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The Incidence of Endometriosis in Japanese Women
Author(s) -
Furuhashi Nobuyuki,
Nagaike Fumiyasu,
Furuhashi Nobuaki,
Takahashi Katsuyuki,
Suzuki Masakuni
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1981.tb00520.x
Subject(s) - endometriosis , laparotomy , medicine , incidence (geometry) , pelvic endometriosis , obstetrics , gynecology , surgery , physics , optics
We evaluated the frequency of endometriosis among the patients who underwent laparotomy and studied retrospectively the frequency of endometriosis in Japanese women. The frequency of operation for endometriosis has been about 0.6% of all the new outpatients and 10.8% of patients with laparotomy. We found a higher frequency of endometriosis in the most recent period (1977–1979). The mean age of endometriosis patients was 40.74 + 0.65 (mean + SE) years old. Our results indicated that the frequency of endometriosis in Japanese women has increased during the last two decades.