Pathogenesis of Endometriosis and Uterine Fibroids

I-41: Pelvic MRI at Infertility

Compared with ultrasound, MRI has limited indications in evaluation of Female Infertility. Laparoscopy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of pelvic endometriosis. MRI is helpful in determining the extent of deep infiltrating endometriosis, especially when laparoscopic inspection is limited by adhesions. MRI allows for much more anatomic detail as well as better measurements of uterine fibro...

Estrogen Receptor-α gene (T/C) Pvu II Polymorphism in Endometriosis and Uterine Fibroids

Endometriosis and fibroids are estrogen-dependent benign pathologies of the uterus, which account for infertility and pelvic pain along with dysmenorrhea in women. Suppression of the disease and recurrence after discontinuing hormone therapy strongly suggests that these are responsive to hormones, especially estrogen, which acts via its receptor. A T/C SNP in intron 1 and exon 2 boundary of est...

I-51: Pioneering New Approaches to Reproductive Imaging

Background: Gynecologic conditions including uterine fibroids, adenomyosis and endometriosis lead to significant impairment in women’s’ lives and significant expen- Abstracts of the 12th Royan International Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine International Journal of Fertility & Sterility (IJFS), Vol 5, Suppl 1, Summer 2011 24 ditures of health care dollars. However, many women have symptoms l...

Association of Exposure to Phthalates with Endometriosis and Uterine Leiomyomata: Findings

New Hysterectomy Techniques via NOTES

Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. Is it the most commonly performed major gynecologic surgical procedure in the United States of America, where more than 400,000 hysterectomies are performed annually [1]. The most common benign indications for a hysterectomy are: fibroids 30%, dysfunctional uterine bleeding (20%), endometriosis and/or adenomyosis (20%), genital prolapse (15%),...