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Toshifumi Takahashi
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Ureteroscopy for urolithiasis in bedridden patients: it is feasible and acceptable
To investigate the safety of transurethral ureteroscopy (URS) for urolithiasis in bedridden patients and to identify bedridden patient-specific risk factors for postoperative complications.
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Hydronephrosis severity as a predictor of postoperative renal function decline following laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy
This study aimed to investigate factors, including the degree of hydronephrosis, that may be associated with decreased renal function after radical nephroureterectomy (RNU).
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Immunohistochemical and clinicopathological study regarding nardilysin on extramammary Paget's disease
It has been reported that nardilysin (NRDC), a metalloendopeptidase which regulates various growth factors and cytokines, is associated with malignancies in a conflicting manner, in which it promoted gastric, ...
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Anti-transcriptional intermediary factor 1γ antibody-positive dermatomyositis with intravascular lymphoma
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Disseminated adult xanthogranuloma successfully treated with doxycycline
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Clinical outcomes following laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy in octogenarians
This study aimed to compare the incidence of postoperative complications occurring within 30 days of surgery between octogenarians and younger patients and identify preoperative risk factors for the incidence ...
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Open AccessA case of discrepancy between three ERA tests in a woman with repeated implantation failure complicated by chronic endometritis
Endometrial receptivity array (ERA) is used to determine the timing of embryo transfer (ET) synchronized with the window of implantation (WOI). The effectiveness and evaluation of ERAs in women with recurrent ...
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Open AccessSynchronous bilateral primary ovarian cancer with right endometroid carcinoma and left high-grade serous carcinoma: a case report and literature review
Epithelial ovarian cancer is the most frequent gynecologic malignancy; it has a poor prognosis and often occurs bilaterally. Most cases of synchronous bilateral ovarian cancer (SBOC) are metastases from the ot...
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Open AccessTrocar-site hernia following laparoscopic sal**o-oophorectomy in a middle-aged Japanese woman: an initial case report after 40 years of experience at a single center and a brief literature review
In gynecology, the number of laparoscopic surgeries performed has increased annually because laparoscopic surgery presents a greater number of advantages from a cosmetic perspective and allows for a less invas...
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Open AccessSuccessful pregnancy and term delivery after treatment of unicornuate uterus with non-communicating rudimentary horn pregnancy with local methotrexate injection followed by laparoscopic resection: a case report and literature review
Pregnancy in a rudimentary horn is an extremely rare type of ectopic pregnancy. A rudimentary uterine horn pregnancy is associated with a risk of spontaneous rupture and bleeding during surgery due to the incr...
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Open AccessEffects of localisation of uterine adenomyosis on outcome of in vitro fertilisation/intracytoplasmic sperm injection fresh and frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles: a multicentre retrospective cohort study
Uterine adenomyosis is a benign disease, common among women in their 40 and 50 s, characterised by ectopic endometrial tissue in the uterine myometrial layer. Adenomyosis causes infertility and has a negative ...
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Open AccessMetformin reduces androgen receptor and upregulates homeobox A10 expression in uterine endometrium in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) causes anovulation and is associated with a reduced clinical pregnancy rate. Metformin, which is widely used for treating PCOS, can lead to successful pregnancy by restoring th...
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Open AccessSuccessful laparoscopic resection of ovarian abscess caused by Staphylococcus aureus in a 13-year-old girl: a case report and review of literature
Ovarian abscesses, which occur mostly in sexually active women via recurrent sal**itis, occur rarely in virginal adolescent girls. Here, we present a case of an ovarian abscess in a virginal adolescent girl...
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Open AccessPrimary endometrioid carcinoma of the uterosacral ligament arising from deep infiltrating endometriosis 6 years after bilateral sal**o-oophorectomy due to atypical proliferative endometrioid tumor of the ovary: a rare case report
Endometriosis can potentially lead to the development of a malignant tumor. Most malignant tumors arising from the endometriosis originate from the ovarian endometrioma, whereas those arising from extragonadal...
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Open AccessPrenatal diagnosis of fetal microhydranencephaly: a case report and literature review
The prenatal diagnosis of microhydranencephaly is important and needs to be distinguished from anencephaly, because unlike anencephaly, fetuses with microhydranencephaly can survive after birth. Herein, we rep...
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Open AccessSuccessful monozygotic triplet pregnancy after a single blastocyst transfer following in vitro maturation of oocytes from a woman with polycystic ovary syndrome: a case report
Although women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)-related sub-fertility are high responders to controlled ovarian stimulation, it is difficult to obtain mature oocytes in these women. Therefore, in vitro ...
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Open AccessPregnancy complicated with PFAPA (periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis) syndrome: a case report
Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome has been considered as a childhood syndrome. The underlying etiology of PFAPA syndrome is unclear however, currently cons...
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A case of refractory eosinophilic fasciitis with eosinophilic vasculitis
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MRI-related thermal injury due to skin-toskin contact
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Oocyte aging underlies female reproductive aging: biological mechanisms and therapeutic strategies
In recent years, postponement of marriage and childbearing in women of reproductive age has led to an increase in the incidence of age-related infertility. The reproductive aging process in women is assumed to...
