Robert Hemmings

ORCID: 0000-0001-9562-0795 · 8 papers in corpus
case-report 2025
Cureus ·doi:10.7759/cureus.90293

Ovarian stimulation is used in assisted reproductive technology to help infertile couples achieve pregnancy. Luteal-phase stimulation with progestin-primed ovarian stimulation (PPOS) is a practical approach, as it involves oral medication w…

observational 2004
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.10.038

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between several factors such as demographics, personal habits, reproductive factors, menstrual characteristics, contraception, and clinical profile and the probability of having endometriosis. SETT…

review 1998
The Journal of reproductive medicine

Use of preoperative gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists may be beneficial in the case of laparoscopic surgery for large endometriomas. Further studies are necessary to confirm the claim that preoperative GnRH agonists facilitate …

1997
·doi:10.1093/humrep/12.suppl_2.235
rct 1997
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00360-9

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of the GnRH agonist (GnRH-a) nafarelin compared with placebo administered for 6 months after reductive laparoscopic surgery for symptomatic endometriosis. DESIGN: Randomized, prospective, placebo-control…

1996
·doi:10.1016/s0849-5831(16)30436-0
observational 1993
Obstetrics and gynecology

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase may play a role in the pathophysiology of endometriosis. METHODS: Peritoneal fluids were obtained at laparoscopy from eight fertile women without endometriosis an…

observational 1992
Obstetrics and gynecology

Serum and peritoneal fluid inhibin levels were measured by radioimmunoassay throughout the menstrual cycle in 14 women with endometriosis and in 16 controls. In controls, serum values (+/- standard error of the mean) increased from the earl…