Yong Beom Kim

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) using tapered-slit membrane filter (TSF)-based chipsets for the differential diagnosis of adnexal tumors. METHODS: A total of 230 women with indeterminate …

This study examined the impact of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on the occurrence of various cancers in postmenopausal women with de novo or a history of endometriosis. In the datasets for ten cancers (cervical, uterine, ovarian, breast…

The effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on the malignant transformation of postmenopausal endometriosis remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the impact of HRT on ovarian cancer occurrence in postmenopausal women with de …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study were to identify the risk factors for recurrent vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VaIN)1+ and to evaluate the efficacy of laser vaporization in patients who underwent hysterectomy for the treatment of cervi…

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate risk factors of progression to endometrial cancer (EC) in women with non-atypical and atypical endometrial hyperplasia (EH). METHODS: The data of 62,333 women with EH diagnostic codes from 2007 to…

PURPOSE: We compared the predictive and prognostic values of leukocyte differential counts, systemic inflammatory (SIR) markers and cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) levels, and identified the most useful marker in patients with ovarian clear cel…

BACKGROUND: Whether endometriosis affects the prognosis of ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) remains controversial despite the relationship between OCCC and endometriosis. A two-center cohort study and meta-analysis were performed to inve…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To compare the operative outcomes of patients undergoing either single-port or multiport laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH). METHODS: Two hundred fifty-six women scheduled for LH for symptomatic myoma and/or adenomyosis from 8…

OBJECTIVE: To report the various anatomic locations of surgically and pathologically proven endometriosis. METHODS: Pathologic reports (n=1,376) of women who underwent surgeries at a single center between April 2005 and March 2013 were ret…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to identify variables associated with treatment failure in women with menorrhagia who were treated with thermal balloon ablation (TBA) or levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS), an…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the pregnancy-related complications after laparoscopic and laparotomic uterine myomectomy. METHODS: A retrospective study of 415 women who received laparoscopic (n = 340) or laparotomic (n = 75) resection of uterine l…

► We experience one case of MZBL of MALT type in the fallopian tube. ► There was no remarkable inflammatory or infection sign. ► We report this case with a review of related literature.

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy is one of the definite methods for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids with lesser intraoperative bleeding and shorter hospitalization compared with abdominal hysterectomy. How…