The surgical treatment of fibroids for infertilityDavid L Olive
Wisconsin Fertility Institute, Wisconsin Fertility Institute, Middleton, Wisconsin 53562, USA
Semin Reprod Med 29:113-23. 2011
..More randomized treatment trials are clearly needed to clarify the role of myomectomy and other procedures in the infertile woman with type 2 submucous and intramural myomas...
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists for endometriosisDavid L Olive
Wisconsin Fertility Institute, Middleton, WI 53562, USA
N Engl J Med 359:1136-42. 2008
- Fibroids and reproduction
David L Olive
Wisconsin Fertility Institute, Middleton, Wisconsin 53562, USA
Semin Reprod Med 28:218-27. 2010
..Higher quality studies are desperately needed to add confidence to these tenuous conclusions...
- The treatment of endometriosis: a review of the evidence
David L Olive
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin Madison Medical School, 53792 6188, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 955:360-72; discussion 389-93, 396-406. 2002
..Finally, the combination of in vitro fertilization and either medical or surgical therapy may be beneficial with advanced endometriosis, but further study is required...
- Fibroids and infertility: an updated systematic review of the evidence
Elizabeth A Pritts
Wisconsin Fertility Institute, Middleton, Wisconsin 53562, USA
Fertil Steril 91:1215-23. 2009
..To investigate the effect of fibroids on fertility and of myomectomy in improving outcomes...
The use of high dose letrozole in ovulation induction and controlled ovarian hyperstimulationElizabeth A Pritts
Wisconsin Fertility Institute, 3146 Deming Way, Middleton, WI 53562, USA
ISRN Obstet Gynecol 2011:242864. 2011
..Furthermore, randomized trials are needed to determine whether high-dose letrozole might actually be optimal as a starting dose for certain treatment groups...
- Optimizing gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist therapy in women with endometriosis
David L Olive
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin 53792 6188, USA
Treat Endocrinol 3:83-9. 2004
..Future studies will need to focus on the role of these agents when used for repeated courses, in young women, and in conjunction with assisted reproduction...
- Sexual activity, orgasm and tampon use are associated with a decreased risk for endometriosis
Erika L Meaddough
Department of Public Health, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA
Gynecol Obstet Invest 53:163-9. 2002
..001, OR = 1.5). Cases were also less likely than controls to report using only tampons (p < 0.0001, OR = 2.6). CONCLUSION: Sexual activity, orgasm, and tampon use during menstruation may confer protection against endometriosis...
- Medical therapy of endometriosis
David L Olive
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792-6188, USA
Semin Reprod Med 21:209-22. 2003
..This review analyzes the available and experimental medical treatments of endometriosis, their utility in the treatment of pain and infertility, and their role in the future...
- Endometriosis and infertility: what do we do for each stage?
David L Olive
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, 600 Highland Avenue, H4 628, Madison, WI 53792, USA
Curr Womens Health Rep 3:389-94. 2003
..For more advanced disease, with tubal damage, surgery or in vitro fertilization are options. For the most advanced cases, in vitro fertilization preceded by 3 months of medical treatment of the endometriosis is advised...
- New medical treatments for endometriosis
David L Olive
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 600 Highland Ave, H4 628 Madison, WI 53792, USA
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 18:319-28. 2004
..It is hoped that this new wave of medications will improve the response to medical therapy for this disorder...
- Laterality and asymmetry of endometriotic lesions
Sun Wei Guo
Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226 0509, USA
Fertil Steril 89:33-41. 2008
..To identify possible sources of heterogeneities in the estimation of the proportion of bilateral cases and of left-sided cases of endometriotic lesions...
- Prospective randomized trial of right-sided paracolic adhesiolysis for chronic pelvic pain
Martin D Keltz
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10019, USA
JSLS 10:443-6. 2006
..Patients who would benefit from diagnostic or operative laparoscopy are likely to benefit further from paracolic adhesiolysis...
- Two unsuccessful clinical trials on endometriosis and a few lessons learned
Sun Wei Guo
Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 0509, USA
Gynecol Obstet Invest 64:24-35. 2007
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- Investigational drugs for endometriosis
Richard O Chlouber
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53792, USA
Expert Opin Investig Drugs 15:399-407. 2006
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- Evaluation of risk factors associated with endometriosis
Robert Hemmings
McGill University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Fertil Steril 81:1513-21. 2004
..CONCLUSION(S): These observations underline the importance of taking into account the clinical profile of subjects when investigating risk factors for endometriosis...
- The role of add-back therapy in the United States
David L Olive
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Drugs Today (Barc) 41:23-6. 2005
..Add-back therapy should be initiated at the same time as the treatment with a GnRH agonist and longer-term therapy beyond 6 months can be considered in patients meeting the appropriate criteria...
- Empirical therapy with leuprorelin acetate for endometriosis in the United States
David L Olive
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Drugs Today (Barc) 41:5-10. 2005
..Laparoscopy is the final option if pain is not relieved by medical treatments...
- Advisory panel discussion
Massimo Candiani
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Drugs Today (Barc) 41:29-54. 2005
