Fong YF

This is the first guidelines for adenomyosis from the Asian Society of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis.

This work provides consensus guidance regarding clinical diagnosis and early medical management of endometriosis within Asia. Clinicians with expertise in endometriosis critically evaluated available evidence on clinical diagnosis and early…

OBJECTIVES: The objective of the study was to evaluate the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients who have been admitted for adenomyosis at our institute and describe their clinical characteristics and management. MATERIALS …

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) complicated by tubo-ovarian abscesses (TOA) has long-term sequelae in women of reproductive age. Consensus on the optimal treatment of TOA remains lacking. Most clinicians utilize antibiotics as a first-lin…

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis has been increasingly recognized as the cause of severe dysmenorrhea among younger women including adolescents, often with significant delay from time of presentation to diagnosis. Data on the South East Asian women…

Study objectiveTo show a new technique using narrowband imaging for the detection of endometriosis.DesignA step-by-step illustration of the difference in visualization of endometriosis using a visible light spectrum laparoscope compared wit…

INTRODUCTION: This report describes a "parasitic" endometriotic cyst of the small bowel. CLINICAL PICTURE: A menopausal woman with a pelvic mass presenting years after commencing hormone therapy. TREATMENT: We performed laparoscopic excisio…

INTRODUCTION: Cutaneous or subcutaneous endometriosis is a rare entity that is an often overlooked because of chronic abdominal pain. METHODS: We reviewed the ten cases of cutaneous endometriosis that presented to this hospital over a seve…

The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) has been used in the treatment of both idiopathic menorrhagia and adenomyosis. An electronic search of the on-line medical literature revealed no reports of its use for menorrhagia …

Adenomyosis is an important cause of menorrhagia. Besides hysterectomy, the treatment options for adenomyosis have been limited. Presented here is the successful treatment of adenomyosis in a woman presenting with menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea,…