Kok‐Min Seow

OBJECTIVE: To present a case of successful surgical treatment of uterine abscesses in a woman with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. CASE REPORT: A 40-year-old nulliparous woman with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease and a history of …

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrinopathy, characterized by chronic anovulation, hyperandrogenism, and multiple small subcapsular cystic follicles in the ovary during ultrasonography, and affects 5-10% of women of reproduc…

OBJECTIVE: The standard dose of depot gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) may be too much to prevent premature luteinizing hormone (LH) surge in controlled ovarian stimulation (COS). The purpose of this study was to find out the …

Uterine adenomyosis was first reported in the 19(th) century and early 20(th) century; von Rokitansky described it in 1860. Since then, the general clinical, pathological, and radiologic findings and potentially useful management methods ha…

OBJECTIVE: This paper reports the long-term follow-up (62-83 months) of women with unexplained subfertility secondary to severe adenomyosis treated with the combination of conservative surgery and gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist (GnR…

Background and Purpose: We attempted to assess the technique and pregnancy outcomes of combined laparoscopy and minilaparotomy for stage Ⅲ and Ⅳ endometriosis with an endometrioma. Methods: In total, 49 patients with Stage Ⅲ or Ⅳ endometrio…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of short-term use of a gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue for 3 months before ovarian stimulation in patients with stage III and IV endometriosis after conservative surgery. STUDY DESIGN: Eleven …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of transvaginal three-dimensional ultrasonography combined with serum CA 125 level in diagnosing pelvic adhesions before scheduled laparoscopic surgery. DESIGN: Prospective study (Canadian Task Forc…