Medicine

To explore the role of hScrib in the pathogenesis of endometriosis.This was a retrospective study of 240 women in our hospital between January 2014 and January 2017. The expression of hScrib in endometrium (EM), endometriosis (EMs), and end…

Different sizes of uterine septum between infertile women and patients with abortions may have a clinical relevance in reproductive performance after surgery. This study aimed to assess if the fecundity of women after surgical correction of…

This study presents the postoperative pregnancy rate of women with recurrent endometriosis and evaluates the predictive value of the endometriosis fertility index (EFI) for the pregnancy.A total of 107 women who wished to conceive after sur…

BACKGROUND: Primary dysmenorrhea is a condition characterized by painful menstrual cramps that usually occurs in the absence of any identifiable pathological condition among menstruating women, with the prevalence estimates varying between …

Studies on the relationship between gynecologic surgery and subsequent ovarian cancer have been carried out in limited Western ethnic groups. We aim to evaluate whether receiving hysterectomy and/or salpingectomy associated with ovarian can…

RATIONALE: Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a mesenchymal neoplasm associated with human herpes virus-8. It is often found in patients with primary or secondary immunodeficiency. An iatrogenic form of KS is detectable in patients who have received im…

While the pain after gynecological laparoscopy is assumed to be minor, many women suffer from unexpected postoperative pain in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). Prior identification of these patients is significant for effective analges…

BACKGROUND: This study aims to assess the impact of ultrasound diagnosis in patients with chronic pelvic pain (CPP). METHODS: We will carry out a comprehensive electronic search from the databases below: PUBMED, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, P…

Breast cancer is the most common diagnosed malignancy in women. This study genotyped blood samples from 236 Han Chinese women with breast cancer and 128 healthy controls for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs2977537, rs2929970, rs292…

We aim to investigate the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of intraperitoneal hemorrhage during pregnancy and parturition.Three cases with intraperitoneal hemorrhage during pregnancy and parturition admitted to our hospital from Jan. 200…

Patients who undergo several in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment cycles and fail to conceive present a frustrating problem to the clinician. When 1 cycle of IVF treatment fails, should we offer the couples to choose additional cycle of I…

RATIONALE: Myotonic dystrophy is a progressive multisystem genetic heterogeneous disorder. General anesthesia with opioids increases the risk of prolonged postanesthetic respiratory recovery in myotonic dystrophy patients. PATIENT CONCERNS…

RATIONALE: Appendiceal mucocele is a rare entity of mucinous cystic dilatation of the appendix. It has no typical clinical presentation and is considered a potentially premalignant condition. PATIENT CONCERNS: We present a case of accident…

RATIONALE: Mesenteric cysts are benign gastrointestinal cystic lesions, with an incidence of <1/100 000. They usually develop in the small bowel mesentery, mesocolon (24%), retroperitoneum (14.5%), and very rarely originate from the sigmoid…

This study aimed to investigate the association between reproductive period and menarche age and chronic kidney disease (CKD) in South Korean postmenopausal women.This was a cross-sectional study of the data for 8510 postmenopausal women us…

During second-look surgery or hospitalization, intra-abdominal surgeries may cause severe postoperative complications, such as pelvic adhesion, postoperative ileus, and severe pain. However, only few studies have analyzed the outcomes of an…

Built on 2 existing classification systems, this study was to develop a new classification system to better predict the pregnancy prognosis after laparoscopic surgery in patients with tubal factor infertility and accordingly propose a manag…

BACKGROUND: Hysterectomy for benign gynecologic diseases, especially dysfunctional uterine bleeding, is one of the most common gynecologic interventions. The uterus can be removed using abdominal, vaginal, laparoscopic, or robotic-assisted …

BACKGROUND: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique to modulate cortical excitability and to induce neuronal plasticity. With a wide range of applications in neurological and psychiatric …

RATIONALE: During a normal pregnancy, in the 1st trimester uterus lies in pelvis and enlarges in size as the pregnancy advances. By 14 weeks of gestation, the gravid uterus transforms from a pelvis to an abdominal organ and a retroverted ut…

RATIONALE: Rupture of an unscarred uterus after in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) in a primiparous woman is rare. Assisted reproductive technology (ART)-induced rupture of an unscarred uterus is usually attributable to increas…

RATIONALE: Fallopian tube obstruction and diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) are main factors including female infertility. Acupuncture might be effective in the treatment of the disease. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 39-year-old woman diagnosed with …

RATIONALE: Liver transplanted patients have excellent survival rates, but infectious complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in liver recipients are very challenging. Specific…

RationaleIntravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) is a rare benign smooth muscle tumor that can develop from the pelvic or uterine veins and spread into the central veins and heart. Here, we report a case of recurrent IVL in a 48-year-old woman. To…

RATIONALE: Uterine leiomyoma, which is very common gynecological tumor in the reproductive years, is extremely rare in adolescence. We herein report a case of a uterine leiomyoma treated with laparoscopic surgery in an adolescent. PATIENT …