Brenda F. Narice

ORCID: 0000-0003-0033-6375 · 4 papers in corpus
meta-analysis 2021
The impact of endometrioma on in vitro fertilisation/intra-cytoplasmic injection IVF/ICSI reproductive outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-020-05796-9

BACKGROUND: Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) are often used to aid fertility in women with endometrioma; however, the implications of endometrioma on …

2019
Polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography with a conical beam scan for the investigation of birefringence and collagen alignment in the human cervix.
Biomedical optics express ·doi:10.1364/boe.10.004190

By measuring the phase retardance of a cervical extracellular matrix, our in-house polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT) was shown to be capable of (1) mapping the distribution of collagen fibers in the non-gravid cer…

review 2018
Endometrial sampling in low-risk patients with abnormal uterine bleeding: a systematic review and meta-synthesis
BMC family practice ·doi:10.1186/s12875-018-0817-3

BACKGROUND: One million women per year seek medical advice for abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) in the United Kingdom. Many low-risk patients who could be managed exclusively in primary care are referred to hospital based gynaecology service…

2016
Second Harmonic Generation microscopy reveals collagen fibres are more organised in the cervix of postmenopausal women.
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/s12958-016-0204-7

BackgroundDuring labour, the cervix undergoes a series of changes to allow the passage of the fetoplacental unit. While this visible transformation is well-described, the underlying and causative microscopic changes, in which collagen plays…