Satoru Takamizawa

PURPOSE: To identify the efficacy of endometrial curettage on antibiotic-resistant chronic endometritis (CE) in infertile women. METHODS: Of 1580 women with CE, 87 with antibiotic-resistant CE after two to five cycles of antibiotic treatme…

PURPOSE: Can relugolix, a novel oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor (GnRH) antagonist, function as an alternative ovulation inhibitor to GnRH antagonist injections? METHODS: This single-center, cross-sectional retrospective study …

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) has various polymorphisms, and the effects of periconceptional folic acid supplementation for decreasing neural tube defects (NTDs) risk differ depending on the genotypes. This study analyzed the …

AIM: Transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy (THL) has recently been developed as a less invasive alternative to conventional laparoscopy. There are some reports that described the usefulness and prognostic value of diagnostic THL in infertile women.…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility and clinical usefulness of transvaginal salpingoscopy (TS) during transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy (THL) in infertile women. DESIGN: Retrospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-3)…

It is well known that Chlamydia trachomatis causes acute and chronic pelvic inflammatory disease including salpingitis. We describe a case of successful pregnancy following conservative treatment of massive ascites associated with acute Chl…

Since transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy (THL) was introduced as the first-line procedure in the early stage of the exploration of the tubo-ovarian structures in infertile women, it has been shown that THL is a less traumatic and a more suitable…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the usefulness and prognostic value of transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy (THL) in infertile women. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Jichi Medical School Hospital, Tochigi, Japan. PATIENT(S): Thirty-six patients wh…