David Hill

CONTEXT: Mineralocorticoid synthesis by the nonhuman primate periovulatory follicle enhances luteinization. Whether a similar event occurs in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) is unknown. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study w…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess the outcome of aggressive but conservative laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of severe endometriosis involving the rectum. DESIGN: Retrospective study (Canadian Task Force classification III). SETTING: Endos…

An open prospective observational study was performed, aiming to measure symptom severity following operative gynaecological laparoscopy and explore any associated factors. Women having concomitant procedures were excluded. Each woman had s…

Twenty-one patients with stage 3 or 4 endometriosis in the pouch of Douglas had combined laparovaginal surgery using the Maher abdominal wall elevator. Opening the pouch of Douglas at the beginning of the operation allowed the combined surg…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is often encountered during laparoscopy performed for gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) procedures. STUDY DESIGN: A prospective randomized study involving 44 patients with endometriosis (American Fertility Soc…

Laparoscopic culdotomy has been performed in 32 patients. The indications for the procedure included the removal of organs or tissue excised by operative laparoscopy, excision of vaginal endometriosis involving the pouch of Douglas and drai…

Twenty-six patients with endometriosis in the pouch of Douglas were treated by laparoscopic excisional surgery; previous medical and surgical therapy had failed in 24 of them. Endometriosis in the pouch of Douglas occurred infrequently in a…

The carbon-dioxide laser used laparoscopically provides a precise and virtually bloodless technique for the vaporization of endometriotic implants in the pelvis. The technique has been used at St Luke's Hospital, Guildford, for the past 6 y…