Endometriosis is a disease characterized by fibrosis and adhesions. There are still no treatment methods targeting these conditions. One reason for this is the lack of useful animal models to investigate the mechanisms of fibrosis and adhes…
PurposeDecidualization is an important event for embryo implantation and successful pregnancy. Impaired decidualization leads to implantation failure and miscarriage. However, it is unclear how often decidualization failure occurs in infert…
PURPOSE: To test the theory that invaginated ovarian surface epithelium and endometrial implants on the ovary form ovarian endometriomas. METHODS: Adhesion sites of ovarian endometrioma on the peritoneum and consecutive ovarian endometriom…
No standard diagnostic method or surgical treatment for congenital isolated hypoganglionosis (CIHG) has been established. This study aimed to analyze the clinical outcomes of patients with CIHG and identify the best surgical interventions p…
Melatonin is a promising reagent that can improve assisted reproductive technology (ART) outcomes in infertility patients. However, melatonin is not effective for all infertile patients, and it remains unclear for which patients melatonin w…
PurposeWe investigate the relationships between oocyte developmental capacity and follicular size of its origin in Japanese women: those undergoing conventional IVF (cIVF) and ICSI, respectively.MethodsA total of 3377 follicles were punctur…