Robert L. Summitt

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus · active 1991-2004

Study types

  • article 3

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • dyspareunia 1
article 2004
Effect of Hysterectomy vs Medical Treatment on Health-Related Quality of Life and Sexual Functioning
·doi:10.1001/jama.291.12.1447

CONTEXT: Although a quarter of US women undergo elective hysterectomy before menopause, controlled trials that evaluate the benefits and harms are lacking. OBJECTIVE: To compare the effect of hysterectomy vs expanded medical treatment on he…

article 1992
Laparoscopic-Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy, Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy, and Pelvic Lymph Node Sampling for Endometrial Cancer
·doi:10.1089/gyn.1992.8.91

The use of laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy has gained in popularity among gynecologic surgeons and is thought at present to be useful in converting a hysterectomy from an abdominal to a vaginal approach. The staging of endometria…

article 1991
Urethral syndrome presenting as chronic pelvic pain
·doi:10.1080/0167482x.1991.11742722

We present and characterize eight patients who were referred for gynaecologic evaluation of chronic pelvic pain but were found to have their symptoms resulting from urethral syndrome secondary to chronic urethritis. All patients complained …