Factors related to dysmenorrhea among Vietnamese and Vietnamese marriage immigrant women in South Korea.

Objective: To find factors associated with dysmenorrhea, we surveyed the obstetric and gynecologic histories as well as socioeconomic factors of Vietnamese female residents in Can Tho (southern part of Vietnam) and Bavi (northern part of Vietnam) and Vietnamese female marriage immigrants living in South Korea.

Methods: From March 2010 to March 2011, 3,017 Vietnamese women aged 17 to 42 years (mean, 25.5 years) were recruited.

Association between MMP-2 and TIMP-2 gene polymorphisms and advanced-stage endometriosis in Korean women.

Problem: To characterize the genetic variation across the MMP-2 and TIMP-2 gene with the risk of advanced-stage endometriosis.

Method Of Study: Ten single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotype associations between MMP-2 (9082A>G, 9152A>G, 105330C>T, 14931T>C, 15918T>C, 18796G>A, 19033G>A, 19218A>G, 25190A>G, and 28542C>T) and TMIP-2 gene (42138327C>T, 42141169G>A, 42144611A>G, 42152781C>T, 42155855G>A, 42175617C>T, 42181597G>A, 42183387T>C, 42196041G>C, and 42196430T>C) were examined in 201 patients and 183 controls.

Results: In MMP-2, G/A haplotype of 9082A>G and 9152A>G in intron 2 was associated with a reduced risk of endometriosis (OR 0.

Acute pelvic inflammatory disease: diagnostic performance of CT.

Aim: To evaluate retrospectively the performance of computed tomography (CT) for the diagnosis of acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) by the use of clinical and laboratory data as the reference standard.

Methods: The study was approved by the institutional review board. A total of 190 women of reproductive age (age range, 16-49 years; mean age, 29.

Deep infiltrating endometriosis: CT imaging evaluation.

Objective: To retrospectively evaluate the feasibility of computed tomography (CT) in depicting deep-infiltrating endometriosis.

Materials: The study population included 54 patients (age: mean, 35.5 years; range, 23-48 years) with histologically confirmed ovarian endometriomas between January 2007 and July 2009.

Black cohosh and St. John's wort (GYNO-Plus) for climacteric symptoms.

Purpose: This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa) and St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) in women with climacteric symptoms, and to assess their effects on vaginal atrophy, hormone levels, and lipid profiles.

Materials And Methods: In this double-blind randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter study, 89 peri- or postmenopausal women experiencing climacteric symptoms were treated with St.

Osteoporosis in Korea.

The increasing occurrence and high cost of osteoporosis pose an enormous public health problem. With continued aging of the populations, osteoporotic fractures may reach one of the major problem in Korea as well as in Asian countries. Although the prevalence of osteoporosis in Korea is somewhat not consistent because of different areas and machines measured bone mass, occurrence of hip fractures have increased about 4 folds during past 10 years.

Hysteroscopic endometrial ablation as a treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding in patients with renal transplants.

Study Objective: To assess the effectiveness and safety of hysteroscopic endometrial ablation as a surgical management of abnormal uterine bleeding that develops in patients with renal transplants.

Design: Retrospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: Yonsei University Medical College, Severance Hospital.

Treatment outcomes of uterine artery embolization and laparoscopic uterine artery ligation for uterine myoma.

In treating women with leiomyoma and who wish to preserve their uterus, laparoscopic uterine artery ligation or uterine artery embolization should be considered as possible options. This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of laparoscopic uterine artery ligation and uterine artery embolization in treating uterine myoma. The treatment outcomes of 23 patients who underwent uterine artery embolization and 17 laparoscopic uterine artery ligation were evaluated.

Uterine arterial embolization for the treatment of uterine leiomyomas.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to establish guidelines for using uterine artery embolization for the treatment of uterine leiomyomas accompanied by adenomyosis in Korea. This study was performed to investigate 1) the effects of uterine embolization on leiomyoma accompanied by adenomyosis, 2) the outcome of uterine embolization according to the embolization materials used, 3) the relationship between the Resistance Index (RI) and the change in uterine volume.

Materials And Methods: We performed a retrospective study on 37 women who had uterine leiomyomas accompanied by adenomyosis.

Effect of hysterectomy on conserved ovarian function.

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of premenopausal Total Abdominal Hysterectomy (TAH) on the function of the remaining ovaries by reviewing the menopausal age in TAH treated patients. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 510 women who had previously undergone TAH, either with or without unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, due to benign disease at the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, between Jan 1989 and Dec 1992. Out of the 510 women, the 94 who were throughly followed up were included in the study, and their menopausal age based on patient symptoms was compared to that of the control group.

Endometriosis in an adolescent population: the severance hospital in Korean experience.

The records of adolescent patients (10-21), who were admitted to the severance hospital between 1990 and 1999, were reviewed retrospectively to evaluate the age distribution, diagnosis, clinical stage, and treatment for endometriosis in adolescents. Thirty-nine patients who had undergone a laparotomy or laparoscopy and were diagnosed with endometriosis were identified. Endometriosis was classified according to the revised American Fertility Society classification (AFS).