Kirsten Black

Long-acting reversible contraceptive methods, including the contraceptive implant and intrauterine devices, are highly effective and cost-effective options for women who have no specific contraindications. Long-acting reversible contracepti…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate framing of active surveillance as a management option for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)2 in women of childbearing age. METHODS: We conducted a between-subjects factorial (2 × 2) randomised experiment. W…

Purpose Endometriosis is a gynecological disease often characterized by severe pelvic pain, including perimenstrual and intermenstrual pain and dyspareunia. Sensory nerve fibers within peritoneal lesions have previously been shown to contri…

Recent studies suggest that changes in certain uterine immune cell populations in endometrium of women with endometriosis are likely to precede changes at ectopic sites. This preliminary study is a first look into the function of uterine-dr…

Study objectiveTo investigate the immune environment of endometrial polyps (EPs).DesignProspective case-control study.SettingTeaching hospital and university research laboratory.Patient(s)Reproductive-age women undergoing hysteroscopy dilat…

endometriosis-associated health problems. Educating health professionals and the community to consider the diagnosis of endometriosis in young women with dysmenorrhoea and pelvic pain is important.

Ovarian endometriomas (n = 29) were innervated by mainly sympathetic and sensory fibers. These fibers may be involved in the generation of pain symptoms.