Clinics in Mother and Child Health

Dr, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Publications

• Research Article   
  Designing a Pragmatic Dose-Escalation for Vitamin-D to Reduce Endometriosis Related Pain after Laparoscopy in Vitamin- D Deficient Women
  Author(s): Aml El-Shabrawy*
  
  Objective: the study aimed to discover the subjective cure rate, and the safety of using escalating dose regimens of solubilized cholecalciferol in the medical treatment of endometriosis- related pain after ablative surgeries in vitamin-D deficient women. Design classification: Prospective study. Setting: Alsaedy Maternity Hospital, Makka, Saudi Arabia. Patients and interventions: In this double-blind clinical trial, we enlisted patients with endometriosis assessed for dysmenorrhea and pelvic discomfort by VAS test at 8 weeks after treatment by laparoscopy. All patients were vitamin-D deficient (<12 ng/ml). They were arbitrarily received vitamin-D (50 000 IU weekly for 6 months) or placebo. Intensity of pain in the 2 groups was reassessed at 6 months after surgery. Results: There were 25 patients in the vitamin-.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2090-7214.21.s8.002

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