Jen-Hung Wang

To investigate the changes of ERα and PRs in the epithelium and stroma of normal and neoplastic uterine cervix. Two pathologists independently scored the expression levels of ERα, PR(A+B), and PRB in the stroma and epithelium of normal, cer…

OBJECTIVES: Alopecia is a soft but meaningful complaint affecting women's physical and psychological health. Female alopecia (FA) has diverse etiologies. Nonetheless, FA is stereotyped as female pattern hair loss, also known as female andro…

This study explored whether the risk of thyroid cancer in Asian women is associated with consumption of oral contraceptives (Diane-35). We conducted a population-based, retrospective cohort study using the Taiwan National Health Insurance R…

We explored whether hysterectomy with or without bilateral oophorectomy was associated with the increasing incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in an East Asian population. This was a retrospective population-based cohort study that analyzed…

Endometriosis is a common systemic chronic inflammatory disease. Inflammation is the key mechanism responsible for the development of endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis. We aimed to investigate the risk of coronary artery disease (…

BACKGROUND: Hormonal fluctuations may trigger the onset of bipolar disorder. We designed a longitudinal follow-up study to evaluate the association between hysterectomies and bipolar disorder risk. METHODS: We conducted a large retrospecti…

Studies on the relationship between gynecologic surgery and subsequent ovarian cancer have been carried out in limited Western ethnic groups. We aim to evaluate whether receiving hysterectomy and/or salpingectomy associated with ovarian can…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the safety and efficacy of contained manual morcellation (CMM) with a tissue pouch during minimally invasive robotic or laparoscopic surgeries. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study included women who underwent robotic…

Using the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan, we investigated whether undergoing a hysterectomy increases the risk of depression. A total of 7872 patients aged 30⁻49 years who underwent a hysterectomy from 2000 to 2013 we…

Hysterectomy is a common procedure for benign pathologies of the uterus. Reduced production of estrogen following hysterectomy has been reported. Yet the association between hysterectomy and coronary artery disease (CAD) risk remains contro…

Hysterectomy has been associated with metabolic change and cardiovascular risk for women after removing the uterus, but inconclusive. This large retrospective cohort study evaluated the hyperlipidemia risk for women with a hysterectomy and/…