{"title":"The New Concepts from New Evidences.","authors":"Chyi-Long Lee","doi":"10.4103/gmit.GMIT-D-24-00064","DOIUrl":"10.4103/gmit.GMIT-D-24-00064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45272,"journal":{"name":"Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy-GMIT","volume":"14 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11936399/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143721951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seham M Abufraijeh, Seif Jankhout, Basil Al-Tah, Abdallah Daradkeh, Suhaib A Allauzy
{"title":"Vesicouterine Cutaneous Fistula Post-cesarean Section - A Case Report.","authors":"Seham M Abufraijeh, Seif Jankhout, Basil Al-Tah, Abdallah Daradkeh, Suhaib A Allauzy","doi":"10.4103/gmit.gmit_44_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/gmit.gmit_44_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This case report presents the diagnosis and management of a 41-year-old woman who developed a vesicouterine cutaneous fistula after a cesarean section. She initially presented with pus discharge from the cesarean wound site, and later exhibited cyclical hematuria and fluid leakage from the skin incision, prompting further investigation. Diagnostic modalities, including computed tomography with contrast, confirmed the presence of a complex fistula involving the bladder, uterus, and skin. Conservative management with gonadotropin-releasing hormone therapy was attempted but discontinued due to worsening symptoms. Surgical intervention was performed successfully, leading to the resolution of symptoms. This case underscores the importance of prompt recognition and appropriate management of rare postcesarean complications, emphasizing adherence to anatomical principles.</p>","PeriodicalId":45272,"journal":{"name":"Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy-GMIT","volume":"14 1","pages":"85-88"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11936398/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143721963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chih-Wei Lin, Huang-Tz Ou, Meng-Hsing Wu, Chih-Feng Yen
{"title":"Expert Consensus on the Management of Adenomyosis: A Modified Delphi Method Approach by the Taiwan Endometriosis Society.","authors":"Chih-Wei Lin, Huang-Tz Ou, Meng-Hsing Wu, Chih-Feng Yen","doi":"10.4103/gmit.GMIT-D-24-00055","DOIUrl":"10.4103/gmit.GMIT-D-24-00055","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To establish the expert opinions and consensus recommendations from the Taiwanese Endometriosis Society on managing adenomyosis.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This study employed a two-round modified Delphi method incorporating a national panel of expert gynecologists to form the consensus on managing adenomyosis. The first round of the Delphi procedure involved an expert panel from the board members to evaluate the relevance of each item. In the subsequent round of votes, gynecologists affiliated with the Taiwan Endometriosis Society participated and used a 5-point Likert scale to cast votes and approve each statement. The rating scales for each item of the key recommendations were analyzed for the distribution of degrees of agreement.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The consensus for managing adenomyosis was developed, encompassing various aspects including imaging diagnosis, hormonal treatment, surgical treatment, noninvasive/minimally invasive treatment, infertility concerns, and obstetric considerations. In the first round of voting, all 25 recommendations received approval from the board members, advancing them to the second round. During the second round of voting, the majority of recommendations received either a \"strongly agree\" or \"agree\" response. There was divergence regarding the similarity of effectiveness in alleviating adenomyosis-related pain by either laparotomic or laparoscopic approaches (55% strongly agree or agree vs. 21% disagree or strongly disagree).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The Taiwan Endometriosis Society expert panel has established a set of consensus guidelines for the management of adenomyosis. There are diverging opinions among experts regarding the optimal surgical approaches for resection of adenomyosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":45272,"journal":{"name":"Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy-GMIT","volume":"14 1","pages":"24-32"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11936390/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143721901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laparoscopic Enucleation of a Cervical Myoma and Reconstruction of Cervical Canal.","authors":"Ning-Shiuan Ting, Dah-Ching Ding","doi":"10.4103/gmit.gmit_34_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/gmit.gmit_34_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45272,"journal":{"name":"Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy-GMIT","volume":"14 1","pages":"96-97"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11936389/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143721917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Al-Rayes, Mariam Mohamed, Eva Suarthana, Hormoz Nassiri Kigloo, Jason Raina, Togas Tulandi
{"title":"Risks of Malignancy among 11,204 Patients with Endometrial Polyp: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.","authors":"Sarah Al-Rayes, Mariam Mohamed, Eva Suarthana, Hormoz Nassiri Kigloo, Jason Raina, Togas Tulandi","doi":"10.4103/gmit.GMIT-D-24-00056","DOIUrl":"10.4103/gmit.GMIT-D-24-00056","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate factors associated with malignancy in patients with endometrial polyps.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We conducted electronic database research on PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, COCHRANE, and Google Scholar from inception for all studies on endometrial polyp. After removing duplicates, and title and abstract screening, we had a total of 121 articles and 151 others from screening the reference list. Inclusion criteria included peri and postmenopausal women > 45 years diagnosed histopathologically with endometrial polyp(s). We excluded women with a history of endometrial cancer or hysterectomy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty studies were analyzed. Of 11204 patients with endometrial polyp, 287 had malignant polyps (2.75%), 182 (1.8%) had concomitant endometrial hyperplasia with atypia, and 520 (5.2%) had hyperplasia without atypia within the polyp. Menopausal women had a higher risk of pre-malignancy/malignancy than non-menopausal women (OR 5.63 (95CI 3.87, 8.20, <i>I</i> <sup>2</sup> = 0%, <i>P</i> < 0.001). Endometrial thickness on ultrasound in pre-malignancy/malignancy cases was significantly thicker than in the benign polyp (mean difference 4.2 mm, 95% CI 0.8 to 7.6 mm, <i>I</i> <sup>2</sup> = 18%, <i>P</i> = 0.02). Women who used tamoxifen or hormone replacement therapy (HRT) had a lower likelihood of endometrial pre-malignancy/malignancy, while women with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) had a higher probability of pre-malignancy/malignancy. The odd ratio of having pre-malignancy/malignancy among those who used tamoxifen was 0.50 (95% CI 0.26-0.94: <i>I</i> <sup>2</sup> 12%, <i>p</i> = 0.03).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In women with endometrial polyp, menopausal age and thickened endometrium might increase the probability while tamoxifen or HRT use might lower the likelihood of endometrial pre-malignancy/malignancy; and the presence of AUB might signal endometrial pre-malignancy/malignancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":45272,"journal":{"name":"Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy-GMIT","volume":"14 1","pages":"40-50"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11936404/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143721920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum: Endometrial Osseous Metaplasia: A Hysteroscopic Incidental Finding - An Overview.","authors":"","doi":"10.4103/GMIT.Corrigendum_gmit_89_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/GMIT.Corrigendum_gmit_89_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article on p. 243 in vol. 12, PMID: 38034103.].</p>","PeriodicalId":45272,"journal":{"name":"Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy-GMIT","volume":"14 1","pages":"101"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11936388/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143721813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gillian Patrick Cruz Gonzalez, Kuan-Gen Huang, Mary Evangeline Villa Mercado, Jhanice Sangda-An Paredes, Chyi-Long Lee
{"title":"Comprehensive Overview of Surgical Skill Training Strategies in the APAGE International Gynecologic Endoscopy Fellowship.","authors":"Gillian Patrick Cruz Gonzalez, Kuan-Gen Huang, Mary Evangeline Villa Mercado, Jhanice Sangda-An Paredes, Chyi-Long Lee","doi":"10.4103/gmit.gmit_52_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/gmit.gmit_52_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45272,"journal":{"name":"Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy-GMIT","volume":"14 1","pages":"3-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11936392/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143721812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improvement of Prognostic Outcome in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Stage I Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.","authors":"Kohei Omatsu, Chyi-Long Lee, Kuan-Gen Huang","doi":"10.4103/gmit.gmit_77_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/gmit.gmit_77_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is a limited treatment option for early-stage ovarian cancer. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network<sup>®</sup> guidelines that salpingo-oophorectomy should be performed with every effort to keep an encapsulated mass intact during removal. We aimed to investigate whether, if tumor rupture was controlled, patients' oncological outcomes for Stage I ovarian cancer would not be worse in MIS. An endobag was prepared and used to prevent the ovarian cancer cells from spilling into the peritoneal cavity. We report a recent 10-year clinical outcome of MIS for ovarian cancer by oncological endoscopists in gynecology.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We retrospectively collected clinical data from an electric chart. Collective clinical data included age, body mass index (BMI), operative time (OT), estimated blood loss (EBL), intraoperative rupture (IR), duration of hospital stay (HS), time from the operation date to the first infusion of chemotherapy (TOFC), disease-free survival (DFS), and overall survival (OS) at 5 years. The data were statistically analyzed using EZR.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The median age, BMI, OT, EBL, IR, HS, TOFC, and DFS were 50 years, 23.9 kg/m<sup>2</sup>, 363 min, 100 mL, 65 (98%) patients, 7 days, 15 days, and 43.4 months, respectively. The OS was 98%. The data were consistent with those from the past 10 years, except for a tendency toward an increasing trend in the proportion of ruptured tumors during surgery.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Tumor rupture within the prepared endobag during MIS did not affect the oncological outcomes of early-stage ovarian cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":45272,"journal":{"name":"Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy-GMIT","volume":"14 1","pages":"66-71"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11936402/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143721915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mary Evangeline Villa Mercado, Kuan-Gen Huang, Zin Mar Lay, Shih-Yin Huang
{"title":"Successful Pregnancy after Fertility-sparing Surgery and Treatment for Metachronous Multiple Primary Malignancies - A Case Report.","authors":"Mary Evangeline Villa Mercado, Kuan-Gen Huang, Zin Mar Lay, Shih-Yin Huang","doi":"10.4103/gmit.gmit_20_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/gmit.gmit_20_24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The occurrence of metachronous multiple primary malignancies remains relatively rare; however, its incidence is notably rising. We present the case of a 25-year-old woman who underwent fertility-sparing surgery, followed by chemotherapy for ovarian yolk sac tumor. Three years later, the patient was diagnosed with a large B-cell lymphoma in the cecum. She underwent bowel surgery and received chemotherapy postoperatively. Despite her condition, she was able to conceive spontaneously and had a successful pregnancy after treatment. This report highlights the importance of considering fertility-preserving treatment strategies in young patients and the possibility of spontaneous conception and successful pregnancy even in patients diagnosed with metachronous multiple primary malignancies who underwent extensive surgical procedures and heavily treated with chemotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":45272,"journal":{"name":"Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy-GMIT","volume":"14 1","pages":"89-93"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11936391/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143721942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a Personalized and Simplified Ovarian Cystectomy Practice Tool.","authors":"Hisanori Komatsu, Kenro Chikazawa, Akina Matsumoto, Issei Kagami","doi":"10.4103/gmit.gmit_12_24","DOIUrl":"10.4103/gmit.gmit_12_24","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45272,"journal":{"name":"Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Therapy-GMIT","volume":"14 1","pages":"94-95"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11936397/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143721814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}