George Condous

No ORCID on file · 71 papers in corpus · active 2005-2026

Study types

  • article 33
  • review 15
  • other 12
  • letter 5
  • editorial 4

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 64
  • mesh:D004715 46
  • mesh:D017699 14
  • die_deep_infiltrating 11
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 11
  • bowel_endometriosis 9
  • endometrioma 8
  • dyspareunia 6
  • dysmenorrhea 5
  • adenomyosis 5
review 2022
Reproduction & fertility ·doi:10.1530/raf-21-0117

Endometriosis is a benign disease that can cause pain and infertility in women. Debate exists over how endometriosis should best be diagnosed. On one hand, endometriosis can be diagnosed by directly examining pelvic anatomy via a surgical p…

letter 2021
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2021.08.030
review 2021
The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1111/ajo.13311

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis of the bowel can be associated with significant morbidity. Surgery to remove it carries risks. Options include conservative shaving or discoid resection and more radical segmental bowel resection. AIMS: To determin…

article 2021
Reproduction & fertility ·doi:10.1530/raf-21-0031

OBJECTIVES: Pouch of Douglas (POD) obliteration is a severe consequence of inflammation in the pelvis, often seen in patients with endometriosis. The sliding sign is a dynamic transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) test that can diagnose POD obliter…

review 2021
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine ·doi:10.1002/jum.15635

We aim to first systematically review and perform a meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and, second, to evaluate the accuracy of various sonographic diagnostic crit…

article 2021
·doi:10.1002/uog.23995

To determine the effectiveness of advanced transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) to triage endometriosis surgeries to either a tertiary hospital with planned presence of multidisciplinary surgical teams (MDT) or a non-tertiary hospital. A retrospec…

article 2021
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine ·doi:10.1002/jum.15800

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether ovarian fixation at transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) is a marker for a need for laparoscopic pelvic sidewall surgery (ie, ureterolysis or dissection of adhesions involving the pelvic sidewall). The relationship…

article 2021
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2021.05.011
letter 2021
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2021.11.022
other 2021
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews ·doi:10.1002/14651858.CD008212.pub2

BACKGROUND: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common gynaecological condition accounting for 20% of all gynaecological referrals. There are wide ranges of causes with overlapping symptomatology, therefore the management of the condition is a f…

article 2021
Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica ·doi:10.1111/aogs.14099

Advances in preoperative diagnostics as well as in surgical techniques for the treatment of endometriosis, especially for deep endometriosis, call for a classification system, that includes all aspects of the disease such as peritoneal endo…

article 2020
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2020.04.009
article 2020
Frontiers in reproductive health ·doi:10.3389/frph.2020.00005

COVID-19 has led to new obstacles in the care for women with endometriosis. With many centers around the globe temporarily ceasing outpatient appointments, diagnostic imaging for non-acute pelvic pain, surgery for endometriosis, and fertili…

review 2020
Diagnostics ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics10100771

We aim to describe the diagnosis and surgical management of urinary tract endometriosis (UTE). We detail current diagnostic tools, including advanced transvaginal ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and surgical diagnostic tools such as…

article 2020
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC ·doi:10.1016/j.jogc.2019.12.014
article 2020
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC ·doi:10.1016/j.jogc.2020.04.007
letter 2020
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine ·doi:10.1002/jum.15596
other 2020
Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC ·doi:10.1016/j.jogc.2019.12.013

The gold standard for diagnosis of endometriosis remains direct visualization at laparoscopy and histological confirmation. However, ultrasound is emerging as a key modality in detecting endometriosis. This case demonstrates how ultrasound …

article 2020
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2020.02.014
review 2020
Best practice & research. Clinical obstetrics & gynaecology ·doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2020.05.010
editorial 2019
Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine ·doi:10.1002/ajum.12186

Over recent years, there has been major advancement in the use of transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) for the pre-operative diagnosis and staging of deep endometriosis. The International Deep Endometriosis Analysis (IDEA) Consensus paper establis…

article 2019
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.11.012
article 2019
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2019.01.018
other 2019
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2018.05.022

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To validate the preoperative ultrasound-based endometriosis staging system (UBESS) for predicting the correct Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) and Australasian Gynaecolo…

review 2019
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.10.014