Yasushi Kotani

ORCID: 0000-0003-1364-1563 · 12 papers in corpus · active 2011-2021

Study types

  • article 8
  • case-report 1
  • other 1
  • preprint 1
  • review 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 9
  • adenomyosis 4
  • endometrioma 2
  • bladder_endometriosis 1
article

Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist(GnRHa) therapy for endometriosis is rarely used for long periods of time because it leads to decreased bone density and menopausal syndrome.Here, we describe a patient with severe endometriosis who un…

case-report 2021
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-021-01269-6

BACKGROUND: Extragonadal endometriosis is a rare condition, and its disease manifestation and long-term prognosis have not been elucidated. We report an extragonadal endometriosis case controlled by drug therapy for 14 years with analysis o…

preprint 2021
·doi:10.1101/2021.02.25.432943

Abstract Recent studies have reported cancer-associated mutations in normal endometrium. Mutations in eutopic endometrium may lead to endometriosis and endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer. We investigated PIK3CA mutations ( PIK3CA m) fo…

article 2021
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc ·doi:10.1038/s41379-021-00861-3

Recent studies have reported cancer-associated mutations in normal endometrium. Mutations in eutopic endometrium may lead to endometriosis and endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer. We investigated PIK3CA mutations (PIK3CAm) for three hot…

article 2021
·doi:10.31083/j.ejgo.2021.03.2296

Background: Compartment syndrome is a condition in which an increased internal pressure in the upper/lower leg compartment results in circulatory disturbance causing muscle and nerve dysfunction. There have been five case reports of compart…

article 2020
Cancers ·doi:10.3390/cancers12061676

Endometrial cysts (ECs) are thought to be the origin of endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC). A hypothesis that the oxidative stress of iron in cysts causes "malignant transformation of ECs" has been proposed, but this has not bee…

review 2019
International journal of clinical oncology ·doi:10.1007/s10147-019-01536-5
article 2016
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2016.07.516
article 2012
Asian journal of endoscopic surgery ·doi:10.1111/j.1758-5910.2011.00130.x

INTRODUCTION: Uterine myoma and uterine adenomyosis frequently occur in sexually mature women. Total hysterectomy is the treatment of choice when the symptoms are severe. To select an operative procedure from abdominal, vaginal, and laparos…

article 2012
·doi:10.5180/jsgoe.28.426

Objective: Total vaginal hysterectomy (TVH) and total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) are presently the standard procedures for total hysterectomy. Since the advent of laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH), our institution has …

other 2011
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons ·doi:10.4293/108680811X13125733357151

OBJECTIVES: Total hysterectomy procedures include total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH), total vaginal hysterectomy (TVH), and laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH). Our institution has introduced LAVH as a preferred option to …

article 2011
Asian journal of endoscopic surgery ·doi:10.1111/j.1758-5910.2011.00104.x

INTRODUCTION: While total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) and total vaginal hysterectomy (TVH) are conventional procedures, we have actively introduced laparoscopically-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) since its advent. This study was the …