Stratton P

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…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the expression of biomarkers of implantation, glycodelin A (GdA), osteopontin (OPN), lysophosphatidic acid receptor 3 (LPA3), and HOXA10, in eutopic endometrium of women with and without endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospe…

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…

Standardized entry criteria and outcome measures for clinical trials in endometriosis-related pain would facilitate the comparison of trial results and the production of systematic reviews, improving evidence-based practice in this area. Th…

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…

BackgroundAplastic anemia (AA) complicated by menorrhagia is treated with transfusion and hormonal therapy. When bleeding is life-threatening, balloon endometrial ablation can safely be used to treat menorrhagia in selected patients.CaseA 5…

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…

Recurrent chronic pelvic pain should prompt physicians to reassess the patient. The threshold to perform laparoscopy, and to consider and surgically treat all potential disease associated with pain, even non-gynecologic etiologies, should b…

OBJECTIVE: To report the identification of struma ovarii in a patient with a history of struma ovarii and new hyperthyroidism. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Academic research hospital. PATIENT(S): A woman with hyperthyroidism who has str…

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 report the prevalence of appendiceal disease in women with chronic pelvic pain undergoing laparoscopy for possible endometriosis, summarize the literature, and more accurately estimate the prevalence of endometriosis of the appe…

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…

Understanding the woman's experience with chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis is critical to decreasing her suffering. Further investigation must continue to determine the relation between endometriosis and pain, despite empirical treatme…

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…

ObjectiveTo determine whether the use of CD10 immunohistochemistry in addition to hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining would increase the sensitivity of surgically suspected endometriosis lesions.DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingTert…

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…

ObjectiveTo evaluate the utility of fat-suppressed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of endometriosis.DesignA prospective clinical trial.SettingA government research hospital.Patient(s)Forty-eight women with pelvic pain.Inte…

Barrier contraceptive devices like the cervical cap and diaphragm and menstrual collecting devices may block menstrual flow, increase retrograde menstruation, and thus theoretically increase the likelihood of developing endometriosis or ade…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, arising de novo, is believed to be uncommon in women who have undergone bilateral tubal ligation because the occluded tube prevents outflow of blood and menses. CASE: A woman 10-year status-post bilateral tubal li…

BACKGROUND: Women with endometriosis may also have associated disorders related to autoimmune dysregulation or pain. This study examined whether the prevalence of autoimmune, chronic pain and fatigue and atopic disorders is higher in women …

ObjectiveTo correlate the diagnosis of endometriosis in lesions excised at laparoscopy with pathologic diagnosis.DesignProspective study.SettingU.S. government research hospital.Patient(s)Women with chronic pelvic pain thought to be due to …