Katsuyuki Kinoshita

To investigate expression of estrogen receptors (ER) and progesterone receptors (PR) in smooth muscle metaplasia (SMM) outside the endometriotic foci of rectovaginal endometriosis (RVE). One hundred and ninety-five specimens were obtained f…

Laparoscopic cystectomy (LC) is at present viewed as the first-line means of diagnosing and treating endometriosis. This prospective study sought to identify factors related to postoperative recurrence in 315 women with endometriosis whose …

Obstructive Mullerian anomalies cause severe dysmenorrhea following menarche as a result of disturbed menstrual outflow. Therefore, surgical management such as extirpation of the obstructive uterine horn is required for treatment of these p…

AIM: Premature ovarian failure (POF) cases contain a mixture of cases possessing follicles (type A) and those depleted of follicles (type B). Differentiation between the two types is important because the treatment policy and pregnancy prog…

Study objectiveTo evaluate a novel method of laparoscopic adenomyomectomy.DesignProspective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-3).SettingUniversity-affiliated hospital.PatientsFourteen women with adenomyosis.InterventionLaparoscop…

BACKGROUND: The objectives were to observe the clinical course of patients who underwent laparoscopic cystectomy (LC) using transvaginal ultrasonography. METHOD: The definition of "recurrence" was to detect a diffuse, hypoechoic area whose…

Endometriosis is common in women of childbearing age, while severe intestinal endometriosis requiring bowel resection is relatively rare. Intestinal endometriosis has recently been managed laparoscopically. We report the case of a 38-year-o…

Study objectiveTo study local and general circulation after vasopressin administration during laparoscopic surgery.DesignProspective analysis (Canadian Task Force classification II-1).SettingUniversity-affiliated hospital.PatientsNine patie…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the usefulness of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) jelly method as a preoperative diagnostic means for patients with rectovaginal endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(…

We report a case of perihepatic adhesion due to severe endometriosis.

AIMS: This study examined whether or not a decrease in bone mineral density (BMD) induced by the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) during sexual maturation is affected by vitamin D receptor and/or estrogen receptor gene …

Rectovaginal (RV) endometriosis presents with a nodular lesion composed of fibromuscular and endometriotic tissue, and the fibromuscular tissue is the major component in the severe stage. The purpose of our study was to examine the extendin…

Peritoneal endometriosis presenting as a tumor is very rare. A case of peritoneal endometriosis in the broad ligament presenting as a large tumor is reported. A 39-year-old woman had a solid and cystic tumor with many microcysts, measuring …

We examined 194 cases of uterine leiomyoma and adenomyosis who received total abdominal hysterectomy, in order to compare the effect of presurgical medical treatment such as with Buserelin, Danazol and Pill, on operative blood loss with non…