Kohei Matsuura

Objective: Noninvasive evaluation must be required for deeply infiltrating endometriosis, typically accompanied by pelvic pain, dyspareunia, and bowel retraction. To explore noninvasive diagnostic methods for deeply infiltrating endometrios…

ObjectiveTo develop an in vitro experimental model of ovarian endometriosis using human cells and to investigate the pathogenesis of endometriosis.DesignControlled in vitro coculture study.SettingA department of obstetrics and gynecology at…

Ultrastructure studies of pelvic peritoneal tissue from women undergoing laparotomy suggest that before endometriosis has become established in the peritoneum, there might be a metaplastic change by peritoneal mesothelial cells into endomet…

'To whom correspondence should be addressed Uterosacral ligaments are one of the common targets of pelvic endometriosis, which is usually clinically rather than surgically diagnosed. This study was performed to determine if uterosacral…

The pelvic peritoneum with macroscopic findings characteristic of endometriosis was biopsied in 18 cases at conservative surgery for endometriosis and examined. Pelvic lymph nodes removed in 76 cases at radical surgery for uterine cervical,…

A case of unilateral ureteral obstruction in extensive endometriosis in a 21-year-old patient is reported. The present patient received danazol therapy following conservative surgery, and restoration of the renal function was achieved 5 mon…