Ryugo Okagaki

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus · active 1999-2022

Study types

  • article 4

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
  • endometrioma 1
article 2022
Factors associated with an unfavorable clinical course in hospitalized patients with pelvic inflammatory disease: a retrospective cohort study of 117 patients from a Japanese academic institution
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-022-01925-5

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine the factors associated with an unfavorable clinical course (emergency surgery and/or prolonged hospitalization) in patients requiring hospitalization owing to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). MET…

article 2001
Successful Laparoscopic Treatment of Ileo‐cecal Endometriosis Producing Bowel Obstruction
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research ·doi:10.1111/j.1447-0756.2001.tb01255.x

Bowel endometriosis manifesting with ileus is difficult to diagnose, often requiring laparotomy for diagnosis and treatment. We report here a case of ileo-cecal endometriosis causing bowel obstruction. A diagnosis of intestinal endometriosi…

article 2000
Stem Cell Factor (SCF) Concentrations in Peritoneal Fluid of Women with or without Endometriosis
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) ·doi:10.1111/j.8755-8920.2000.440407.x

PROBLEM: In the quest for possible involvement of stem cell factor (SCF), a cytokine known to have multiple effects, in the pathogenesis of endometriosis, we evaluated concentrations of SCF in peritoneal fluid (PF) of women with or without …

article 1999
Expression of Ah Receptor and Dioxin-Related Genes in Human Uterine Endometrium in Women with or without Endometriosis.
Endocrine journal ·doi:10.1507/endocrj.46.765

2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) has been suggested as a possible etiologic factor for endometriosis, a condition in which endometrium-like tissues are present outside the uterus. The prevailing view pertaining to the origin of en…