Publications by authors named "Seiichi Endo"
A surgical technique has been developed using a robot-assisted system to create the surgical anatomical structure of the uterine artery caudal space (UACS), a landmark for performing extrafascial hysterectomy, enabling a safe and easy parametrial resection to prevent ureteral injury and cervical sidewall bleeding at hysterectomy. UACS is created to preserve the ureterohypogastric nerve fascia (UHNF), which envelopes the ureter and the hypogastric nerve, and the vesicohypogastric fascia (VF), which wraps the uterine artery and veins. The boundaries of UACS are UHNF laterally, the uterine cervix medially, and VF cranially.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In cervical cancer screening programs, women with abnormal cytology are referred for colposcopy for histological evaluation. We examined whether a human papillomavirus (HPV) genotyping assay could be used to identify women who do not need immediate colposcopy and biopsy because of low risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or worse (CIN3+).
Methods: We prospectively evaluated test performance for 2 carcinogenic HPV genotypes (HPV16/18), for 8 types (HPV16/18/31/33/35/45/52/58), and for 13 types (HPV16/18/31/33/35/45/51/52/56/58/59/68) for prediction of histological CIN3+ results among 427 screen-positive women referred for colposcopy.
Background: In cervical cancer screening programs, women with abnormal cytology results are referred to colposcopy for histological diagnosis. This study was designed to evaluate the sensitivity of colposcopic procedures for detecting cervical cancer and its precursor, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN).
Methods: Women referred to colposcopy for abnormal cytology were enrolled from four hospitals.