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BACKGROUND: Important incidental pathology requiring further action is commonly found during appendicectomy, macro- and microscopically. We aimed to determine whether the acute surgical unit (ASU) model improved the management and disclosur…
ObjectiveTo ascertain whether a small sample of patients with chronic pelvic pain experienced any pain-related cognitions in the form of mental images.PatientsTen women with chronic pelvic pain consecutively referred from a tertiary referra…
Blood-oxygenation-level-dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging is a noninvasive technique that has become increasingly popular in the neurosciences. It measures the proportion of oxygenated haemoglobin in specific areas of the brai…
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a common gynaecological condition which affects many women of reproductive age worldwide and is a major cause of pain and infertility. The modern oral contraceptive pill is widely used to treat pain occurring as…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate transvaginal and transabdominal ultrasound scanning, with or without Doppler, as a diagnostic test for the accurate diagnosis of pelvic endometriosis. METHODS: The MEDLINE (1966-2001) and EMBASE (1980-2001) databases …
OBJECTIVES: To explore women's views about the risks and benefits of diagnostic laparoscopy in the investigation of chronic pelvic pain, including how much information it is thought appropriate to give about three specific risks: death, maj…
Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common and debilitating condition, and yet remarkably little is known about what causes the pain. In this chapter we present a model of CPP which emphasizes the multifactorial nature of the problem. A range of…
This article addresses issues related to the characterization of endocrine-related health effects resulting from low-level exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). It is not intended to be a comprehensive review of the literature but …
This systematic review presents both the physiological and symptom-based studies which have explored gastrointestinal variation across the menstrual cycle. Understanding this variation may be helpful in identifying the origin of pelvic pain…
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a major women's health-care problem. It causes pain and/or infertility, and affects millions of women worldwide. Endometriosis is defined according to histological criteria by the presence of tissue resembling e…