Thai Interest Group for Endometriosis (TIGE) consensus statement on endometriosis-associated pain.

This consensus statement has been developed by the Thai Interest Group for Endometriosis (TIGE) for use by Thai clinicians in the diagnosis and management of endometriosis. TIGE is a group of clinical and academic gynaecologists with a particular interest in endometriosis. Endometriosis is an oestrogen-dependent inflammatory disease which causes chronic symptoms such as dysmenorrhoea, chronic pelvic pain, dyspareunia and subfertility, and it is common in reproductive-age women.

The Influence of Women Age and Successfulness of Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) Cycles.

Objective: To evaluate the association between success and the benefit of repeated intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles among women of different age groups.

Material And Method: A retrospective analysis of 466 IUI cycles from 221 patients treated in afertility center of a university hospital between 2005 and 2013. The female age was stratified as younger than 35 years, 35 to 40 years, and older than 40 years old.

Pain control in laparoscopic gynecologic surgery with/without preoperative (preemptive) parecoxib sodium injection: a randomized study.

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of preoperative parecoxib sodium injection for pain relief after laparoscopic gynecologic surgery.

Material And Method: A prospective double-blind, randomized study was conducted in 268 patients who underwent laparoscopic gynecologic surgery at Vajira Hospital between November 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011. The patients were randomly allocated into two groups to receive either single intravenous 40 mg parecoxib (treatment group; n = 133) or normal saline (control group; n = 135) 30 min before surgery.

Results of laparoscopic pelvic and/or para-aortic lymphadenectomy in gynecologic oncology patients in Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Medical College and Vajira Hospital.

Objective: To determine the results of laparoscopic lymphadenectomy in gynecologic oncology patients.

Material And Method: Medical records of 31 gynecologic oncology patients who underwent laparoscopic lymphadenectomy between November 1, 2004 and February 28, 2007 were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: The median age of the study population was 47 years (range 24-77 years).