Amy L Weaver

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association of primary infertility with subsequent bilateral oophorectomy and hysterectomy, using a population-based cohort of women with primary infertility and age-matched women in a referent group. METHODS: Th…

(Abstracted from Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2019;98:1341–1350) Animal models suggest that increased uterine prolactin concentration is a risk factor for adenomyosis. Prolactin is produced in the human endometrium, myometrium, and the pituita…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of tubal ligation on age at natural menopause, as a marker of long-term ovarian function. METHODS: Three preexisting population-based cohorts were included in this cross-sectional study. Data from each coh…

INTRODUCTION: Adenomyosis is a benign uterine disease where endometrial glands and stroma are found within the myometrium surrounded by an area of hypertrophic myometrium. Symptomatology includes heavy menstrual bleeding and pelvic pain. Th…

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to determine the association of preexisting cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular diseases with hysterectomy with bilateral ovarian conservation using a case-central design. METHODS: Using the Rochester E…

BACKGROUND: Many women have heavy menstrual bleeding during perimenopause that may interfere with overall quality of life and contribute to sexual dysfunction. We aimed to determine whether sexual function in women improves after endometria…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of excisional tubal sterilization on subsequent development of serous epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) or primary peritoneal cancer (PPC). METHODS: We performed a population-based, nested case-control stud…

Some clinicians have recommended prophylactic oophorectomy at the time of hysterectomy to reduce the risk for ovarian cancer. Previous estimates for risk for subsequent oophorectomy in women who have ovarian preservation at hysterectomy ran…

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to estimate dysplasia rate in histologically evaluated endocervical polyps and to compare histological and clinical characteristics of dysplastic (D) polyps with those displaying representative benign changes. M…

OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of appendectomy in women undergoing laparoscopy for chronic pelvic pain without identifiable pathology. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study included women aged 15 to 50 years who underwent laparo…

OBJECTIVES: To determine pelvic ultrasound characteristics in women after radiofrequency endometrial ablation (EA) and evaluate the association of those characteristics with symptoms and the need for subsequent therapeutic intervention. MET…

BACKGROUND: Adenomyosis is rarely diagnosed before hysterectomy and commonly coexists with uterine leiomyomas. The objective of this study was to identify distinct features of a concurrent diagnosis of adenomyosis in women with uterine leio…