Objective To investigate the clinical effect of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation combined with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a) and levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) in treatment adenomyosis patients who failed to respond drug therapies.Study design A total 47 had therapies no fertility desires were treated HIFU GnRH-a LNG-IUS. The score dysm...

Several abstracts presented at the 2015 European Association of Urology Meeting highlighted new developments in hormone therapy for prostate cancer management. One abstract described how the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH)/gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist leuprolide, but not the LHRH/GnRH antagonist degarelix, induced plaque instability in a mouse model. A second abstr...

OBJECTIVE To review the results of vaginal hysterectomies in patients without uterine prolapse. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING University affiliated hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS All patients who had vaginal hysterectomies in the absence of uterine prolapse from 1999 to 2005 inclusive (first period) and 2006 to 2009 inclusive (second period). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The number...