BACKGROUND: Classifying uterine fibroid using the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) classification system assists treatment decision-making and planning. This study aimed to study whether different fibroid locatio…
Uterine artery embolization is a treatment option for symptomatic uterine myomas. The Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology Guideline Committee developed guidelines for uterine artery embolization procedures for symptomatic uterine m…
Abdominal myomectomy for a huge myomas, especially uterine cervical myoma, is difficult because of risks, such as intraoperative bleeding or injury to adjacent organs. Therefore, understanding of the positional relationships among a huge my…
OBJECTIVE: We conducted a single-center study to evaluate the usefulness of the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging jelly method for diagnosing endometriosis-associated adhesions in the Pouch of Douglas. METHODS: Thirty women with menstrual pa…
Time spatial labeling inversion pulse (Time-SLIP) is a non-contrast magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) technique. No cases in which this technique was used during pregnancy have been reported. We report herein two cases with adenomyosis o…
PURPOSE: To evaluate preoperative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features of bleeding and non-bleeding ectopic pregnancy (EP) by comparison with surgical findings. METHODS: Eighteen suspected EP cases underwent preoperative MR imaging. We…
PURPOSE: To evaluate the usefulness of MRI jelly method (jelly method). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-five patients (32.7 +/- 5 years old) with endometriosis, treated with laparoscopic surgery between January and June 2005 with preoperative…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the usefulness of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) jelly method as a preoperative diagnostic means for patients with rectovaginal endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(…
OBJECTIVE: To assess the indications and limits of laparoscopic myomectomies (LM). METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of 89 consecutive cases of LM. Our LM procedures were as follows: Diluted vasopressin was injected into the m…