Taiwanese journal of obstetrics & gynecology

OBJECTIVE: Bowel endometriosis is an uncommon disease that can cause serious complications and may require immediate medical attention. We wish to remind about bowel perforation caused by endometriosis, its diagnostic difficulty, and the ne…

Letter to the Editor

OBJECTIVE: To proposed a novel method for a difficult laparoscopic hysterectomy that spares the cervical ligaments and eliminates the cervical canal and transformation zone of the cervix. CASE REPORT: A 40-year-old women, gravida 3 para 3,…

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease pathologically defined as the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity. It is one of the most important diseases affecting women of reproductive age. The proce…

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical aspects of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) in patients with large adenomyosis associated with dysmenorrhea and/or heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB).…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical significance of serum follistatin levels in women with an ovarian endometrioma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a prospective study of 89 women, 56 with an ovarian endometrioma (endometrioma group) and 3…

Uterine adenomyosis was first reported in the 19(th) century and early 20(th) century; von Rokitansky described it in 1860. Since then, the general clinical, pathological, and radiologic findings and potentially useful management methods ha…

OBJECTIVE: Gynecologists in Taiwan are lacking a comprehensive picture of the changes in clinical practice and indications of hysterectomy over a long period of time. The aims of this study were to examine the national trends in the utiliza…

OBJECTIVE: Primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the ovary in humans is rare. Most cases represent a malignant transformation of ovarian teratoma, Brenner tumor, or endometriosis. The etiology of this cancer remains largely unknown. Huma…

OBJECTIVE: The marker for the early diagnosis of endometriotic cyst rupture is unknown. We report a preliminary study designed to evaluate the relationship between plasma D-dimer levels and endometriotic cyst rupture in clinical case series…

OBJECTIVE: Pelvic abscess during pregnancy is an uncommon complication, but can lead to adverse perinatal outcomes during pregnancy. CASE REPORT: We present a patient who developed rupture of a tubo-ovarian abscess during pregnancy followi…

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to determine the feasibility of retroperitoneal hysterectomy by laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) and to suggest technical tips. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study is a prospective sing…

OBJECTIVE: CA-125 protein is used as a marker in clinical practice for the diagnosis of endometriomas. The aim of this study was to determine whether endometriomas are accompanied by an increased level of urocortin, ghrelin, and leptin, as …

OBJECTIVE: This report presents a rare case of symptomatic primary umbilical endometriosis and reviews the literature on the topic with the aim to clarify some questions on the origin of endometriosis. CASE REPORT: A 33-year-old woman with…

OBJECTIVE: To describe the surgical procedures of robot-assisted natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) for hysterectomy and to evaluate its feasibility. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From December 2014 to February 2015, four pat…

Uterine leiomyomas (fibroids or myomas) are benign monoclonal tumors arising from the smooth muscle cells of the myometrium [1]. The symptoms attributed to myomas include heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding, pelvic pressure and pain, and …

Publication in the conference proceedings of EUSIPCO, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008

OBJECTIVE: There is a possible correlation between endometriosis and an increased risk of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), but many uncertainties remain, including race, exposure or surveillance time, and surgical confirmation. Therefore, w…

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is the presence of an endometrial gland or stroma in sites other than the uterine cavity and it is frequently diagnosed in infertile women. It has not been well established whether laparoscopic surgery improves fert…

Uterine adenomyosis and/or adenomyoma is characterized by the presence of heterotopic endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium, >2.5 mm in depth in the myometrium or more than one microscopic field at 10 times magnification from …

OBJECTIVE: Women with endometriosis often need in vitro fertilization (IVF) to conceive. There are conflicting data on the results of IVF in patients with endometriosis. The present study was undertaken to investigate whether or not the sta…