Tzu chi medical journal
Tzu Chi Med J
· ISSN (e) 2223-8956
· 11 papers in corpus
2026
ObjectivesEndometrial cancer (EC) is a gynecological malignancy with diverse clinical presentations and prognoses. This study aimed to comprehensively characterize EC by examining patient demographics, disease characteristics, treatment mod…
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2025
Ovulation is a complex biological process essential for female fertility, driven by the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge and involving a cascade of molecular events that lead to follicular rupture and oocyte release. This process shares chara…
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2025
OBJECTIVES: Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent disorder characterized by the ectopic growth of endometrial-like tissue. Despite its significant impact on fertility and quality of life, the pathogenesis of endometriosis remains p…
2023
ObjectivesAlopecia is a soft but meaningful complaint affecting women's physical and psychological health. Female alopecia (FA) has diverse etiologies. Nonetheless, FA is stereotyped as female pattern hair loss, also known as female androge…
2022
ObjectivesTo evaluate if addition of an anti-anaerobic agent to standard drug-cefazolin for antimicrobial prophylaxis would further decrease postoperative infectious morbidity or not. This is relevant as most of the infections in gynecologi…
2020
Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome (HWWS) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by uterus didelphys with blind hemivagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis. Usually, such patients present with dysmenorrhea shortly after menarche, increasin…
2020
Thyroid disorders are the most common endocrine problems in women. In most of the cases, thyroid can lead to infertility or miscarriages. The etiology of infertility is multifactorial with thyroid disorders as the most common presenting fac…
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2017
Scar endometriosis is uncommon and defined as the presence of ectopic endometrial glands in abdominal soft tissues after a gynecological operation. Malignant transformation has been reported but remains rare. Carcinogenesis occurs in ectopi…
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2017
Endometriosis is the presence of functioning endometrium outside the basement membrane of the uterine endometrium. It affects women of reproductive age and usually presents as a painful nodule over a period of 3 months to 10 years after sur…
2017
ObjectivesThe objective of this study is to report our initial experience with patients undergoing transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES).Materials and methodsFrom September 2016 to December 2016, patients who …
2017
ObjectiveTo report our initial experience with and the short-term outcomes of two-phase laparoendoscopic single-site cervical ligament-sparing hysterectomy (LESS-CLSH).Materials and methodsA retrospective case study included 40 women who un…