By I. Soussis MD, MSc, FRCOG Consultant Obstetrician- Gynaecologist, Fertility Specialist An injection of botulinum toxin, commonly known as Botox, helped relieve chronic pelvic pain in women with endometriosis for up to 11 months, according to researchers. The results of their study were presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in a...
By I.Soussis, MD, MSc, FRCOG, Fertility Specialist Scientists from the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research announced an experimental, rapid and non-invasive way to diagnose endometriosis, which may lead to earlier and more effective treatments for this disorder that affects approximately 176 million women globally. The scientists found...
By I.Soussis, MD, MSc,FRCOG Fertility Specialist Researchers have found that pregnant women with both endometriosis and diffuse adenomyosis have a nearly four times greater risk of carrying a baby that is small for its gestational age. The study from Italy, was published in the journal Ultrasound in Obstetrics and...
BY I. SOUSSIS MD FERTILITY SPECIALIST A new study, which followed more than 72 thousand women for more than 20 years, has found that breast feeding is linked to a lower risk of being diagnosed with endometriosis. Researchers found that among the 72,394 women who had one or...
A revolutionary new diagnostic test for endometriosis will shortly be released by an American company. The test developed by the San Francisco based company uses the patient’s saliva to look for particular biomarkers found to be elevated in endometriosis patients. Endometriosis is a chronic condition where the...
[caption id="attachment_2741" align="alignnone" width="400"] Image courtesy of imagerymajestic at FreeDigitalPhotos.net[/caption] Obstetric complications in women with endometriosis By I.Soussis MD Women with endometriosis present an increased chance of complications during pregnancy, compared to those without. A large Swedish study comprised of 8.922 women with endometriosis, who gave birth to 13.090...
By I.Soussis MD Egg donation is a fantastic tool in our hands, that allows us to explore how endometriosis affects the results of IVF. Its action is through the endometrium or through the quality of the oocytes and subsequently through the quality of the produced embryos? In trying to answer...
By I. Soussis MD How successful is intrauterine insemination in infertile women with endometriosis? Tummon et al. 1997 enrolled 103 infertile couples with endometriosis stage I and II in a prospective randomized study. Of those patients 53 underwent superovulation treatment with gonadotrophins and intrauterine insemination (127 cycles)...
By I.Soussis MD The reputable journal Human Reproduction Update in 2014 published an excellent study by ΑΜ Sanchez et al., on how an endometrioma ( a chocolate cyst) affects the surrounding healthy ovarian tissue. They reviewed the scientific literature of the last 25 years on the subject. They...
[caption id="attachment_2604" align="alignnone" width="1498"] A vaginal ultrasound scan showing an ovary with an endometrioma. no other small follicles can be seen[/caption] By I.Soussis MD Antral follicle count AFC, has proven to be one of the most reliable predictors of ovarian response to the drug stimulation during IVF...
