Markku Santala

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus · active 1998-2013

Study types

  • article 5

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • endometrioma 1
  • adenomyosis 1
  • dyspareunia 1
  • bladder_endometriosis 1
article 2013
Laparoscopic diagnosis of endometriosis—Clinical study
·doi:10.4236/ojog.2013.39122

Objective: To examine the laparoscopic findings in patients with suspicion of endometriosis. Study Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Oulu, Finland. Sample: First-time laparoscopy, w…

article 2012
Down-regulation of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine and peroxiredoxin II in the pathogenesis of endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer.
Anticancer research

AIM: To evaluate the roles of oxidative stress marker 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and peroxiredoxin (PRX) antioxidants in the development of endometriosis and endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Tissue…

article 2010
Is the Incidence of Urinary Bladder Endometriosis Increasing? Figures from Finland
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000288161

OBJECTIVE: Urinary bladder endometriosis is a severe form of endometriosis often requiring surgery. The several cases treated at our hospital in recent years has led us to evaluate the incidence of urinary bladder endometriosis in Finland. …

article 2003
[The improved diagnostics of adenomyosis].
Duodecim; laaketieteellinen aikakauskirja
article 1998
Explosive rise of serum CA 125 following the rupture of ovarian endometrioma
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/13.12.3503

Serum CA 125 concentration is seldom >100 IU/ml in endometriosis. We report a patient with ruptured endometrioma presenting with a very high CA 125 concentration, 9300 IU/ml. Elimination of endometriosis was followed by a sharp decrease in …