Jingyun Wang,1,* Lu Wang,1,* Xiaohui Wang,1 Ai Ai,1 Ping Qiao2 1Department of Reproductive Medicine, Maternity and Infant Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of …
Abstract Study question To evaluate the impact of endometrioma on IVF/ICSI outcomes in patient underwent IVF/ICSI, taking into account of subsequent vitrified embryo transfers. Summary answer In women undergoing IVF, endometrioma was associ…
The clinical management of endometriosis encounters a significant obstacle: existing therapies inadequately address both the inhibition of ectopic lesion proliferation and the mitigation of the neuroinflammation associated with chronic pain…
Objective: To compare the efficacy of dienogest (DNG) and levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) in the treatment of intrinsic and extrinsic subtypes of adenomyosis. Methods: Totally 232 patients were enrolled in the study w…
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is one of the most common gynecological diseases, and seriously reduces the quality of life of patients. However, the pathogenesis of this disease is unclear. Therefore, more studies are needed to elucidate its pat…
Endometriosis is a common problem affecting 5-10% of women of childbearing age. It is a condition with unknown pathology, leaving us with several theories. However, about half of women with endometriosis complain of difficulty conceiving. T…
AIM: To investigate the value of amide proton transfer weighted (APTw) imaging and R2∗ mapping of cystic fluid in differentiating ovarian endometriotic cysts (OE) from other ovarian cystic (OOC) lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 4…
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence of urinary incontinence (UI), including its subtypes stress UI (SUI), urgency UI (UUI) and mixed UI (MUI), and to examine risk factors for de novo SUI and UUI in Chinese women. DESIGN: Nationwide longit…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To validate the Period ImPact and Pain Assessment (PIPPA) self-screening tool for menstrual disturbance in teenagers. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Three senior high schools in the Australian Capital Territory (…
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and incidence of endometriosis and to estimate the risk of cardiovascular outcomes in women with endometriosis. DESIGN: Population-based cohort study using The Health Improvement Network database. SET…
Endometriosis is a gynecological health problem for women of reproductive stage. Kallikrein 4 is a proliferative factor and has important roles in cancer development and progression. To explore the role of Kallikrein 4 in endometriosis, we …
Background. Endometriosis (EMs) is a non-malignant gynecological disease, whose pathogenesis remains to be clarified. Recent studies have found that hypoxia induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) as well as epigenetic modification …
Copy number variation (CNV) is a main cause of male infertility, yet its influence still remains elusive in that of females. To investigate the correlation between CNV and female infertility, we applied whole-genome CNV analyses by next gen…
Objective: To investigate the feasibility and safety of magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) ablation treatment for uterine fibroids and adenomyosis. Methods: From February 2017 to July 2018, a total of 61 women in …
Endometriosis is a chronic disease occurring during the reproductive stage of women.Although there is only limited association between endometriosis and gynecological cancers with regard to clinical features, the molecular basis of the rela…
To evaluate the diagnosis value of three-dimensional hysterosalpingo contrast sonography (3D HyCoSy) with positive and negative contrast agent in infertility. Two hundred and forty-eight patients underwent transvaginal 3D HyCoSy. The fallop…
To evaluate the value of puncture biopsy guided by transvaginal ultrasound in the diagnosis of cervical diseases. During Feb. 2004 to Jan. 2013, twenty-one patients aged from 32 to 67(mean 48), have received puncture biopsy by transvaginal …
OBJECTIVE: The study endeavored to observe the effects of estrogen and progestin on expression of matrixmetalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) in a nude mouse model of endometriosis (EMT) and to exp…
Experimental and animal studies suggested that estrogens play an important role in the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) through a variety of mechanisms involved in the regulation of the immune system. The objective of this …
OBJECTIVE: To assess the clinical efficacy of uterine arterial embolization (UAE) in the treatment of adenomyosis. METHODS: UAE procedures were performed in 23 patients with adenomyosis. Two 3.0 F FASTRACKER-325 tubes were placed into bila…