BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend diagnostic laparoscopy in subfertile women with known co-morbidities in their medical history. Aggregated evidence underpinning these recommendations is, however, currently lacking. OBJECTIVE: The objective…

OBJECTIVE: To analyse factors associated with a ureteric injury. DESIGN: Retrospective accident analysis. SETTING: Deep endometriosis surgery in a tertiary referral centre. SAMPLE: Video recording of a surgical accident was analysed by s…

OBJECTIVES: To compare the effectiveness of leuprorelin and cetrorelix, when used as preoperative endometrial thinning agents prior to transcervical resection of endometrium (TCRE). DESIGN: A prospective, double-blind randomised controlled…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the complication rate after laparoscopic total hysterectomy and laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy (LASH) in case of benign disease. DESIGN: All complications were prospectively recorded at …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the value of patient-reported symptoms in diagnosing endometriosis. DESIGN: A national case-control study. SETTING: Data from the UK General Practice Research Database for years 1992-2001. SAMPLE: A total of 5540 …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the increased chances of having a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in women with endometriosis is due to misdiagnosis or co-morbidity. DESIGN: A case-contro…

OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of long-term outcomes following laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH). DESIGN: Retrospective postal questionnaire. SETTING: Norwegian university teaching hospital. POPULATION: A total of 315 consecutive pati…

The benefits of a minimally invasive approach are now well documented in adult women, and thus surgeons have embraced the notion of expanding such expertise in adolescence with measured enthusiasm and a great sense of responsibility. Faster…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of aromatase inhibitors in women symptomatic of pain with endometriosis. DESIGN: A systematic review of published literature. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We conducted a comprehensive literature search to identif…

BACKGROUND: The introduction of patient screens for outpatient procedures is becoming increasingly common. To date, the impact on the patient of viewing the screen remains unknown. OBJECTIVES: To explore how viewing the screen during a hys…

OBJECTIVE: With the increasing number of operative laparoscopies performed for the treatment of deep pelvic endometriosis, technical difficulties and risk of complications inevitably increase. We report our experience using JJ stents, in wo…

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether androgen receptor (AR) and the enzymes that convert testosterone into the more potent androgen dihydrotestosterone, 5alpha-reductases (5alpha-R1 and 5alpha-R2) are expressed in pelvic endometrio…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to study the prevalence of opportunistic smear taking in the NHS cervical screening programme between 1999 and 2003 and the relationship of this to screening interval policy. DESIGN: A cohort stud…

OBJECTIVE: To determine women's preference towards Thermachoice being performed either awake in the outpatient setting or under general anaesthetic (GA) as a day case. DESIGN: Questionnaire. Setting Large teaching hospital. POPULATION: On…

OBJECTIVES: Endometrial polyps are a common cause of abnormal uterine bleeding. Rarely, a hyperplasia, either complex or atypical in type, is identified within a polyp in a biopsy or polypectomy specimen. Currently, it is not known whether …

BACKGROUND: Currently, there are a number of clinical trials, but no international collaboration for collating research on effectiveness of laparoscopic uterosacral nerve ablation (LUNA) for alleviating chronic pelvic pain. OBJECTIVE: Meta…