Olav Istre
ORCID: 0000-0002-8805-100X
· 23 papers in corpus
observational
2018
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: After the U. S. Food and Drug Administration's recommendation against the use of power morcellation for tissue extraction in minimally invasive hysterectomy, the number of procedures completed laparoscopically dec…
2012
2011
2010
case-report
2009
A 52-year-old postmenopausal woman (gravida 0) presented with left-side pelvic pain and an enlarging left adnexal cyst measuring 5.7 × 2.8 cm. Her surgical history was significant for a laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy complicated by a urete…
observational
2009
It is unclear whether the risk of persistent vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain following surgery is increased following laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH) compared to total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH). In Norwegian women who u…
2009
Leiomyomata uteri remain a common gynecologic problem, associated with a significant clinical and economic burden of illness. Despite a variety of currently available interventions for uterine fibroids, there remains an unmet clinical need …
rct
2008
OBJECTIVE: To compare three types of equipment during hysteroscopic resection. DESIGN: A randomized study. SETTING: Women's clinic at Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. PATIENT(S): Two hundred premenopausal women with menorrhagi…
observational
2008
OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of long-term outcomes following laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH). DESIGN: Retrospective postal questionnaire. SETTING: Norwegian university teaching hospital. POPULATION: A total of 315 consecutive pati…
2008
other
2006
BACKGROUND: To study the feasibility, complications and symptom relief of laparoscopic treatment in patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis. METHODS: From January 2004 to March 2005, 24 patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis w…
review
2005
Redwine DB, editor. Surgical Management of Endometriosis. 242 pages. London: Martin Dunitz, 2003. ISBN 1-84184-248-6. GBP 75.00 One of the world's experts in endometriosis, David B. Redwine has gathered other authorities in this field, disc…
2004
uterine fibroids and bleeding disturbances; uterine anomalies; uterine magnacies. Ultrasound investigation prior to endoscopic surgery. In hysteroscopic surgery, preoperative selection of suitable cases with TVS can improve the success rate…
2003
rct
2001
OBJECTIVE: To report the results of a 3-year follow-up evaluation of a trial comparing goserelin acetate depot injections with sham injections before endometrial ablation for the treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB). DESIGN: P…
rct
2001
OBJECTIVE: Treatment of menorrhagia with levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG IUS) and transcervical resection. DESIGN: An open, therapeutic, randomized study. SETTING: Central county hospital specializing in hysteroscopy. PATIENT(S):…
2000
other
1999
1996
rct
1996
OBJECTIVE: To determine if women who have undergone transcervical resection of the endometrium can be treated safely with estrogens alone. METHODS: Sixty-two postmenopausal women who had undergone endometrial resection were recruited into …
other
1996
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the incidence of tubal patency as well as the shape of the endometrial cavity after transcervical resection of the endometrium. DESIGN: An open observational trial. SETTING: The obstetrics and gynecology unit at a d…
nonrandomized-trial
1996
The objective of this study was to identify whether the endometrial thickness, or the anteroposterior diameter of the uterus as assessed by transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS), could be used to predict the clinical outcome following transcer…
other
1994