J C Gambone

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 1989-1997

Study types

  • article 4
  • letter 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • adenomyosis 2
  • infertility 1
letter 1997
Surgical Treatment of Minimal Endometriosis
The New England journal of medicine ·doi:10.1056/nejm199707243370409

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of glandular and stromal endometrial tissue outside the uterus. It occurs most frequently in the reproductive organs, other pelvic viscera, and the peritoneum and is estimated to be present in 3 to 1…

article 1992
Routine hysterectomy for large asymptomatic uterine leiomyomata: a reappraisal.
Obstetrics and gynecology

As part of an ongoing quality improvement process, the records of 104 consecutive patients undergoing hysterectomy for uterine leiomyomata were reviewed. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically in 93 cases (89%) and in eight of the remai…

letter 1990
Nonclassical Citations
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)53787-x
article 1990
The effects of combining norethindrone with a gonadotropin‐releasing hormone agonist in the treatment of symptomatic endometriosis
Fertility and Sterility ·doi:10.1016/0020-7292(90)90540-2

Treatment of endometriosis with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRH-a) is associated with side effects secondary to the induced hypoestrogenic state. In an effort to ameliorate these symptoms, 10 patients with symptomatic endometr…

article 1990
The impact of a quality assurance process on the frequency and confirmation rate of hysterectomy
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(90)91195-i
article 1989
Validation of hysterectomy indications and the quality assurance process
Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1097/00006250-198906000-00028

Hysterectomy is one of the most commonly performed major operations in the United States. Despite efforts to explain its high incidence, the perception remains that a significant number of hysterectomies are unjustified. More indications ar…