PURPOSE: To identify factors related to technical outcomes of catheter-directed sclerotherapy (CDS) and suggest selection criteria for CDS in patients with ovarian endometrioma. METHOD: This retrospective study included patients with endom…
BACKGROUND/AIM: 25-hydroxycholesterol (25-HC) plays important roles in lipid metabolism, inflammatory responses, and apoptosis, but its pathophysiological association with osteoporosis (OP) has not been verified in osteoblasts. Hence, we st…
Endometriosis is a multifactorial disease, and inflammation is considered a core pathology. Inflammation related to genital tract infection (GTI) and surgical injury may cause endometriosis. Therefore, we investigated the incidence of endom…
PURPOSE: The present study investigated the prevalence and risk factors of adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder in breast cancer patients between 13 and 18 months after surgery. METHODS: This study included 271 women who underwent surgery f…
PURPOSE: In this study, we report our initial experience with robot-assisted laparoscopic partial cystectomy (RLPC) in urachal diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Two men and two women with a mean age of 51.5+/-9.3 years underwent RLPC betwee…