Hye Sung Moon

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is a common and recurring gynecologic disease which have afflicting females of reproductive age. We investigated the efficacy of long-term, post-operative use of dienogest for ovarian endometrioma. METHODS: We studi…

Objective: To compare perioperative outcomes of robotic single-site (RSS) surgery with conventional single-port laparoendoscopic surgery for the treatment of advanced-stage endometriosis. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective cohor…

OBJECTIVE: Adenomyosis and endometriosis are relatively common gynecological diseases that exhibit many common features. This study identified gynecological and non-gynecological diseases that exhibited comorbidity with adenomyosis and endo…

목적: 자궁내막증은 자궁 밖의 다른 조직, 특히 복막, 난소, 직장질격막 등에 샘과 버팀질을 포함한 기능성의 자궁내막조직이 존재하는 질환을 말한다. 정확한 병인은 알려지지 않고 있지만 생리 중 역류한 자궁혈이 자궁 외 조직에 착상해 발생하는 것으로 생각되며 이 과정에는 혈관내피세포성장인자 (vascular endothelial cell growth factor, VEGF)가 중요한 역할을 하고 있는 것으로 보인다. 본 연구는 …

Objective: To investigate whether polymorphism of CYP17 gene is associated with the risk of advanced endometriosis in Korean women. Methods: The 194 endometriosis patients and 209 controls were enrolled. Blood samples were collected from 19…

Objective To investigate whether polymorphism of gene encoding estrogen receptor-α is associated with the risk of endometriosis in Korean women. Material and Methods We investigated 136 patients with histopathologically confirmed endometrio…

Objective : Enzymes belonging to the Glutathione S transferase and cytochrome P450 families are involved in the two-stage detoxification process of a number of pro-carcinogens. We genotyped each 74 women with moderate or severe endometriosi…

Objective : The aim of this study was to examine whether polymorphic variation in GSTs confers susceptibility to Endometriosis in Korean populations. Methods : The GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 genotypes were determined in 124 patients with Endom…

Endometriosis is characterized by the ectopic implantation of endometrium on peritoneal surfaces. Angiogenic and growth factors may play a significant role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Midkine (MK) and pleiotrophin (PTN) are two re…