Lee KW

No ORCID on file · 12 papers in corpus · active 2005-2024

Study types

  • article 3
  • other 3
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
  • endometrioma 2
  • adenomyosis 2
2024
Pharmaceutics ·doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics16040468

This study was tasked with the design of mucoadhesive buccal films (MBFs) containing a peptide drug, leuprolide (LEU), or its diverse nanoparticles (NPs), for enhanced membrane permeability via self-assembled nanonization and deformable beh…

article 2023
Gynecology and minimally invasive therapy ·doi:10.4103/gmit.gmit_20_23

Uterine fibroids and adenomyosis are benign tumors commonly seen in gynecology clinics, more than cancers of the cervix or uterine cancers. Surgical methods for adenomyosis are often unsatisfactory, difficult, and not reproducible. Ultrasou…

other 2022
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/molecules27248716

Leuprolide is a synthetic nonapeptide drug (pyroGlu-His-Trp-Ser-Tyr-d-Leu-Leu-Arg-Pro-NHEt) that acts as a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist. The continuous administration of therapeutic doses of leuprolide inhibits gonadotropin secret…

2022
International journal of nanomedicine ·doi:10.2147/ijn.s356804

PurposeTo conjugate different degree of saturation of C18 fatty acids (stearic acid, oleic acid, and linoleic acid) with the hydroxyl groups of leuprolide acetate (LEU acetate) and to investigate the controlled release and enhanced permeabi…

other 2021
International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group ·doi:10.1080/02656736.2021.1889697

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) uses about 800 times the diagnostic ultrasound power, which converges at a focal point to deliver energy above 60 degrees Celsius resulting in cell death by means of coagulation necrosis and cavitati…

2017
BioMed research international ·doi:10.1155/2017/2105610

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death noticed in women across the world. Of late the most successful treatments rendered are the use of aromatase inhibitors (AIs). In the current study, a two-way approach for the identificatio…

other 2015
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2014.11.002

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the postoperative decrease in ovarian reserve between hemostasis by bipolar coagulation and suture during laparoendoscopic single-site cystectomy (LESS-C) for ovarian endometriomas. DESIGN: Prospective comparati…

2010
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons ·doi:10.4293/108680810x12785289143918

Background and objectiveWe conducted this study to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of immediate laparoscopic nontransvesical repair without omental interposition for vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) developing after total abdominal hystere…

article 2010
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2010.08.042

ObjectiveWe sought to investigate the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic incidental appendectomy during laparoscopic surgery for endometrioma.Study designWe conducted a retrospective study of 356 patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery fo…

review 2009
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2009.04.012

Periurethral masses in females are rarely observed, although they can occur anywhere along the genitourinary tract. They may be detected on physical examination or present with symptoms such as vaginal swelling, bladder outlet obstruction, …

article 2007
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2006.08.010

We present a previously unreported combination of müllerian and wolffian anomalies of a septate uterus with double cervices, unilaterally obstructed vaginal septum, and ipsilateral renal agenesis; this constellation of findings may offer cl…

2005
Journal of Korean medical science ·doi:10.3346/jkms.2005.20.3.456

Human follicular fluid (HFF) includes various biologically active proteins which can affect follicle growth and oocyte fertilization. Thus far, these proteins from mature follicles in human follicular fluid have been poorly characterized. H…