Gynecology and pelvic medicine

BACKGROUND: Abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE) is a relatively rare subtype of endometriosis that has the potential for malignant transformation. It typically presents with nonspecific clinical symptoms, such as abdominal pain and palpable …

Hysterectomy is a frequent gynecological surgical technique. With the extensive application of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery, the feasibility of robot-assisted transvaginal natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (v-NOTES) has…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Adenomyosis is a benign gynaecological condition marked by the presence of endometrial tissue within the myometrium, frequently associated with dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia, chronic pelvic pain, and infertility. Whil…

BACKGROUND: Adenomyosis (AM) is a common benign gynecological disease, defined by the presence of endometrial glands and stroma deep within the myometrium, which is associated with hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the adjacent myometrium. It …

BACKGROUND: Fallopian tube carcinoma is one of the most malignant gynecological tumors, with its exact etiology remaining largely unclear. Genetic factors contribute to ~20% of ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancers, and gene polym…

BACKGROUND: Ovarian cancer is a highly lethal gynecological malignancy, with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) being its most common form. Surgery combined with chemotherapy is the standard treatment. Resection completeness significantly impa…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis causes infertility and pain and is associated with detriment to quality of life. The aim is to review hormonal and complementary treatments for pain in women with endometriosis. Up until this review w…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis affects approximately 10% of women of reproductive age globally and is a leading cause of chronic pelvic pain and infertility. Accurate classification is essential for preoperative diagnosis, surgical…

This article introduces a case of successful single port laparoscopic hysterectomy using layered technique (layered technique refers to the technique of cutting open the peritoneal layer and the connective tissue below it layer by layer, fu…

BACKGROUND: For patients with a unicornuate uterus and a symptomatic rudimentary horn, the definitive treatment is surgical removal of the horn, which can be performed using either laparoscopy or laparotomy. Usually, the rudimentary horn ap…

Uterine leiomyomas, also known as fibroids or myoma uteri, are the most common benign pelvic tumor in women. They are monoclonal tumors arising from the smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts of the myometrium. Uterine leiomyomas are usually d…

BACKGROUND: Ovarian clear-cell borderline tumor is a rare epithelial tumor that predominantly has been identified in post-menopausal patients. Patients may become symptomatic due to mass effect, and treatment requires complete surgical exci…

Hysterectomy is a frequent gynecological surgical technique. The surgical approaches are laparotomic, virginally, and laparoscopic. The advantages of laparoscopic surgery are smaller surgical wounds, less pain, shorter hospital stay, and fe…

BACKGROUND: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) combined with cervical cancer is a complex and challenging condition, to date only few cases have been reported worldwide. The preoperative missed diagnosis poses a significant risk to the diagnosis a…

BACKGROUND: Malignant transformation of extragonadal endometriosis is a rare event, mostly described in surgical scars endometriosis or bowel endometriosis. We here present the case of a 59 years old patient, with endometriosis and malignan…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Uterine fibroids (UFs) are the most common benign tumors in women. Despite advances in non-operative technologies, hysterectomy remains the main treatment modality. This review summarizes current minimally invasive…