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Studies in animals have shown that androgens promote early follicular development and granulosa cell proliferation by augmenting follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) receptor expression in granulosa cells. Inconsistency exists regarding the a…

INTRODUCTION: A symptomatic uterine niche is a long-term complication after a cesarean section (CS). A group of international niche experts reached consensus on a standardized definition of a disorder caused by a symptomatic niche, named ce…

(1) Background: Suspicious adnexal masses should be referred to gynecological oncology units. However, when surgery waiting lists are prolonged, these patients usually suffer from a delay in surgery. This could have a negative impact on the…

Background/Objectives: Douglasectomy is defined as the removal of the pelvic peritoneum of the entire pouch of Douglas. In presumed FIGO stage I ovarian cancer, isolated microscopic cancer cells might disseminate from the ovaries to their n…

BACKGROUND: Management of endometriosis should be based on the best available evidence. The pyramid of evidence reflects unbiased observations analysed with traditional statistics. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the clinical interpretatio…

IMPORTANCE: Approximately 60% of women develop a uterine niche after a cesarean delivery (CD). A niche is associated with various gynecological symptoms including abnormal uterine bleeding, pain, and infertility, but there is little consens…

Adenomyosis is a disease defined by histopathology, mostly of hysterectomy specimens, and classification is challenged by the disagreement of the histologic definition. With the introduction of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and two- and …

STUDY QUESTION: Which classification system for endometriosis do clinicians use most frequently, and why? SUMMARY ANSWER: Even with a high uptake of the three existing endometriosis classification systems, most clinicians managing endometri…

Background: In the field of endometriosis, several classification, staging and reporting systems have been developed and published, but there are no data on the uptake of these systems in clinical practice. Objectives: The objective of the …

ObjectiveIn the field of endometriosis, several classification, staging and reporting systems have been developed, but do clinicians routinely use these classification systems, which system do they use and what are the clinicians' motivatio…

IntroductionDespite the significant advantages of morcellation, it may be associated with severe complications. We aimed to determine both direct and indirect complication rates of morcellation at gynecological laparoscopy.Material and meth…

STUDY QUESTION: Can a set of terms and definitions be prepared on endometriosis that would be the basis for standardization in disease description, classification and research? SUMMARY ANSWER: The current paper outlines a list of 49 terms a…

OBJECTIVE: Different classification systems have been developed for endometriosis, using different definitions for the disease, the different subtypes, symptoms and treatments. In addition, an International Glossary on Infertility and Ferti…

BACKGROUND: Different classification systems have been developed for endometriosis, using different definitions for the disease, the different subtypes, symptoms and treatments. In addition, an International Glossary on Infertility and Fert…

BACKGROUND: In the field of endometriosis, several classification, staging and reporting systems have been developed. However, endometriosis classification, staging and reporting systems that have been published and validated for use in cli…

STUDY QUESTION: Which endometriosis classification, staging and reporting systems have been published and validated for use in clinical practice? SUMMARY ANSWER: Of the 22 endometriosis classification, staging and reporting systems identifi…

OBJECTIVE: In the field of endometriosis, several classification, staging and reporting systems have been developed. Which endometriosis classification, staging and reporting systems have been published and validated for use in clinical pra…

For many decades adenomyosis has been a histological diagnosis in hysterectomy specimens. Traditionally, it has been considered a disease of late reproductive and premenopausal years causing uterine enlargement, dysmenorrhoea and menorrhagi…

Complications do occur in daily clinical life and can sometimes lead to litigation, which adversely affect the entire health care system, leading to a loss of confidence in medical providers, an increase in defensive medical practice and hi…

Given the involvement of different extracellular matrix (ECM) metalloproteinases (MMPs) in endometriosis, the protein expression pattern of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP3) was analyzed in this study in endometriosis and norm…

INTRODUCTION: Adenomyosis often co-exists in the pathological specimens after surgery for endometrial cancer. The aim of this study is to describe the clinicopathological and oncological characteristics of these patients and further investi…

Where histology used the presence of glands and/or stroma in the myometrium as pathognomonic for adenomyosis, imaging uses the appearance of the myometrium, the presence of striations, related to the presence of endometrial tissue within th…

OBJECTIVE: Kisspeptins are multifunctional peptides; it has been shown that they act as inhibitors of tumor metastasis in a range of cancers and that they are also involved in cell invasion through regulation of matrix metalloproteinases (M…

ObjectiveTo analyze the expression pattern of metastasis suppressors KAI1 and KISS1 in the endometrium of patients with and without endometriosis.Study designIn this pilot study, tissue samples were prospectively collected from 38 patients …

In laparoscopy, specimens have to be removed from the abdominal cavity. If the trocar opening or the vaginal outlet is insufficient to pass the specimen, the specimen needs to be reduced. The power morcellator is an instrument with a fast r…