Stephen J. Walters

2023

The Socio-economic, Demographic, and Contextual Predictors of Malnutrition among Children aged 6-59 months in Nigeria

·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-3157817/v1

Malnutrition has remained a global public health issue, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Researchers have committed to studying malnutrition (especially in children under the age of five) to address the nine malnutr…

rct 2022

Endometrial scratch to increase live birth rates in women undergoing first-time in vitro fertilisation: RCT and systematic review

Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) ·doi:10.3310/JNZT9406

BACKGROUND: In vitro fertilisation is a widely used reproductive technique that can be undertaken with or without intracytoplasmic sperm injection. The endometrial scratch procedure is an in vitro fertilisation 'add-on' that is sometimes pr…

2021

A randomised controlled trial to assess the clinical effectiveness and safety of the endometrial scratch procedure prior to first-time IVF, with or without ICSI.

Human reproduction (Oxford, England) ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deab041

Study questionWhat is the clinical-effectiveness and safety of the endometrial scratch (ES) procedure compared to no ES, prior to usual first time in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment?Summary answerES was safe but did not improve pregnanc…

article 2018

Induced endometrial trauma (endometrial scratch) in the mid-luteal menstrual cycle phase preceding first cycle IVF/ICSI versus usual IVF/ICSI therapy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020755

INTRODUCTION: Endometrial trauma commonly known as endometrial scratch (ES) has been shown to improve pregnancy rates in women with a history of repeated implantation failure undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF), with or without intracyt…

article 2009

Immediate and delayed add‐back hormonal replacement therapy during ultra long GnRH agonist treatment of chronic cyclical pelvic pain

·doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02319.x

OBJECTIVE: To assess the safety and efficacy of long-term use of long-acting GnRH agonist in women with chronic cyclical pelvic pain using immediate versus delayed add-back hormonal replacement therapy (HRT). DESIGN: A prospective randomise…