Kirsten Black

ORCID: 0000-0003-0030-2431 · 7 papers in corpus
review 2025
Australian prescriber ·doi:10.18773/austprescr.2025.023

Long-acting reversible contraceptive methods, including the contraceptive implant and intrauterine devices, are highly effective and cost-effective options for women who have no specific contraindications. Long-acting reversible contracepti…

rct 2021
Gynecologic Oncology ·doi:10.1016/j.ygyno.2021.01.010

OBJECTIVE: To investigate framing of active surveillance as a management option for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)2 in women of childbearing age. METHODS: We conducted a between-subjects factorial (2 × 2) randomised experiment. W…

2014
·doi:10.5301/je.5000185

Purpose Endometriosis is a gynecological disease often characterized by severe pelvic pain, including perimenstrual and intermenstrual pain and dyspareunia. Sensory nerve fibers within peritoneal lesions have previously been shown to contri…

observational 2013
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719113485298

Recent studies suggest that changes in certain uterine immune cell populations in endometrium of women with endometriosis are likely to precede changes at ectopic sites. This preliminary study is a first look into the function of uterine-dr…

observational 2013
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.06.050

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the immune environment of endometrial polyps (EPs). DESIGN: Prospective case-control study. SETTING: Teaching hospital and university research laboratory. PATIENT(S): Reproductive-age women undergoing hyst…

2012
·doi:10.18773/austprescr.2012.050

endometriosis-associated health problems. Educating health professionals and the community to consider the diagnosis of endometriosis in young women with dysmenorrhoea and pelvic pain is important.

other 2010
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.074

Ovarian endometriomas (n = 29) were innervated by mainly sympathetic and sensory fibers. These fibers may be involved in the generation of pain symptoms.