Unilateral partial absence of the fallopian tube is rare, and its clinical importance in fertility is unclear. A 35-year-old nulligravid female patient with infertility was suspected to have a left hydrosalpinx on hysterosalpingography and …
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To present the methods and outcomes of total laparoscopic hysterectomy with debulking surgery for large cervical fibroids. METHODS: This is a single-center study. Twenty-one women who underwent total laparoscopic…
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the determinants of successful pregnancy following laparoscopic adenomyomectomy. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: A general hospital. PATIENT(S): A total of 102 women who had a desire for pregnancy under…
OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to differentiate and specify the subtypes of adenomyosis. STUDY DESIGN: Surgically treated adenomyosis (n = 152) was subcategorized retrospectively into 4 subtypes on the basis of magnetic resona…
Deep endometriosis forms severe adhesion in the peritoneal cavity,which sometimes displaces the anatomical position of the ureter, and occasionally extends deeply into the retroperitoneal space, pressing and obstructing the ureter. Therefor…
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Shoulder pain is one of the early postlaparoscopic symptoms related to CO(2) used for pneumoperitoneum and remaining in the abdomen. The present study was conducted to validate the hypothesis that complete evacuat…
OBJECTIVE: To explore novel endometriosis serum biomarkers by surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS). DESIGN: First, we aimed to discover the potential biomarkers of endometriosis by SE…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of the potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) laser used during the laparoscopic anterior rectum slicing (LARS) operation. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical C…
Endometriosis is one of the causative factors of impaired fecundity. Whatever the mechanisms are of this impairment, surgical removal of endometriosis appears to increase postoperative fecundity. Our strategy in laparoscopic surgery for sym…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate if complete resolution of endometriosis by laparoscopic surgery is beneficial to postoperative fecundity, dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia. DESIGN: An observational comparative study on the outcome of laparoscopic sur…