Karen Ballard
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· 7 papers in corpus
review
2014
rct
2011
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether women having day-case laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy are more or less satisfied with the length of hospital stay compared with women who stayed overnight after the procedure. STUDY DESIGN: An random…
observational
2009
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether different dimensions of chronic pelvic pain are useful in the diagnosis of endometriosis. DESIGN: A prospective questionnaire-based study of 185 women. SETTING: Southeast of England. PATIENT(S): Women un…
observational
2007
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of endometriosis is estimated to be around 10%. Diagnosis is through visualisation of the lesions, mostly via laparoscopy. Studies reveal that there is an average delay in the diagnosis of endometriosis of between…
2006
qualitative
2006
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the reasons women experience delays in the diagnosis of endometriosis and the impact of this. DESIGN: A qualitative interview-based study of 32 women, 28 of whom were subsequently diagnosed with endometriosis. SE…
review
2003