiologies, should b…

case-report 2007
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.095

OBJECTIVE: To report the identification of struma ovarii in a patient with a history of struma ovarii and new hyperthyroidism. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Academic research hospital. PATIENT(S): A woman with hyperthyroidism who has str…

observational 2007
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.051

OBJECTIVE: To examine the lifetime utilization and perceived benefit of medical treatments and surgical procedures for endometriosis-related symptoms. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of self-reported survey data. SETTING: Academic research …