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…
ObjectiveTo examine the prevalence of migraine in women with chronic pelvic pain with and without endometriosis.DesignProspective study of headache, pelvic pain, and quality of life before laparoscopic surgery for pelvic pain. Endometriosis…
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…
ObjectiveTo develop a model that uses individual and lesion characteristics to help surgeons choose lesions that have a high probability of containing histologically confirmed endometriosis.DesignSecondary analysis of prospectively collecte…
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 f…
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…
ObjectiveTo determine the relationship between disease severity and patient characteristics in endometriosis.DesignCross-sectional study of self-reported survey data.SettingAcademic research setting.Patient(s)One thousand women in the Oxfor…
ObjectiveTo examine the lifetime utilization and perceived benefit of medical treatments and surgical procedures for endometriosis-related symptoms.DesignCross-sectional study of self-reported survey data.SettingAcademic research setting.Pa…
ObjectiveTo evaluate whether persistence of pelvic pain after excision of endometriosis was associated with adenomyosis as defined by a thickened uterine junctional zone (JZ) on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.DesignProspective clinical tri…
ObjectiveTo evaluate adhesion reformation after laparoscopic excision of endometriosis and adhesiolysis in women with chronic pelvic pain.DesignProspective clinical trial.SettingUniversity hospital.Patient(s)Thirty-eight women with endometr…
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether urine VEGF is elevated in women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: Tertiary care government and private hospitals. PATIENT(S): During laparoscopy for pelvic pain or infer…