Heung Yeol Kim

Objective: To evaluate the role of inflammatory markers for distinguishing malignant and benign ovarian masses. Methods: Preoperative demographic, clinicopathologic, and laboratory variables were reviewed in patients with an ovarian mass th…

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent chronic inflammatory condition that affects women in their reproductive period and is associated with pelvic pain and infertility. Oxidative stress (OS) occurs when reactive oxygen stress (ROS) and ant…

OBJECTIVE: To measure the prognostic value of the lymphocyte-monocyte ratio (LMR) in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). METHODS: We retrospectively examined the LMR as a prognosticator in a cohort of 234 patients with EOC who u…

BACKGROUND: This study was aimed to assess the effect of endometrial movements on pregnancy achievement in intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The population of this observational study was composed of unexplaine…

Chronic pelvic pain is a common condition in women of reproductive age and can be described as chronic nociceptive, inflammatory and neuropathic pain characterized by spontaneous pain or a response to various stimuli. Oxidative stress is a …

Chronic pelvic pain is a common and significant disorder of women. It is estimated to have a prevalence of 3.8% in women. The etiology of chronic pelvic pain in women is poorly understood. Although a specific diagnosis is not found in the m…