Iwaho Kikuchi

STUDY OBJECTIVE: A questionnaire survey of patients discharged after laparoscopic surgery was performed to investigate and analyze the recovery of activity of daily living (ADL) 1 month after surgery. DESIGN: Retrospective study (Canadian …

To investigate expression of estrogen receptors (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR) in smooth muscle metaplasia (SMM) outside the endometriotic foci of rectovaginal endometriosis (RVE). One hundred and ninety-five specimens were obtained f…

Laparoscopic cystectomy (LC) is at present viewed as the first-line means of diagnosing and treating endometriosis. This prospective study sought to identify factors related to postoperative recurrence in 315 women with endometriosis whose …

Obstructive Mullerian anomalies cause severe dysmenorrhea following menarche as a result of disturbed menstrual outflow. Therefore, surgical management such as extirpation of the obstructive uterine horn is required for treatment of these p…

AIM: Premature ovarian failure (POF) cases contain a mixture of cases possessing follicles (type A) and those depleted of follicles (type B). Differentiation between the two types is important because the treatment policy and pregnancy prog…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a novel method of laparoscopic adenomyomectomy. DESIGN: Prospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-3). SETTING: University-affiliated hospital. PATIENTS: Fourteen women with adenomyosis. INTERV…

BACKGROUND: The objectives were to observe the clinical course of patients who underwent laparoscopic cystectomy (LC) using transvaginal ultrasonography. METHOD: The definition of "recurrence" was to detect a diffuse, hypoechoic area whose…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To study local and general circulation after vasopressin administration during laparoscopic surgery. DESIGN: Prospective analysis (Canadian Task Force classification II-1). SETTING: University-affiliated hospital. PATIEN…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the usefulness of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) jelly method as a preoperative diagnostic means for patients with rectovaginal endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(…

We report a case of perihepatic adhesion due to severe endometriosis.

OBJECTIVE: In order to assess the endocrinological changes associated with 2 types of low-dose GnRH agonists depot as well as their clinical efficacy, we performed a randomized prospective comparison study of patients having uterine leiomyo…