Keiko Mekaru
ORCID: 0000-0002-2694-6158
· 7 papers in corpus
case-report
2025
CASE: Ovarian transposition (OT) is performed to preserve ovarian function in patients undergoing pelvic or abdominal radiotherapy. Although complications, such as ovarian torsion and cyst formation, have been reported, ovulation-related pe…
observational
2022
PURPOSE: To investigate the relationship between the microbiome of the female genital tract and endometriosis. METHODS: This prospective cohort study included 36 women who underwent laparoscopic surgery for ovarian tumor from July 2019 to …
case-report
2019
PurposeRe-adhesion rates following hysteroscopic adhesiolysis have remained high. Accordingly, we present a case involving temporary placement of an intrauterine silicone plate to prevent re-adhesions following hysteroscopic adhesiolysis in…
observational
2018
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of embryo quality on pregnancy outcomes. METHODS: This retrospective analysis included 80 live singleton births, resulting from morphologically good-quality embryo transfers, and 25 live singleton births tha…
observational
2013
Endometriosis and pregnancy outcome: are pregnancies complicated by endometriosis a high-risk group?
OBJECTIVES: Increased incidence of preterm birth, pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) babies have been reported in women with endometriosis, but the study populations included women in whom a definitive …
2012
Malignant transformation of endometriotic cyst occurs in approximately 0.7% cases. Although mural nodules are considered the most valuable imaging finding in diagnosis of ovarian cancers associated with endometriotic cyst, they are difficul…
observational
2012
There have been very few reports on the outcomes of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) in women with stage I/II endometriosis. The objective of this study was to investigate IVF-ET outcomes in women with early-stage endomet…