Iwaho Kikuchi

Endometriosis is a common condition that affects women of reproductive age. It mainly occurs in the pelvis and involves the bowel in 3-37% of cases. We report a case of intestinal endometriosis accompanied by ileocecal obstruction. The pati…

OBJECTIVE: We conducted a single-center study to evaluate the usefulness of the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging jelly method for diagnosing endometriosis-associated adhesions in the Pouch of Douglas. METHODS: Thirty women with menstrual pai…

AIM: The rate of oocyte decline follows a biphasic pattern, characterized by acceleration between 32 and 38 years old. Ovarian reserve is also affected by external factors, including ovarian disease and iatrogenic damage. The aim of this st…

There are two different types of hysterocopes available: Flexible and rigid. Flexible scopes have the ability to observe the whole intrauterine cavity, but it is difficult to perform an operation on endometrial lesions. Rigid hysteroscopes …

OBJECTIVE: To define diagnostic criteria for juvenile cystic adenomyoma (JCA), describe the histologic features of the condition and evaluate laparoscopic excision for treating associated dysmenorrhea and pelvic pain. DESIGN: Prospective l…

Objective: To assess the attributes and feasibility of conservative laparoscopic surgery for patients with ruptured ovarian endometrioma.Design: Retrospective analysis.Setting: University medical center.Patient(s): Eighteen patients undergo…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence of complications arising during gynecologic laparoscopic surgery in patients who have undergone previous abdominal surgeries and to assess predictable factors associated with complications based on…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the usefulness of MRI jelly method (jelly method). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-five patients (32.7 +/- 5 years old) with endometriosis, treated with laparoscopic surgery between January and June 2005 with preoperative…

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PURPOSE: To assess outcomes in assisted reproductive technology (ART) in infertile women with endometriosis with respect to their concomitant endometrioma status and surgical history in our department. METHODS: This is a retrospective case …

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…