Sung Eun Kim

Endometriosis, a prevalent but debilitating condition affecting women, poses significant challenges in diagnosis and management. The current 2024 guideline, developed by the Korean Society of Endometriosis (KSE), builds upon the 2018 KSE gu…

STUDY SUBJECT: To investigate the impact of preoperative hormonal medication, including combined oral contraceptives or dienogest, on operative findings in ovarian endometrioma surgery. DESIGN: A single-center, retrospective study. SETTIN…

OBJECTIVE: Clinical characteristics of patients with endometrioma without dysmenorrhea have not been well delineated; our goal was to remedy this issue by performing a retrospective cohort study. METHODS: A total of 379 patients who underw…

OBJECTIVE: Recent studies have suggested that endometriosis could be the result of excessive activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), which is associated with the regulation of essential cellular mechanisms …

BACKGROUND: There are several medical treatment options for endometrioma. Progestin, especially dienogest, is an effective drug for preventing recurrence of endometrioma after surgery. Additionally, oral contraceptive (OC) use after conserv…

The NOD-like receptor pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is a cytosolic multi-protein complex that induces inflammation and is known to be regulated negatively by autophagy. Previous studies reported an abnormal induction of aut…

Adenomyosis of the uterus is a relatively common gynecologic disease characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium. Small cystic spaces (not larger than several millimeters) are invariably pres…