Phaedra Thomas

completed the study per protocol. Participants in the active acupuncture group (n 5 9) experienced an average 4.8 (SD 5 2.4) point reduction on a 11 point scale (62%) in pain af-ter 4 weeks, which differed significantly from the control gro…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess feasibility, and collect preliminary data for a subsequent randomized, sham-controlled trial to evaluate Japanese-style acupuncture for reducing chronic pelvic pain and improving health-related quality of life (HR…

BACKGROUND: Chronic pelvic pain in adolescents accounts for 10% of outpatient gynecology visits, and 70% of adolescent patients whose pelvic pain is unresponsive to initial therapy have endometriosis. To date, there has been no published re…

Serum CA 125 concentrations are elevated in some women with endometriosis; however, the low sensitivity and specificity of the assay have made it impractical to use it as a diagnostic test for endometriosis. Recently a second-generation CA …