Mikio Momoeda

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis-related pain encompassing dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and chronic pelvic pain, reduces the quality of life in premenopausal women. Although treatment options for endometriosis alleviate this pain, approximately one-…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to establish an estimating equation to predict the 5-level EQ-5D version (EQ-5D-5L) utility score in patients taking iron preparations for heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) or anemia and to evaluate wh…

PURPOSE: To collect real-world safety and clinical outcome data on the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) for functional/organic heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) and dysmenorrhoea in Japanese women (J-MIRAI). MATERIALS AND…

More than 10 years following the publication of "The General Rules for Clinical Management of Endometriosis: The second edition" in January 2010, the long-awaited third edition has arrived. The second edition represents the bible for endome…

ObjectivesWe collected real-world data on the safety and clinical outcomes of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) for heavy menstrual bleeding and dysmenorrhea.Study DesignThis was a prospective, multicenter, single-c…

PURPOSE: To assess the efficacy and safety of dydrogesterone in Japanese women with ovarian endometrioma in a real-world setting. METHODS: The post-marketing study involved 15 sites in Japan. Dydrogesterone 10 mg twice daily orally was admi…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess the cost-effectiveness of early physician consultation and guideline-based intervention to prevent endometriosis and/or disease progression using oral contraceptive (OC) and progestin comp…

ObjectiveTo investigate the efficacy and safety of ethinylestradiol 20 μg/drospirenone 3 mg in a flexible extended regimen (FlexibleMIB) compared with placebo to treat endometriosis-associated pelvic pain (EAPP).DesignA phase 3, randomized,…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical features of patients in Japan with malignant transformation of ovarian endometrioma. PATIENTS: Thirty-three patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer presumably arising from endometrioma were recruited re…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a combination of ethinylestradiol (EE) and 0.02 mg/drospirenone (DRSP) 3 mg in Japanese women with dysmenorrhea and in particular to determine whether or not the …

BACKGROUND: Menstrual symptoms are associated with various health problems in women of reproductive age, and this may impact their quality of life. Despite this, Japanese women are likely to hesitate seeking a specialist's medical help for …

Objective: The efficacy of diagnostic laparoscopy should be re-considered due to the improved success rate of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Methods: We retrospectively reviewed clinical records of 126 women who were examined by …

AIM: To investigate the safety and efficacy of 52 weeks of dienogest treatment in patients with endometriosis. METHODS: One hundred and thirty-five patients with endometriosis received 2 mg of dienogest orally each day for 52 weeks. Advers…

Aim: Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is one of the most commonly used methods in order to evaluate the condition of fallopian tubes in infertility clinics. In the present paper, we retrospectively compared the findings of HSG and laparoscopy to…

Aim:  Dienogest, a novel progestational 19-norsteroid, has been shown to have a therapeutic effect on endometriosis with its major side-effect being irregular genital bleeding. This study aimed to investigate the mechanism responsible for t…

BACKGROUND: Failure of apoptosis of refluxed endometrial cells within the peritoneal cavity is a possible etiologic factor for development of endometriosis. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a survival factor that exerts its effect by binding to tum…

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the usefulness of transvaginal and transrectal ultrasonography for diagnosis and management of deeply infiltrating rectosigmoid endometriosis. METHODS: A series of six patients (aged 32-39 years) with rectosigmoid e…

PROBLEM: To assess whether interferon-gamma-induced protein-10 (IP-10), a chemokine that has antiangiogenic activities, may be involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. METHOD OF STUDY: A total of 120 patients undergoing laparoscopy fo…

To address the contrasting findings regarding how pain is related to endometriosis, the relationship between pain and stage of endometriosis was dissected differently by the chief complaint to eliminate selection biases. A total of 1,092 wo…

Endometriosis is assumed to be one of the causative factors of infertility, although the mechanism remains to be elucidated. Mechanical factors distorting the pelvic anatomy and/or changes in the biochemical and cellular environment in the …