Min Jung Kim

Chronic pelvic pain affects a large percentage of women and treatment options are commonly limited to physical therapy, medications, and surgery. Many women continue to have pain which limits their daily function despite these treatment opt…

BACKGROUND: Recently, smaller-size trocars and instruments have been developed for laparoscopic colon cancer surgery; however, their effectiveness and safety have not been elucidated. This study aimed to investigate whether 3 mm trocars and…

Among intraabdominal lymphangiomas, colonic lymphangiomas are rare. These cystic tumors are generally asymptomatic and incidentally found but may present with bleeding or obstructive symptoms. Intussusception by such tumors is scarcely repo…

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) mediated intracellular communication plays an imperative role in the proper completion of different physiological events. Most of the bio-fluids are enriched with several subpopulations of EVs including exosomes…

Endometriosis, defined as growth of endometrial stroma and glands outside the uterine cavity, is a chronic and recurrent disease that affects patients' quality of life. Ectopic endometrial tissue can proliferate at any location in the body,…

Objective: Mullerian inhibiting Substance (MIS), also known as anti Mullerian hormone (AMH), is produced from Sertoli cells of fetal testis and it causes regression of Mullerian ducts. MIS is known to act as a regulator of female reproducti…

Extrapelvic endometriosis is a fairly rare phenomenon, The majority of extrapelvie endometriosis involves scar tissue following obstetric/gynecologic procedures. Cesarean section scar endornetriosis may be more common than reflected in the …