STUDY QUESTION: What are the pain characteristics among women, with no prior endometriosis diagnosis, undergoing laparoscopy or laparotomy regardless of clinical indication? SUMMARY ANSWER: Women with surgically visualized endometriosis re…
OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify risk factors for endometriosis and their consistency across study populations in the Endometriosis: Natural History, Diagnosis, and Outcomes (ENDO) Study. STUDY DESIGN: In this prospective matched, exposure…
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the interrater and intrarater reliability of endometriosis diagnosis and severity of disease among gynecologic surgeons viewing operative digital images. METHODS: The study population comprised a random sample (n=148…
OBJECTIVE: To describe the influence of the TTTA aromatase polymorphism (TTTAn) on the relation between obesity and plasma estradiol (E(2)) in obese men. DESIGN: A 2-year cohort study. SETTING: Clinical research center. PATIENT(S): Sever…
OBJECTIVE: To review the relation between adhesions and pelvic pain and the effectiveness of adhesiolysis in pain control. DESIGN: Selective review of the literature. PATIENT(S): Patients with pelvic pain and/or undergoing adhesiolysis fo…