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Influence of timing of seasonal influenza vaccination on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in pregnancyEvan R Myers
Division of Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 204:S128-40. 2011..Efforts to increase vaccine rates should be concentrated early in the influenza season...
Clomiphene, metformin, or both for infertility in the polycystic ovary syndromeRichard S Legro
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, M S Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
N Engl J Med 356:551-66. 2007..The polycystic ovary syndrome is a common cause of infertility. Clomiphene and insulin sensitizers are used alone and in combination to induce ovulation, but it is unknown whether one approach is superior...- Primary surgery versus chemoradiation in the treatment of IB2 cervical carcinoma: a cost effectiveness analysisElizabeth L Jewell
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Gynecol Oncol 107:532-40. 2007..To estimate the relative cost-effectiveness of treatments for patients with FIGO stage IB2 cervical cancer and no evidence of metastasis as determined by combination of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT)... - Management of uterine leiomyomata: what do we really know?Evan R Myers
Evidence Based Practice Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Obstet Gynecol 100:8-17. 2002..To systematically review the literature on the surgical and nonsurgical management of uterine leiomyomata... - Reducing ovarian cancer mortality through screening: Is it possible, and can we afford it?Laura J Havrilesky
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Gynecol Oncol 111:179-87. 2008..We wished to estimate the clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of potential screening strategies for ovarian cancer using population-specific data... - The Pregnancy in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome study: baseline characteristics of the randomized cohort including racial effectsRichard S Legro
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
Fertil Steril 86:914-33. 2006..To report the baseline characteristics and racial differences in the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) phenotype from a large multicenter clinical trial (PPCOS)... 
Fertility patients' views about frozen embryo disposition: results of a multi-institutional U.S. surveyAnne Drapkin Lyerly
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University, Box 3040, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Fertil Steril 93:499-509. 2010..To describe fertility patients' preferences for disposition of cryopreserved embryos and determine factors important to these preferences...- Cost effectiveness of a test to detect metastases for endometrial cancerLaura J Havrilesky
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Gynecol Oncol 112:526-30. 2009..To estimate the potential cost-effectiveness of a hypothetical test to screen for lymph node metastases in women with newly diagnosed, apparent early stage endometrial cancer... - Determination of quality of life-related utilities for health states relevant to ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatmentLaura J Havrilesky
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC 27710, USA
Gynecol Oncol 113:216-20. 2009..1) To define a set of health state descriptions related to screening, diagnosis, prognosis, and toxicities relevant to ovarian cancer; (2) To derive a set of quality of life-related utilities to be used for cost-effectiveness analyses... - Cost-effectiveness of botulinum toxin a versus anticholinergic medications for idiopathic urge incontinenceJennifer M Wu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
J Urol 181:2181-6. 2009..We assessed the cost-effectiveness of botulinum toxin A injection compared to anticholinergic medications for the treatment of idiopathic urge incontinence... - Adherence to nicotine replacement therapy among pregnant smokersLaura J Fish
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center and Cancer Prevention, Detection, and Control Research Program, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2424 Erwin Road, Suite 602, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 11:514-8. 2009.... - Cost-effectiveness analysis of annual screening strategies for endometrial cancerLaura J Havrilesky
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 200:640.e1-8. 2009..The objective of the study was to determine the cost-effectiveness of annual screening tests for endometrial cancer... - A prospective study of weight gain after premenopausal hysterectomyPatricia G Moorman
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Box 2949, Duke University Medical Center, 2424 Ervin Road, Suite 602, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:699-708. 2009..The purpose of this analysis was to assess weight gain in premenopausal women in the first year after hysterectomy compared with a control group of women with intact uteri and ovaries... - Reported symptoms before and one year after hysterectomy in African American and white womenPatricia G Moorman
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:1035-42. 2011..This report compares reported symptoms in white and African American women before and 1-year after having a hysterectomy with at least one ovary retained... - Predictors of adverse events among pregnant smokers exposed in a nicotine replacement therapy trialGeeta K Swamy
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 201:354.e1-7. 2009.... - Cost-effectiveness of sacral neuromodulation versus intravesical botulinum A toxin for treatment of refractory urge incontinenceNazema Y Siddiqui
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
J Urol 182:2799-804. 2009..We determined the cost-effectiveness of sacral neuromodulation vs intravesical botulinum toxin A for the treatment of refractory urge incontinence... - Optimal timing of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation after myocardial infarction: a decision analysisJonathan P Piccini
Duke Clinical Research Institute and the Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27705, USA
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 21:791-8. 2010..The optimal timing of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placement for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death after myocardial infarction (MI) remains unknown... - Impact of a chemoresponse assay on treatment costs for recurrent ovarian cancerLaura J Havrilesky
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 203:160.e1-7. 2010..We sought to estimate mean costs of chemotherapy treatment for recurrent ovarian cancer with or without use of a chemoresponse assay... - Development of an ovarian cancer screening decision model that incorporates disease heterogeneity: implications for potential mortality reductionLaura J Havrilesky
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Cancer 117:545-53. 2011..The objective of the current study was to estimate the impact of a 2-phenotype paradigm of epithelial ovarian cancer on the mortality reduction achievable using available screening technologies... - Challenges and solutions for recruiting pregnant smokers into a nicotine replacement therapy trialKathryn I Pollak
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 8:547-54. 2006..This paper discusses specific obstacles for recruitment and solutions. Knowing the potential pitfalls to recruiting pregnant women into these trials can lead to better studies and thus improved outcomes... - Nicotine replacement and behavioral therapy for smoking cessation in pregnancyKathryn I Pollak
Cancer Prevention, Detection and Control Research Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duke University Medical Center, 2424 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:297-305. 2007..This study examines whether adding nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for pregnant smokers increases rates of smoking cessation... - FDG-PET for management of cervical and ovarian cancerLaura J Havrilesky
Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3079, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Gynecol Oncol 97:183-91. 2005..To assess the diagnostic performance of Positron Emission Tomography using fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-PET) in comparison to conventional imaging modalities in the assessment of patients with cervical and ovarian cancer... - Interobserver and intraobserver variability in the histological dating of the endometrium in fertile and infertile womenEvan R Myers
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Fertil Steril 82:1278-82. 2004..To assess effects of biopsy timing and fertility status on inter- and intraobserver variability in dating of the endometrium... - Histological dating of timed endometrial biopsy tissue is not related to fertility statusChristos Coutifaris
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA
Fertil Steril 82:1264-72. 2004..To assess the ability of histological dating to discriminate between women of fertile and infertile couples. The utility of histological dating of endometrium in the evaluation of infertile couples is uncertain... - Estimating live birth rates after ovulation induction in polycystic ovary syndrome: sample size calculations for the pregnancy in polycystic ovary syndrome trialEvan R Myers
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, United States
Contemp Clin Trials 26:271-80. 2005..The PPCOS trial should definitively answer the question of the relative efficacy of metformin, clomiphene, and combination therapy in the treatment of infertile women with PCOS... - Prospective data collection of a new procedure by a specialty society: the FIBROID registryEvan R Myers
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Obstet Gynecol 106:44-51. 2005..To describe registry methods and baseline patient demographics from a national sample of women undergoing uterine artery embolization for uterine leiomyomata... - Potential health and economic impact of adding a human papillomavirus vaccine to screening programsShalini L Kulasingam
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Center for Clinical Health Policy Research, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA
JAMA 290:781-9. 2003..Recently published results suggest that effective vaccines against cervical cancer-associated human papillomavirus (HPV) may become available within the next decade... - Cost-effectiveness analysis based on the atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance/low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion Triage Study (ALTS)Shalini L Kulasingam
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 98:92-100. 2006..We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis of the ALTS trial to determine whether HPV DNA testing is a cost-effective alternative to immediate colposcopy or conservative management with up to three cytology examinations... - Cost-effectiveness of extending cervical cancer screening intervals among women with prior normal pap testsShalini L Kulasingam
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Obstet Gynecol 107:321-8. 2006..We estimated the cost-effectiveness of screening women with 3 or more prior normal tests compared with screening those with no prior tests... - Acute myocardial infarction in pregnancy: a United States population-based studyAndra H James
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Circulation 113:1564-71. 2006..The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence, mortality, and risk factors for pregnancy-related acute myocardial infarction in the United States... - Acupuncture as adjunctive therapy in assisted reproduction: remaining uncertaintiesEvan R Myers
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Clinical Health Policy Research, Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Fertil Steril 85:1362-3; discussion 1368-70. 2006..However, additional research addressing remaining scientific and methodologic issues is needed before routine use of acupuncture can be recommended... - Venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and the postpartum period: incidence, risk factors, and mortalityAndra H James
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 194:1311-5. 2006..The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence, risk factors, and mortality from pregnancy-related venous thromboembolism... - Incidence and risk factors for stroke in pregnancy and the puerperiumAndra H James
Divisions of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Obstet Gynecol 106:509-16. 2005..To estimate the incidence, mortality, and risk factors for pregnancy-related stroke in the United States... - Effects of race and clinical factors on short-term outcomes of abdominal myomectomyTed M Roth
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39211, USA
Obstet Gynecol 101:881-4. 2003..To estimate the effects of race and preoperative uterine anatomy on complication rates after myomectomy... - Human papillomavirus testing with Pap triage for cervical cancer prevention in Canada: a cost-effectiveness analysisShalini L Kulasingam
Duke University, Center for Clinical Health Policy Research, Durham, NC, USA
BMC Med 7:69. 2009..We determined the potential cost-effectiveness of including human papillomavirus tests for cervical cancer screening for Canada and three provinces: Alberta, Newfoundland and Ontario... - Predictors of pregnancy in women with polycystic ovary syndromeMary E Rausch
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94:3458-66. 2009..Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common cause of anovulatory infertility. The selection of first-line therapies for ovulation induction is empiric... - Absence of secretory endometrium after false-positive home urine luteinizing hormone testingPeter G McGovern
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark 07103, USA
Fertil Steril 82:1273-7. 2004..To examine the proportion of cases with proliferative endometrium on biopsies performed after positive home urine LH testing... - Cost comparison among robotic, laparoscopic, and open hysterectomy for endometrial cancerJason C Barnett
Divisions of Gynecologic Oncology and Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Obstet Gynecol 116:685-93. 2010..To use decision modeling to compare the costs associated with robotic, laparoscopic, and open hysterectomy for the treatment of endometrial cancer... - Ovulatory response to treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome is associated with a polymorphism in the STK11 geneRichard S Legro
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania State University, M S Hershey Medical Center, 500 University Drive, H103, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93:792-800. 2008..Clomiphene and insulin sensitizers such as metformin are used to induce ovulation in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), but the ovulatory response is variable, and the causes of this variation are poorly understood... - Is Burch colposuspension ever cost-effective compared with tension-free vaginal tape for stress incontinence?Jennifer M Wu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:62.e1-5. 2007..This study was undertaken to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of Burch colposuspension compared with tension-free vaginal tape... - Forecasting the prevalence of pelvic floor disorders in U.S. Women: 2010 to 2050Jennifer M Wu
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Obstet Gynecol 114:1278-83. 2009..To estimate the number of women who will have symptomatic pelvic floor disorders in the United States from 2010 to 2050... - Testing for von Willebrand disease in women with menorrhagia: a systematic reviewAndra James
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
Obstet Gynecol 104:381-8. 2004..CONCLUSION: There are inadequate data to justify routine testing for von Willebrand disease in adult women with menorrhagia outside of the research setting...