BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

The aim of this study was to assess the long-term outcome of treating severely symptomatic women with deep infiltrating intestinal endometriosis by laparoscopic segmental rectosigmoid resection. Detailed intraoperative and postoperative rec…

OBJECTIVE: To compare among women with menorrhagia the effect of hysterectomy or levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) on sexual functioning. DESIGN: A randomised controlled trial. SETTING: Five university hospitals in Fi…

OBJECTIVES: To report the short- and medium-term complications of laparoscopic laser excisional surgery for rectovaginal endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: University teaching hospital, UK. POPULATION: A total of…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the relative cost-effectiveness of uterine artery embolisation (UAE) and hysterectomy in women with symptomatic uterine fibroids from the perspective of the UK NHS. DESIGN: Cost-utility analysis. SETTING: Eighteen …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the risk of preterm delivery in patients with adenomyosis. DESIGN: A 1:2 nested case-control study. SETTING: Tertiary-care institution. POPULATION: A base cohort population of 2138 pregnant women who attended routi…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the possible association between phthalate esters (PEs) and the occurrence of endometriosis. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: Department of Reproductive Medicine, Bhagawan Mahavir Medical Research Centre, Matern…

OBJECTIVE: To describe the attitudes that women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) attending gynaecology clinics have to their consultations and to determine the ways in which their health care can be improved. DESIGN: Qualitative study using …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of conscious pain mapping in diagnosing and treating chronic pelvic pain (CPP). DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. Setting Gynaecology Department, UK District General Hospital. POPULATION: Forty-three wome…

BACKGROUND: Guidelines exist for the management of endometriosis. Validated and reliable appraisal tools exist to assess the quality of guidelines. OBJECTIVES: To systematically appraise the quality of guidelines for the management of pelv…

OBJECTIVE: To compare laparoscopic hysterectomy and abdominal total hysterectomy regarding influence on postoperative psychological wellbeing and surgical measures. DESIGN: A prospective, open, randomised multicentre trial. SETTING: Five …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the accuracy of new transvaginal ultrasound-scan-based markers and to compare them to conventional ultrasound methods used in the detection of common pelvic pathology in women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP). DESIGN: A …

OBJECTIVE: Uterine hyperperistalsis and dysperistalsis are common phenomena in endometriosis and may be responsible for reduced fertility in cases of minimal or mild extent of disease. Since a high prevalence of adenomyosis uteri has been w…

OBJECTIVE: To compare outpatient microwave endometrial ablation (MEA) in the postmenstrual phase to standard MEA treatment after drug preparation in a day case theatre environment. DESIGN: A randomised controlled trial. SETTING: A large U…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate uterotubal transport by means of hysterosalpingoscintigraphy (HSSG) in women with and without endometriosis. DESIGN: A prospective observational study. SETTING: University Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and G…

This prospective study aimed to determine whether patients with endometriosis are having different level of interlukin-17 (IL-17) in peritoneal fluid when compared with patients without endometriosis. The patients with minimal/mild endometr…

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between indicators of lifetime socio-economic position and rates of hysterectomy in three British cohorts. DESIGN: Cross-cohort comparative study. SETTING: Two cohorts: England, Scotland and Wales. Th…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of laparoscopic uterine nerve ablation (LUNA) for chronic pelvic pain in women with endometriosis and women with no laparoscopic evidence of endometriosis. DESIGN: A prospective double-blind random…

OBJECTIVE: To determine current practice regarding laparoscopic diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis. DESIGN: A prospective questionnaire survey. SETTING: The United Kingdom. POPULATION: All 1411 UK consultant gynaecologists identifi…