OBJECTIVES: With the recent spread of laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) and the rising rate of cesarean sections (CSs), increasing number of patients with a previous CS are undergoing total LH (TLH). Here, we retrospectively compared the surgi…
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to evaluate the surgical results for ectopic pregnancy (EP) treated at Fukushima Red Cross Hospital for over a 20-year period from 2002 to 2021. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We evaluated the incidence, surgical procedures, s…
Although uterine sarcoma is a rare disease, its prognosis is extremely poor;thus, it is important to differentiate it from uterine leiomyoma. In this retrospective study, we examined the association between preoperative MRI findings and pos…
Polypoid endometriosis is a rare form of endometriosis characterized by polypoid masses that histologically often resemble endometrial polyps. We report a case of rapidly progressing polypoid endometriosis that was preoperatively assumed to…
We describe an extremely rare case of a borderline tumor arising from an extragonadal giant endometrial cyst. A 41-year-old woman complaining of abdominal pain was referred to our hospital with a diagnosis of large ovarian tumor. Magnetic r…
Three-dimensional (3D) laparoscopic surgical systems have been developed to account for the lack of depth perception, a known disadvantage of conventional 2-dimensional (2D) laparoscopy. In this study, we retrospectively compared the outcom…
We describe an extremely rare case of advanced pure primary ovarian squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), treated by adjuvant chemotherapy with dose-dense paclitaxel combined with carboplatin (dd-TC) plus the combination chemotherapy with irinotec…
Uterine arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a potentially life-threatening condition characterized by abrupt and profuse uterine bleeding from abnormal connections between arteries and veins in the myometrium. It is commonly associated with…
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