Objective This study aimed to determine whether the menstrual characteristics are different in Korean women with or without ovarian endometrioma. Methods We selected 95 premenopausal women aged below 39 years who underwent laparoscopic surgery for ovarian endometrioma (n=46) or other benign ovarian tumors (n=49) between April 2016 and February 2017. We excluded those with uterine diseases tha...

OBJECTIVE The study was conducted to identify predictors of oligoamenorrhea at 12 months in levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) users. DESIGN A 12-month observational study. SETTING Gynecologic outpatient clinic in a large regional hospital in Flanders, Belgium. POPULATION OR SAMPLE A total of 150 women who had made an informed decision to use a LNG-IUS either as a meth...

the aim of the present study was to examine the effect of menstrual cycle on substrate metabolism, energy expenditure and performance during exhaustive incremental exercise in female students. for this purpose, 15 female students (mean age 21.17 ± 1.47 years, bmi 20.55 ± 1.71 kg/m2) participated voluntarily in this study. the design was adjusted in three stages: bleeding, follicular and the lat...

BACKGROUND Nutrition pattern is one of the important factors predicting menstrual distress, which varies among different cultures and countries. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between food frequency and menstrual distress in high school girls from Mashhad. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012 using a two-stage sampling method on 40...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Despite the high prevalence of uterine leiomyoma, according to recent review studies there is uncertainty and a paucity of information regarding its predisposing or protective factors. The aim of this study was to assess the possible association between menstrual cycle pattern and occurrence of surgically treated myomas and also to check if depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate (D...