Jan Willem van der Steeg

RESEARCH QUESTION: Endometriosis-related chronic pain leads to impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Endometriosis surgery can improve chronic pain and HRQoL, however, pain complaints often remain and HRQoL is still lower compare…

INTRODUCTION: Uterine fibroids are the most common anatomical cause of heavy menstrual bleeding. To which extent clinical practice variation is present in the treatment of fibroid-related heavy menstrual bleeding at the hospital level remai…

Abstract Research Question: Endometriosis-related chronic pain leads to impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Endometriosis surgery can improve chronic pain and HRQoL, but not to the same level as healthy women. Cognitive beh…

BACKGROUND: Hysteroscopic resection is the first-choice treatment for symptomatic type 0 and 1 fibroids. Traditionally, this was performed under general anesthesia. Over the last decade, surgical procedures are increasingly being performed …

OBJECTIVE: Oocyte retrieval is a painful, but essential element of IVF/ICSI. Evidence for the best method of analgesia is lacking. In the Netherlands, the three most common analgesia protocols entail administration of oral analgesics, intra…

STUDY QUESTION: Is pregnancy success rate after a concise infertility work-up the same as pregnancy success rate after the traditional extensive infertility work-up? SUMMARY ANSWER: The ongoing pregnancy rate within a follow-up of 1 year a…

OBJECTIVE: To study pain in women undergoing oocyte retrieval with a reduced needle (20/17 gauge) compared to a standard needle (16 gauge). DESIGN: Single-center randomized controlled trial. SETTING: Fertility clinic. PATIENTS: Women und…

BACKGROUND: Support for guiding and monitoring postoperative recovery and resumption of activities is usually not provided to patients after discharge from the hospital. Therefore, a perioperative electronic health (eHealth) intervention ("…

OBJECTIVES: Women's preferences for treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) are important in clinical decision-making. Our aim was to investigate whether women with HMB have a preference for treatment characteristics of the levonorgestr…

INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS: We aimed to develop a prediction rule to predict the individual risk to develop stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after hysterectomy. METHODS: Prospective observational study with 3-year follow-up among women w…

OBJECTIVE: To develop a prognostic model for the outcome of IUI. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Four fertility centers in The Netherlands. PATIENT(S): Couples of whom the female partners had a regular cycle and who had been…