Yaşam Kemal Akpak

BACKGROUND: Pelvic adhesions are a common consequence of prior abdominal surgery, endometriosis, malignancy, or infection, often leading to infertility, chronic pelvic pain, and surgical complications. Reliable preoperative prediction of th…

OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the impact of uterine size on surgical outcomes in vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) hysterectomy and compared perioperative outcomes with conventional laparoscopic hysterectomy…

OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the therapeutic effects of colchicine and melatonin on endometriotic implants in an experimentally created endometriosis model in rats. STUDY DESIGN: Forty-four adult female Wistar albino rats weighing be…

Ureteral injury is common in gynecological surgeries due to the proximity to organs. The risk of ureteral injury is higher in laparoscopic hysterectomy operations compared to abdominal or vaginal hysterectomies. Obesity, endometriosis, pelv…

Endometriosis is defi ned as the existence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. It is commonly localized to the adjacent pelvic viscera and the peritoneum in women particularly during the reproductive term. It may also be present in th…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of a flexible multidose gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist against the effectiveness of a microdose flare-up GnRH agonist combined with a flexible multidose GnRH antagonist protocol in p…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of metoclopramide on endometrial receptivity with an immunohistochemical investigation of integrin β3 expression in pregnant rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In the present study, …