Olav Istre
ORCID: 0000-0002-8805-100X
· 22 papers in corpus
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A 52-year-old postmenopausal woman (gravida 0) presented with left-side pelvic pain and an enlarging left adnexal cyst measuring 5.7 × 2.8 cm. Her surgical history was significant for a laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy complicated by a urete…
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2009
It is unclear whether the risk of persistent vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain following surgery is increased following laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH) compared to total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH). In Norwegian women who u…
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2009
Leiomyomata uteri remain a common gynecologic problem, associated with a significant clinical and economic burden of illness. Despite a variety of currently available interventions for uterine fibroids, there remains an unmet clinical need …
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2008
ObjectiveTo compare three types of equipment during hysteroscopic resection.DesignA randomized study.SettingWomen's clinic at Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.Patient(s)Two hundred premenopausal women with menorrhagia caused by dy…
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2008
OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of long-term outcomes following laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH). DESIGN: Retrospective postal questionnaire. SETTING: Norwegian university teaching hospital. POPULATION: A total of 315 consecutive patient…
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2008
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BACKGROUND: To study the feasibility, complications and symptom relief of laparoscopic treatment in patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis. METHODS: From January 2004 to March 2005, 24 patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis w…
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2005
Redwine DB, editor. Surgical Management of Endometriosis. 242 pages. London: Martin Dunitz, 2003. ISBN 1-84184-248-6. GBP 75.00 One of the world's experts in endometriosis, David B. Redwine has gathered other authorities in this field, disc…
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2004
uterine fibroids and bleeding disturbances; uterine anomalies; uterine magnacies. Ultrasound investigation prior to endoscopic surgery. In hysteroscopic surgery, preoperative selection of suitable cases with TVS can improve the success rate…
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ObjectiveTo report the results of a 3-year follow-up evaluation of a trial comparing goserelin acetate depot injections with sham injections before endometrial ablation for the treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB).DesignProspec…
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2001
ObjectiveTreatment of menorrhagia with levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG IUS) and transcervical resection.DesignAn open, therapeutic, randomized study.SettingCentral county hospital specializing in hysteroscopy.Patient(s)Two parallel …
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OBJECTIVE: To determine if women who have undergone transcervical resection of the endometrium can be treated safely with estrogens alone. METHODS: Sixty-two postmenopausal women who had undergone endometrial resection were recruited into a…
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1996
ObjectiveTo evaluate the incidence of tubal patency as well as the shape of the endometrial cavity after transcervical resection of the endometrium.DesignAn open observational trial.SettingThe obstetrics and gynecology unit at a district ho…
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1996
The objective of this study was to identify whether the endometrial thickness, or the anteroposterior diameter of the uterus as assessed by transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS), could be used to predict the clinical outcome following transcer…
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