OBJECTIVE: To assess the general population's knowledge regarding the utility and availability of tools to diagnosis endometriosis, with a focus on ultrasound. DESIGN: An international cross-sectional online survey study was performed betw…
OBJECTIVE: To quantify familial risk of endometriosis among full siblings and examine interactions between family history and smoking, age at menarche or body mass index (BMI). DESIGN, SETTING AND POPULATION: Population-based nationwide co…
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate patient perspective of telephone consultations (TCs) in gynaecology and identify which patients benefit most from a telemedicine system. DESIGN: Service evaluation. SETTING: Gynaecology outpatient services at a t…
OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate novel prediction models to personalise the risk of conversion from laparoscopic to open hysterectomy in benign conditions. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTINGS: English NHS Hospitals between 2011…
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and incidence of endometriosis and to estimate the risk of cardiovascular outcomes in women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Population-based cohort study using The Health Improvement Network database. SET…
OBJECTIVE: To study the preferences of women with deep endometriosis (DE) with bowel involvement when they have to choose between conservative (medication) or surgical treatment. DESIGN: Labelled discrete choice experiment (DCE). SETTING:…
BACKGROUND: Females with persistent pelvic pain (PPP) report great variability in the treatments recommended to them despite the availability of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) that aim to standardise care. A clear consensus for the bes…
OBJECTIVE: To develop a core outcome set for endometriosis. DESIGN: Consensus development study. SETTING: International. POPULATION: One hundred and sixteen healthcare professionals, 31 researchers and 206 patient representatives. METHO…
Migratory birds use several different sources of orientation information. They have at least three compass systems based on different cues: the sun and polarized light, the stars and their constellations, and the geomagnetic field. The conc…
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OBJECTIVE: To assess pain symptoms before and after hysterectomy in women with endometriosis. DESIGN: A population-based registry study. SETTING: Sweden. POPULATION: Women aged 18-45 years who underwent hysterectomy for endometriosis bet…
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BACKGROUND: Results of studies that have assessed the accuracy of the endometriosis Fertility Index (EFI) for predicting non-assisted reproductive technology (ART) pregnancy are inconsistent. OBJECTIVE: We intended to evaluate the accuracy…
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate how hysterectomy affects the prescription of analgesic, psychotropic and neuroactive drugs in women with endometriosis using population-based nationwide registers. DESIGN: Nationwide cohort study. SETTING: Swedish n…
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OBJECTIVE: To compare electrodiathermy with helium thermal coagulation in laparoscopic treatment of mild-to-moderate endometriosis. DESIGN: Parallel-group randomised controlled trial. SETTING: A UK endometriosis centre. POPULATION: Non-p…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) and ectopic pregnancy (EP) following embryo transfer (ET). DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: University-affiliated hospital. POPULATION: A total of 16 378…
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BACKGROUND: The efficacy of hormonal regimens for the prevention of endometrioma recurrence in women who have undergone conservative surgery is still controversial. OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy of different hormonal regimens in this …
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and incidence of endometriosis among Australian women. DESIGN: Population-based cohort study linked to administrative health records. SETTING: Secondary analysis of seven surveys collected between 200…
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