Akiyoshi Yamanaka

Cesarean scar defect often causes postmenstrual abnormal uterine bleeding, dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, and infertility, which are collectively known as cesarean scar syndrome (CSS). Several studies have reported that hysteroscopic su…

Deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) is defined as subperitoneal invasion by endometriotic lesions. These lesions are considered very active and are strongly associated with pelvic pain. The incidence of DIE is reportedly 20 % in all cas…

Objective: We investigated the prognosis of women with ureteral endometriosis after laparoscopic ureteral resection and ureteroneocystostomy.Study Design: From 2008 through 2012, we followed nine cases of ureteral endometriosis after laparo…

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the direct effects of progesterone receptor (PR) agonists on proliferation and apoptosis of human adenomyotic cells. STUDY DESIGN: Human primary cultures of adenomyotic stromal cells (ASCs) from 24 patients with …

PROBLEM: Endometriosis is recognized as a chronic inflammatory disease and is related to immune response. There have been reports that revealed the different distribution of macrophage within the eutopic endometrium of women with endometrio…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between endometriosis and chronic endometritis. METHODS: Endometrial specimens were obtained from 71 patients, 34 with endometriosis (endometriosis group) and 37 without endometriosis (non-endometriosi…

To compare the influence of laparoscopic ablation surgery or cystectomy for endometrioma on the ovaries with respect to the results of in vitro fertilization (IVF). Fifteen patients who had not achieved spontaneous pregnancy following KTP l…

Endometriosis is defined as the existence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity, and it includes a chronic, inflammatory reaction associated with female infertility and pelvic pain. Endometriosis occurs in 7 to 10% of women. Alth…