Jason A Abbott

BACKGROUND: Australian endometriosis guidelines recommend transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) as the first-line investigation for endometriosis. Where endometriosis has been surgically treated, there is a risk of recurrent disease and repeat sur…

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: This study is aimed at describing the morphometry of the pelvic floor for a large population of women with persistent pelvic pain (PPP) compared with those without pain. METHODS: A prospective cross-sectional s…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether perinatal and infant outcomes differ between singleton births after assisted reproductive technology (ART) in women with endometriosis alone and those with other causes of infertility. DESIGN: Population-base…

BACKGROUND: Stress while operating is an important contributor to surgeon health and burnout. Measuring stress is key to improving surgeon and patient outcomes, however biological responses to stress during surgery are variable and difficul…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess changes in biological measures of acute stress in surgeons during surgery in real-world settings DESIGN: A prospective cohort study. SETTING: A tertiary teaching hospital. PATIENTS: 8 consultant and 9 training g…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess long-term urinary function for women having laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis. DESIGN: Institutional Review Board-approved nested cohort study within a larger randomized controlled trial assessing urinary fu…

INTRODUCTION: Performing surgical procedures is a recognized source of stress for surgeons. Vocational stress is an important contributor to performance, patient care, and burnout with dispositional and environmental factors contributing. A…

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: Myofascial pain arising from pelvic floor muscles occurs in women with vaginismus, interstitial cystitis and endometriosis but is often overlooked. The aim is to examine alternative diagnostic tests to detect pe…

BACKGROUND: Women with lower body mass index (BMI) have a higher risk of surgically confirmed endometriosis but this finding runs counterintuitive to the oestrogen-dependent theory for the disease. Increasingly, endometriosis is diagnosed v…

Oocyte-secreted growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) and bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15) are critical paracrine regulators of female fertility. Recent studies demonstrated that serum concentrations are associated with the number of …

OBJECTIVE: To report on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that examine the surgical treatment of endometriosis-associated pelvic pain and to highlight their strengths and weaknesses. DATA SOURCES: We performed a systematic review of Engl…

The complex pathogenesis and variable presentation of adenomyosis make it one of the most difficult of the FIGO PALM-COIEN abnormal uterine bleeding group to diagnose and treat. Basic clinical parameters such as prevalence are difficult to …

Copyright © 2015 Erin M. Nesbitt-Hawes et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original wor…

OBJECTIVE: To report reproductive outcomes following laparoscopic surgical excision of histologically confirmed r-ASRM stage III-IV endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study was performed at the Royal Hospital for Women, a …

BACKGROUND: Urinary retention is a recognised complication of laparoscopic surgery. Previous work showed an association with 4% icodextrin solution and urinary retention. AIMS: To determine the incidence of urinary retention following lapa…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe the effect of fertility-sparing laparoscopic excision of endometriosis and bowel resection on clinical and quality-of-life outcomes. DESIGN: Prospective observational cohort study (Canadian Task Force classific…