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Ovarian cancer is the gynecologic malignancy that bears the highest mortality rate in the Western world. This is attributed to late diagnosis and limited therapeutic progress. Recent advances in molecular oncology have highlighted the pivot…
IntroductionNatural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) via the vagina (vNOTES) has recently appeared on the gynecology horizon as a fresh minimally invasive approach. Although vNOTES for benign adnexal conditions is being incre…
For the resection of diaphragmatic disease in patients with advanced ovarian cancer (OC), a plethora of ablative methods have been utilized. The present study aimed to present preliminary data on the use of J-Plasma in OC with diaphragmatic…
The presence of ascites is a common clinical presentation in gynecologic oncology patients. Hemorrhagic ascites (HA) due to endometriosis is a rare presentation that can be easily misdiagnosed as ovarian malignancies. The present study aims…
Bowel preparation traditionally refers to the removal of bowel contents via mechanical cleansing measures. Although it has been a common practice for more than 70 years, its use is based mostly on expert opinion rather than solid evidence. …
The role of preoperative CA 19-9 levels in patients with ovarian mature cystic teratoma (MCT) and the association of elevated levels of the biomarker with patients' and tumor characteristics were evaluated. Four electronic databases were se…
We conducted this prospective cohort study to standardize our laparoscopic technique of excision of posterior deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) nodules, according to their size, location, and geometry, including 36 patients who were gro…
Surgical management of deep infiltrating endometriosis can be very challenging even for experienced gynecologists. Radical procedures like bowel resection and nephrectomy have been reported for treatment of the disease. Our aim is to report…
In this study the immunohistochemical expression of matrix metalloproteinases 1, 2, 3, and 9, tissue inhibitors (TIMPs) 1 and 2, and cathepsin-D in ovarian endometriomas were correlated with the clinical severity of endometriosis (i.e., pre…