Who's asking? Patients may under-report postoperative pain scores to nurses (or over-report to surgeons) following surgery of the female reproductive tractEric Scott Sills
The Sims Institute Sims International Fertility Clinic, Rosemount Hall, Rosemount Estate, Dundrum, Dublin 14, Ireland
Arch Gynecol Obstet 279:771-4. 2009
..To determine if postoperative pain reporting via standardised visual analogue scale (VAS) is affected by which member of the healthcare team collects the information...
- The evolution of health policy guidelines for assisted reproduction in the Republic of Ireland, 2004-2009
David J Walsh
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, The Sims Institute Sims IVF Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Dublin, Ireland
Health Res Policy Syst 9:28. 2011
..Considerable uncertainty on IVF practice in Ireland remains...
- Human blastocyst culture in IVF: current laboratory applications in reproductive medicine practice
E S Sills
Division of Reproductive Research, Sims IVF, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Rom J Morphol Embryol 51:441-5. 2010
..This review discusses key features of human blastocyst culture and its application in clinical reproductive medicine practice...
- A descriptive study of selected oocyte, blood and organ/tissue donation features among fertility patients in Ireland
E Scott Sills
Sims IVF Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Hum Fertil (Camb) 13:98-104. 2010
..Anonymous oocyte donation and participation in organ and blood/tissue donation programmes were studied specifically among Irish fertility patients...
- The long path to pregnancy: early experience with dual anonymous gamete donation in a European in vitro fertilisation referral centre
Eric Scott Sills
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, The Sims Institute Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Dublin, Ireland
Reprod Health 7:20. 2010
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- National birth rate, IVF utilisation and multiple gestation trends: findings from a 6-year analysis in the Republic of Ireland
Eric Scott Sills
The Sims Institute Sims International Fertility Clinic, Rosemount Hall, Dundrum Road, Dundrum, Dublin 14, Ireland
Arch Gynecol Obstet 282:221-4. 2010
..This study estimated domestic in vitro fertilisation (IVF) use and multiple gestation rate in Ireland based on two data-reporting platforms...
- IVF for premature ovarian failure: first reported births using oocytes donated from a twin sister
Eric Scott Sills
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Sims IVF, Dublin, Ireland
Reprod Biol Endocrinol 8:31. 2010
..Premature ovarian failure (POF) remains a clinically challenging entity because in vitro fertilisation (IVF) with donor oocytes is currently the only treatment known to be effective...
- Analysis of federal process of care data reported from hospitals in rural westernmost North Carolina
E S Sills
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland The Sims Institute, Dublin, Ireland
Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol 36:160-2. 2009
..To evaluate standardized process of care data collected on selected hospitals serving a remote, rural section of westernmost North Carolina...
- Fertility patients and their prescriptions: a two-year audit of patient-pharmacist interactions in a reproductive endocrinology practice
Eric Scott Sills
The Sims Institute and Sims International Fertility Clinic, Dublin, Ireland
Int Arch Med 2:24. 2009
..Additional study is needed to determine if a minimum volume of fertility-related prescriptions is necessary to assure competence in this particular field of pharmacy practice...
- Determining the status of non-transferred embryos in Ireland: a conspectus of case law and implications for clinical IVF practice
Eric Scott Sills
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Philos Ethics Humanit Med 4:8. 2009
..Public policy requires the establishment and implementation of a more comprehensive legislative framework within which assisted reproductive medical services are offered...
- Ovarian reserve screening in infertility: practical applications and theoretical directions for research
Eric Scott Sills
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, The Sims Institute Sims International Fertility Clinic, Dublin, Ireland
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 146:30-6. 2009
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- First Irish pregnancies after IVF with gestational carrier
E S Sills
Sims International Fertility Clinic, Dundrum, Dublin
Ir Med J 102:56-8. 2009
..The role of individual and group counselling is reviewed; professional legal advice is prudent in complex cases...
- The GPR54-Kisspeptin complex in reproductive biology: neuroendocrine significance and implications for ovulation induction and contraception
Eric Scott Sills
The Sims Institute Sims International Fertility Clinic, Dublin, Ireland
Neuro Endocrinol Lett 29:846-51. 2008
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- Clinical features and reproductive outcomes for embryos undergoing dual freeze-thaw sequences followed by blastocyst transfer: critique of 14 consecutive cases in IVF
Eric Scott Sills
Sims International Fertility Clinic The Sims Institute, Dublin, Ireland
Fertil Steril 91:1568-70. 2009
..Dual freeze-thaw of embryos does not appear to adversely impact delivery rate in IVF; a livebirth delivery rate of 35.7% per transfer was observed in our population...
- Ovarian serous adenocarcinoma identified during IVF: diagnostic approach, surgical management, and reproductive outcome
David J Walsh
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
World J Surg Oncol 7:46. 2009
..To present a diagnostic evaluation and treatment strategy for serous adenocarcinoma of the ovary discovered during an in vitro fertilisation (IVF) sequence, and report on reproductive outcome after tumour resection and embryo transfer...
- Pre-treatment preferences and characteristics among patients seeking in vitro fertilisation
Anthony Ph Walsh
The Sims Institute Sims International Fertility Clinic, Dublin, Ireland
Reprod Health 6:21. 2009
..This study sought to describe patient features before beginning fertility treatment, and to ascertain their perceptions relative to risk of twin pregnancy outcomes associated with such therapy...
- Identification and isolation of embryonic stem cells in reproductive endocrinology: theoretical protocols for conservation of human embryos derived from in vitro fertilization
Eric Scott Sills
Georgia Reproductive Specialists LLC, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30342, USA
Theor Biol Med Model 2:25. 2005
..Techniques to yield competent ESCs with conservation of source blastocysts would satisfy many objections against ESC research, but at present such approaches remain largely untested...
