Tomoyuki Fujii

ObjectivesTo evaluate the clinical features of thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES) represented by catamenial pneumothorax (CP), endometriosis-related pneumothorax (ERP), and catamenial hemoptysis (CH).Study designIn this retrospective stu…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the potential impact of adenomyosis on the pregnancy outcomes by retrospectively investigating adenomyosis-complicated pregnancy cases. METHODS: We performed a retrospective case-control study. Forty-nine singleton pr…

Objective: To evaluate the potential impact of adenomyosis on the pregnancy outcomes by retrospectively investigating adenomyosis-complicated pregnancy cases. Methods: We performed a retrospective case–control study. Forty-nine singleton pr…

The association between cervical conization and subsequent development of endometriosis is uncertain. The objective of this study was to estimate the incidence rate of ovarian endometrioma after cervical conization and to determine factors …

OBJECTIVES: To characterize peritoneal dendritic cells (DCs) in endometriosis and to clarify their role in its etiology. DESIGN: Experimental. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Sixty-three women (35 patients with endometriosis an…

AIM: Our objective was to determine the preoperative factors associated with difficulty in total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH). METHODS: This retrospective clinical study included 157 patients who underwent TLH for leiomyoma or adenomyosi…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis has been shown to be associated with second- to third-trimester pregnancy complications such as preterm birth and placenta previa, but the evidence is inconsistent. We hypothesized that endometriosis severity might…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence rate of subsequent development of ovarian cancer after excision of endometrioma. DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): A total of 485 women with endo…

ObjectivesTo evaluate the in vivo effect of dienogest on proliferation, apoptosis, aromatase expression, vascular density, nerve growth factor (NGF) expression and nerve fiber density in human adenomyosis tissue.Study designTwelve women who…

Drospirenone has been used as a progestin in oral contraceptives with ethinyl estradiol (DRSP/EE) and is expected to regulate endometriosis, however, the direct effects of drospirenone on endometriosis have not been clarified. The aim of th…

CONTEXT: Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent, chronic inflammatory disease. Recent studies have shown that vitamin D (VD) is an effective modulator of the immune system and plays an important role in controlling many inflammatory disease…

PROBLEM: Neutrophils are known to be accumulated in endometriosis; however, direct evidence of the impact of neutrophils in the development of endometriosis was lacking. To clarify the importance of neutrophils, we examined the effect of ne…