Edelstam G

No ORCID on file · 9 papers in corpus · active 1998-2019

Study types

  • article 7
  • other 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 9
  • dysmenorrhea 4
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
other 2019
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives ·doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2019.01.001

OBJECTIVE: The present aim was to contribute to improving the traditional pelvic examination chair with vertical leg support and to evaluate patients' and examiners' experience of a new gyneacological and urological examination chair with h…

article 2017
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives ·doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2017.05.004

ObjectivesThe minimal important difference can be helpful in interpreting data from clinical trials. The objective of the study was to calculate the minimal important difference for improvement on the VAS scale for women with endometriosis.…

other 2017
Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology ·doi:10.12891/ceog3599.2017

OBJECTIVE: The objective was to evaluate the responsiveness of the Endometriosis Health Profile-30 (EHP-30) questionnaire in a Swedish sample. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-two patients with endometriosis were included in a prospective obse…

article 2016
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719116657188

ObjectiveThe objective was to evaluate the effect of lignocaine on cytokine expression and secretion in vitro in peritoneal fluid macrophages and endometriotic stromal cells.DesignExperimental in vitro study on human cells.Population and sa…

article 2013
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.12257

OBJECTIVE: Pertubation with lidocaine has been shown to reduce pain (on a VAS-scale) in women with endometriosis. A clinical study was performed to evaluate the effect of lidocaine pertubations on quality of life. DESIGN: Double-blind, rand…

article 2013
Drugs in R&D ·doi:10.1007/s40268-013-0022-8

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to report the serum concentration of lignocaine after pertubation in patients with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: The study was carried out at a gynaecological out…

article 2012
Sexual & reproductive healthcare : official journal of the Swedish Association of Midwives ·doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2012.02.001

The major symptoms of endometriosis are dysmenorrhea and infertility. Pertubations with lidocaine have been shown to reduce dysmenorrhea and have an enhancing effect on fertility. Different concentrations of lidocaine were evaluated in a ra…

article 2012
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/der434

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology that can cause severe dysmenorrhea. Lignocaine has anti-inflammatory properties and exerts effects on nerve endings and intra-peritoneal macrophages. The objec…

article 1998
Inflammation ·doi:10.1023/a:1022322814288

The concentrations of the specific activators (u-PA and t-PA) and the specific inhibitors (PAI-1 and PAI-2) of the fibrinolytic system were analyzed in the peritoneal fluid in women suffering from intra-abdominal adhesions, endometriosis or…