Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy

We present two cases of congenital vaginal agenesis with functional uterine corpus, manifesting with periodic lower abdominal pain and hematometra in adolescence. Both patients were successfully treated with the creation of neovagina and ne…

Adenomyosis is a commom gynecological disease, which affects women from 30 to 50 years old with the symptoms of dysmenorrhea or menorrhagia. In the past, we always use hysterectomy to treat patients even young women, but now after years of …

AIM: The aim of this study is to compare demographic characteristics, operative data, and complication rates of women who underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy by the skeleton uterus technique (Skeleton-TLH) with those of women who unde…

STUDY OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of vaginal estriol therapy in total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) treatment. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. DESIGN …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of hormonal therapies for inhibiting an increase in uterine volume in patients with adenomyosis. DESIGN: This was retrospective cohort study. SETTING: This study was condu…

Endometriosis is a common gynecological condition which affects 5-10% of women of reproductive age and up to 50% of women with pelvic pain and infertility. The most commonly affected areas are the pelvic peritoneum, ovaries and rectovaginal…

Hydrosalpinx in reproductive-age women without sexual experience is uncommon and may be asymptomatic. Hydrosalpinx-induced torsion of the adnexa is a rare situation and requires prompt and accurate management. This report describes a 21-yea…

The laparoscopic management of early-stage ovarian cancer remains controversial. Some surgeons hesitate to perform laparoscopic staging due to concern with the adequacy of staging, the possibility of tumor spillage and risk of port-site met…

AIMS: Closure of the vaginal stump in total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) performed by interrupted suture is time-consuming and requires sufficient experience. Stratafix (SF) is a new type of antibacterial monofilament absorbable suture w…

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BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS: This study aims to compare hysteroscopic and histological findings in asymptomatic postmenopausal patients with thickened endometrium. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective study involving case records of 295 asympto…

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) had been used for many gynecologic surgeries without pelvic adhesions. We report a 30-year-old female with multiple abdominal adhesions underwent NOTES hysterectomy successfully. A 30-…

OBJECTIVES: Uterine fibroids are capable of causing infertility, but there are no definite criteria for which laparoscopic uterine myomectomy (LM) is known to be beneficial. To investigate the usefulness of LM, we examined pregnancy rates i…

Bilateral tubal pregnancy is very rare and occurs in only 1 out of every 200,000 spontaneous pregnancies. In this case, a 29-year-old woman with a history of primary infertility underwent treatment with human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG)-h…

A 47 year old patient with a G3, FIGO stage 1A endometrial cancer was treated by hysterectomy. Her two ovaries were conserved because of the pre-operative diagnosis of endocervical cancer. On follow up PET-CT follow up investigation, she ha…

We reviewed current literature regarding the association of endometriosis and epithelial ovarian cancer based on epidemiology studies, molecular researches and clinical observations. Our methods include a review of literature research of ME…

OBJECTIVE: Bipolar impedance controlled radiofrequency endometrial ablation is a valuable treatment options for menorrhagia. We examined the short term outcomes of Hong Kong Chinese women undergone this procedure. MATERIAL: All patients wh…

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effectiveness of proximal tube destruction at the uterine cornu by additional application of a sealing device. METHODS: A single-center randomized trial was conducted on 40 patients receiving a laparo-endoscopic s…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of different treatment methods for previous ectopic pregnancies (EP) on cryopreserved embryo transfer (CET) outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study. Patients with EP histori…

Uterine artery pseudoaneurysms (UAPs) are rare vascular lesions that may be life threatening if not diagnosed and properly treated. The clinical presentation of UAPs includes a spectrum of symptoms that are often associated with other and m…

This case report presents a 66-year-oId postmenopausal woman with a case of endometrial adenomyomatous polyp (EAP) that presented as postmenopausal vaginal bleeding and mimicked endometrial cancer. The ultrasonography revealed a mildly enla…

This is the first English language report describing the expectant management for abdominal pregnancy. The patient was a 31-year-old multiparous woman who was transferred to our hospital on suspicion of ectopic pregnancy. Her serum human ch…