Detecting ureteral injury-a serious intraoperative and postoperative complication of hysterectomy-is a high level of difficulty if ureteral malformations are not identified preoperatively. A 39-year-old Japanese woman underwent total laparo…
OBJECTIVE: Adenomyosis-related infertility is increasingly being diagnosed, and surgical intervention has been suggested to improve fertility. Elastography, a noninvasive ultrasound technique, is promising for diagnosing and guiding the res…
BACKGROUND: Robotic simple hysterectomy (RSH) is the most common robotic gynecologic surgery in the United States. Uterine manipulators are commonly used to handle the uterus during laparoscopic surgery, but few studies have examined their …
Abstract Nearly 20 years have passed since the introduction of robotic surgery for total hysterectomy, and its development has accelerated. However, its advantages over laparoscopic and open surgeries remain unclear, especially since some i…
Ovarian abscess is thought to be caused by ascending infection. We experienced a case with ovarian abscess caused by Salmonella. The patient had been monitored for endometrial cysts at an outpatient clinic. She visited our hospital emergent…
BACKGROUND: A uterine cyst occurring as an extrarenal manifestation of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is extremely rare. CASE: A 46-year-old Japanese woman was referred with a large abdominal mass causing severe abdom…
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to evaluate the presence of fractalkine in the endometrium of the uterus and the change of fractalkine protein levels during menstrual cycle. METHODS: Twelve samples of endometrium of the uterus we…
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of fractalkine in the ascites and the association between fractalkine levels in the ascites and endometriosis. METHODS: Peritoneal fluids and peripheral blood samples were…
OBJECTIVE: Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) is a potent inhibitor of human leukocyte elastase. The aim of the present study was to examine whether there is an association between the SLPI concentration in the cervicovaginal sec…