Kaori Koga
ORCID: 0000-0002-5057-4120
· 168 papers in corpus
observational
2018
AIM: To determine the efficacious treatment for infertile couples, we assessed the impact of infertility factors including endometriosis on assisted reproductive technology (ART) and non-ART treatment, and the effect of age in infertility t…
2018
The management of endometrioma differs depending on the life stage of the patient, such as the patients'' age, the presence or absence of the desire for conception. In this lecture, I will divide the patient''s life stage into three stages:…
other
2018
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the clinical features of thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES) represented by catamenial pneumothorax (CP), endometriosis-related pneumothorax (ERP), and catamenial hemoptysis (CH). STUDY DESIGN: In this retrospecti…
case-report
2018
Endometrioma is known to be an occurrence site of ovarian cancer, but there is no evidence on how to reduce the risk of canceration. Here, we report three cases of ovarian cancer arising from endometrioma during hormone therapies of GnRH an…
observational
2017
The association between cervical conization and subsequent development of endometriosis is uncertain. The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence rate of ovarian endometrioma after cervical conization and to determine factors …
other
2017
OBJECTIVES: To characterize peritoneal dendritic cells (DCs) in endometriosis and to clarify their role in its etiology. DESIGN: Experimental. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Sixty-three women (35 patients with endometriosis an…
observational
2017
AIM: Our objective was to determine the preoperative factors associated with difficulty in total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH). METHODS: This retrospective clinical study included 157 patients who underwent TLH for leiomyoma or adenomyos…
observational
2016
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis has been shown to be associated with second- to third-trimester pregnancy complications such as preterm birth and placenta previa, but the evidence is inconsistent. We hypothesized that endometriosis severity might…
observational
2016
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence rate of subsequent development of ovarian cancer after excision of endometrioma. DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): A total of 485 women with endo…
2016
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other
2016
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the in vivo effect of dienogest on proliferation, apoptosis, aromatase expression, vascular density, nerve growth factor (NGF) expression and nerve fiber density in human adenomyosis tissue. STUDY DESIGN: Twelve wom…
lab-animal
2016
Drospirenone has been used as a progestin in oral contraceptives with ethinyl estradiol (DRSP/EE) and is expected to regulate endometriosis, however, the direct effects of drospirenone on endometriosis have not been clarified. The aim of th…
lab-animal
2016
CONTEXT: Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent, chronic inflammatory disease. Recent studies have shown that vitamin D (VD) is an effective modulator of the immune system and plays an important role in controlling many inflammatory disease…
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lab-animal
2016
PROBLEM: Neutrophils are known to be accumulated in endometriosis; however, direct evidence of the impact of neutrophils in the development of endometriosis was lacking. To clarify the importance of neutrophils, we examined the effect of ne…
lab-animal
2016
PROBLEM: Resistance to apoptosis, together with inflammatory and invasive activity, contributes to the pathogenesis of endometriosis; therefore, approaches that can safely enhance apoptosis in endometriotic tissue are highly sought after as…
review
2016
Endometriosis is recognized as an inflammatory disease in which inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-1β and TNFα, play important roles. Immunological factors are also suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis…
observational
2016
PURPOSE: Hypothyroidism is known to have a negative impact on female reproduction even in subclinical form, subclinical hypothyroidism (SH). This study aimed to investigate the association between elevated TSH level and reproductive outcome…
diagnostic-accuracy
2016
AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hypointensity on T2 star-weighted imaging (T2*WI), which is useful for detecting hemosiderin, in endometriomas and other ovarian tumors. The efficacy of detecting adhesions aro…
lab-animal
2015
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the in vitro effect of drospirenone on human eutopic endometrial (EuSC) and ectopic endometriotic stromal cells (EcSC). DESIGN: Comparative and laboratory study. The experimental procedures were approved by the In…