Johnny Yi

BACKGROUND: Currently, in the United States, there is an epidemic of opioid abuse. While this problem is well known to the public due to significant media and political attention, patients are poorly educated on the proper handling and disp…

OBJECTIVE: To provide a perspective on nerve-sparing (NS) surgery in gynecology. DATA SOURCES: Literature review, English language. METHODS OF STUDY SELECTION: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses studies were selected for review for onco…

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate identification and dissection of the pelvic autonomic nerves in gynecologic surgery. DESIGN: Identification on the right and left pelvic pelvises, dissection and preservation of the inferior hypogastric plexus in …

Objective: The aim of this review and meta-analysis was to assess spontaneous pregnancy rates after excision of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) in patients with infertility. Materials and Methods: An electronic-based search was perfor…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To present a series of robotic laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) and reduced-port hysterectomy cases and discuss the surgical technique required for successful use on this new platform. DESIGN: Retrospective case…

OBJECTIVES: The study aim was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the uterine sliding sign in predicting deeply infiltrating endometriosis in the setting of non-physician sonographers performing but not interpreting the maneuver. The …

Endovaginal sonographic imaging has been shown to reliably identify pelvic endometriosis, but most United States imaging practices do not adequately assess locations and features of endometriosis beyond ovarian endometrioma. In this article…

The diagnosis of ovarian torsion is challenging and relies mostly on morphologic findings. Occasionally, women or children with acute pelvic pain who have undergone an initial ultrasound (US) evaluation with results interpreted as negative …