Surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS) protein chip array technology was used to detect biomarkers of eutopic endometrium in endometriosis patients. Five potential biomarkers (6,898 m/z,…
ObjectiveWe sought to determine age-adjusted rates (AARs) of lower urinary tract injury and incidence in selected inpatient gynecologic and obstetric procedures.Study designWe utilized the National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1979-2006. AARs…
RANTES (C-C chemokine, regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted) is involved in progression of endometriosis, but the precise mechanism is understood inadequately. This study is to elucidate the roles of RANTES in macro…
PURPOSE: To evaluate the safety and therapeutic efficacy of ultrasound (US)-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation for the treatment of abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-one consecutive pat…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether focal adhesion kinase (FAK) expression is altered in eutopic endometrium of women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Experimental study using human endometrial tissue. SETTING: Academic research center. PATIENT…
BACKGROUND: The CC chemokines, regulated on activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) and macrophage-inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha), have been identified as potential contributors to the pathogenesis and the progre…
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of luteinized unruptured follicle (LUF) cycles on frozen thawed embryo transfer (FET). DESIGN: A retrospective analysis comparing the clinical outcomes after FET among 144 cases of luteinized unruptured f…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is expressed in endometriotic ovarian tissue. METHODS: We collected tissue samples from the ovaries of 41 women with ovarian endometriosis and from the endometrium of 20 healthy…
OBJECTIVES: To use surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS) protein chip array technology to detect proteomic patterns in the serum of women with endometriosis; build diagnostic models; an…
OBJECTIVE: To explore the secretion of chemokine regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) influenced by the complex microenvironment in the peritoneal cavity of women with endometriosis and investigate chemota…
Surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry protein chip array technology was used to detect the serum proteomic patterns in patients with endometriosis. Four potential biomarkers (8,141 m/z, 6,096 m/z, 5,8…
PURPOSE: This study investigated whether the association between passive smoking exposure and primary dysmenorrhea is modified by two susceptibility genes, cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1)MspI and CYP1A1HincII. METHODS: We recruited 1645 femal…
OBJECTIVE: This study investigated whether the association between passive smoking exposure and dysmenorrhea is modified by two susceptibility genes, CYP1A1MspI and CYP1A1HincII. METHODS: This report includes 1645 (1124 no dysmenorrhea, 52…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical value of using hysteroscopy combined with laparoscopy in gynecologic disease. METHODS: From January 1995 to January 2001, two hundred thirty five operations were performed under hysteroscopy combined wit…
OBJECTIVE: To clarify the features of malignant ovarian neoplasms arising from ovarian endometriosis. METHODS: A total of 26 women with malignant ovarian neoplasms arising from ovarian endometriosis were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS:…
Neurologic disease as a cause of chronic pelvic pain may be more common than previously reported. We report three cases wherein patients with complaints of pelvic pain were subsequently found to have neurologic disease involving the lumbosa…
Uterine adenomyosis is a common gynecologic condition that is characterized by the presence of heterotopic endometrial glands and stroma in the myometrium with adjacent smooth muscle hyperplasia. The histopathologic features of adenomyosis …
This review focuses on non-invasive imaging techniques that have proven useful in diagnosing adenomyosis, including hysterosalpingography, transabdominal and endovaginal ultrasound, as well as magnetic resonance imaging. An understanding of…