Sung Eun Kim

ORCID: 0000-0002-1598-3500 · 10 papers in corpus
guideline 2025
Obstetrics & Gynecology Science ·doi:10.5468/ogs.24242

Endometriosis, a prevalent but debilitating condition affecting women, poses significant challenges in diagnosis and management. The current 2024 guideline, developed by the Korean Society of Endometriosis (KSE), builds upon the 2018 KSE gu…

observational 2025
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2025.01.010

STUDY SUBJECT: To investigate the impact of preoperative hormonal medication, including combined oral contraceptives or dienogest, on operative findings in ovarian endometrioma surgery. DESIGN: A single-center, retrospective study. SETTIN…

review 2025
Journal of menopausal medicine ·doi:10.6118/jmm.25103
observational 2024
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1002/ijgo.15494

OBJECTIVE: Clinical characteristics of patients with endometrioma without dysmenorrhea have not been well delineated; our goal was to remedy this issue by performing a retrospective cohort study. METHODS: A total of 379 patients who underw…

lab-animal 2024
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.01.013

OBJECTIVE: Recent studies have suggested that endometriosis could be the result of excessive activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), which is associated with the regulation of essential cellular mechanisms …

observational 2022
Journal of Korean medical science ·doi:10.3346/jkms.2022.37.e207

BACKGROUND: There are several medical treatment options for endometrioma. Progestin, especially dienogest, is an effective drug for preventing recurrence of endometrioma after surgery. Additionally, oral contraceptive (OC) use after conserv…

lab-animal 2022
Molecular human reproduction ·doi:10.1093/molehr/gaac007

The NOD-like receptor pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is a cytosolic multi-protein complex that induces inflammation and is known to be regulated negatively by autophagy. Previous studies reported an abnormal induction of aut…

observational 2021
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-020-00453-7

The aim of this study was to evaluate the changing pattern of bone mineral density (BMD) levels after 3 years of dienogest use post endometrioma surgery and investigate the possible predictive factors for BMD reduction. This retrospective s…

observational 2019
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2019.02.032

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare long-term use of combined oral contraceptive (COC) after gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist plus add-back therapy with dienogest (DNG) treatment as medical treatments after surgery …

case-report 2000
·doi:10.3348/jkrs.2000.42.6.971

Adenomyosis of the uterus is a relatively common gynecologic disease characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium. Small cystic spaces (not larger than several millimeters) are invariably pres…