Sean Duffy
ORCID: 0000-0002-1993-7835
· 10 papers in corpus
other
2007
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To build a simple in vitro uterine perfusion model for investigating the clinical effectiveness of endometrial ablation. DESIGN: Comparative laboratory and in vivo study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETTING…
observational
2007
OBJECTIVE: To determine women's preference towards Thermachoice being performed either awake in the outpatient setting or under general anaesthetic (GA) as a day case. DESIGN: Questionnaire. Setting Large teaching hospital. POPULATION: On…
rct
2006
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate outpatient versus daycase Thermachoice III endometrial ablation. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled trial. SETTING: Large United Kingdom teaching hospital. PATIENT(S): Seventy-three women with menorrhagia. INTERVENTIO…
lab-animal
2006
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of a 9-mm diameter carbon dioxide cryoprobe, the Endocryo, on myomas and endometrial/myometrial tissue in vitro. DESIGN: Comparative laboratory study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETT…
nonrandomized-trial
2005
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether Thermachoice endometrial ablation (EA) is a safe and acceptable procedure when performed in the outpatient (OP) setting without local anesthesia or IV sedation. DESIGN: Prospective cohort (double group) stud…
2004
other
2003
BACKGROUND: To assess the immediate zone of thermal necrosis (ZTN) using an enzyme histochemical staining technique and serosal temperatures for the Cavaterm endometrial balloon ablation system for different treatment times. METHODS: A the…
nonrandomized-trial
2003
One of the most common gynaecological causes of chronic pelvic pain is endometriosis. A lack of correlation between laparoscopic findings and pelvic pain has been reported. As endometriotic lesions are under hormonal influence, the effects …
review
2001
OBJECTIVE: To define the scope of the problems associated with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and optimize management. METHOD: Clinical trial results and healthcare utilization data from the literature were reviewed. RESULTS: Recent evidence s…
other
1995
The pathological findings in 29 hysterectomy specimens from a series of 175 patients undergoing trans-cervical resection of the endometrium are presented. In all but one case endometrium was present. Although all phases of the normal menstr…