Tumor markers and molecular biological markers in gynecologic malignancies.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To analyse the reasons why foetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring failed to fulfil the initial expectations of unequivocally decreasing perinatal morbidity and mortality, and to summarize the most recent advances in this field. RECENT FINDINGS:It is now clear that expectations towards FHR monitoring at t...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Bernardes J,Ayres-de-Campos D

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginal birth has been recognized as being potentially traumatic to the pelvic floor. It is important that contributory obstetric factors are identified and their occurrence minimized. Women who have sustained significant anal sphincter injury are at greater risk of further damage and faecal incontinence with subseque...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Fitzpatrick M,O'Herlihy C

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The management of uterine fibroids in patients requiring treatment who desire future fertility remains controversial. Myomectomy has been the most common operative procedure to improve pregnancy rates and outcomes. Uterine fibroid embolization is an increasingly popular, minimally invasive treatment f...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Goldberg J,Pereira L

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There is persisting controversy about tocolytic treatment for preterm labour. This review addresses this controversy by appraising the recent clinical literature. RECENT FINDINGS:Surveys of obstetricians indicate a high usage of tocolysis for preterm labour, but evidence that this treatment confers o...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： King JF

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Common and important psychosomatic disorders in pregnancy reviewed here include perinatal depression, posttraumatic stress disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, and postpartum psychosis. RECENT FINDINGS:Research has focused on antenatal depression as postpartum depression often has onset pr...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Tam WH,Chung T

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to outline ovarian conservation and fertility sparing surgery (FSS) in the management of the most common pediatric gynecology malignancies. RECENT FINDINGS:Management of gynecologic malignancies has evolved to have a greater appreciation for adverse late effects from rad...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Stambough K,Childress KJ

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the latest developments in screening and diagnosis of non-chromosomal genetic diseases. RECENT FINDINGS:Major recent advances include the completion of the Human Genome Project, the use of microarray and related technologies for mass screening and diagnosis of thousands of genetic abnormali...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Lau TK,Leung TN

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Sex trafficking of adolescents and young adults is both a human rights violation and a public health problem, globally and in the United States. Healthcare providers, including obstetricians and gynecologists, interact with victims, often while they remain under their traffickers' control, but because...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Chaffee T,English A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The clinical utility of sperm DNA fragmentation tests needs to be revisited in light of increasing evidence of detrimental effect of sperm DNA damage on reproductive outcomes. RECENT FINDINGS:Current evidence supports the association between high sperm DNA fragmentation and poor outcomes with regards...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Agarwal A,Cho CL,Esteves SC

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with a wide range of human disease states and the global epidemic, particularly in reproductive aged women, has led to a focus on this complex hormones role in human reproduction. Indeed vitamin D receptors are found throughout the reproductive tract in the ova...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Franasiak JM,Lara EE,Pellicer A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Emergency contraception in the past two decades had been proven to be effective and well tolerated. Counseling and advance provision and prescription of emergency contraception have been embraced by professional organizations in practice guidelines for its potential to reduce the number of unintended ...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Broekhuizen FF

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus testing has been evaluated as an adjunct to cervical cytologic screening. There is a well-established association between high-risk malignant subtypes of human papillomavirus infection and the development of neoplastic change. Although human papillomavirus infection is a necessary condition for ma...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Goodman A

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to the reduction in perinatal mortality in high-risk pregnancies, screening of low-risk pregnancies with umbilical artery Doppler ultrasonography has shown no benefit. Advances in pathophysiology question the assumption that the placenta is hypoxic in fetal growth restriction, with absent end-diastolic fre...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Burrell SJ,Kingdom JC

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:There has been increasing interest in developing assisted reproductive technologies to overcome failure at fertilization and early embryonic arrest. Some of the affected patients harbor too few copies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in their eggs at the time of fertilization, which results in development...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： St John JC,Tsai TS,Cagnone GL

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary incontinence remains a common problem that adversely affects the quality of life of millions of women. In detrusor instability, treatment measures often lack efficacy or are accompanied by unacceptable side effects. In this review, standard treatments are discussed, together with recent pharmacologic advances ...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Wise B,Cardozo L

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart disease in pregnancy is increasingly common because of the advances in surgery and medical therapy which have taken place over the last 30 years, which means that more affected women are surviving into the reproductive age. Antenatal counselling needs to be tailored to the specific lesion, with pulmon...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Lupton M,Oteng-Ntim E,Ayida G,Steer PJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of directed management based on contemporary fetal assessment techniques in the high-risk pregnancy is undisputed. Whether such benefits are evident in the low-risk pregnancy is now an issue of considerable clinical and economic importance. Recent literature suggests that extension of fetal surveillance to t...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Manning FA

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Genetic variation plays a crucial role in modification of normal or disease pathophysiology. Follicle stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) signaling is necessary for normal development and function of the ovaries and testes. Here, we review the associations between FSHR polymorphisms and fertility or s...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Lalioti MD

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most important papers address controversial aspects of fetal cardiology, for example, screening for congenital heart disease (CHD), the diagnosis and the accuracy of diagnosis, and the management of fetal tachycardias. There are some interesting additions to the literature although some conclusions require further...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Allan LD

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Much attention has been paid to the role of immunology in reproductive success or failure. Every step in the establishment of normal pregnancy has been implicated as a possible site of immune-mediated reproductive failure. The widespread testing of antiphospholipid, antinuclear, antithyroid, and antis...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Kallen CB,Arici A

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune based therapies for ovarian carcinoma continue to evolve. The current status of antibody, antibody conjugates, cytokine, cellular, and vaccine based immunotherapy is reviewed. Novel gene transfer strategies that will play an increasing important role in the evolution of immunotherapy are also discussed. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Vanderkwaak TJ,Alvarez RD

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Thyroid disorders are common in pregnancy and affect maternal and fetal outcome. RECENT FINDINGS:The reference values for normal thyroid function during first and second trimester had been re-evaluated recently. Hypothyroxinemia affects the neuropsychological development of the child. Maternal thyroi...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Gärtner R

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Therapeutics targeting the ErbB protein family receptors have not always yielded favorable or successful results in present cancer therapy. This review discusses the possibility of the clinical adaptation of targeting against heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor (HB-EGF), one of ...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Tsujioka H,Yotsumoto F,Hikita S,Ueda T,Kuroki M,Miyamoto S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 12 million women worldwide use the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (IUS), with approximately 180,000 users of this IUS currently reported in Austria. A patient satisfaction study of 591 women in Austria revealed a high number of 'very satisfied' (79%) and 'satisfied' (19%) patients. Reliabil...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Concin H,Bösch H,Hintermüller P,Hohlweg T,Mursch-Edlmayr G,Pinnisch B,Schmidl-Amann S,Schulz-Greinwald G,Unterlerchner D,Wagner T,Mattle V,Wildt L,Fiala C

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging represents a new method of imaging the pelvic viscera and pelvic floor musculature. Rapid sequences allow us to perform magnetic resonance imaging dynamically during straining or pelvic floor contraction, which can elegantly demonstrate the patterns of pelvic floor prolapse. The technique is...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Steiner RA,Healy JC

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Benefit of micronutrient supplementation on female fertility. RECENT FINDINGS:Reports of randomized trials are rare. Most studies are focused on multivitamin supplementations. For some micronutrients, a positive impact on fertility could be shown. This article reviews the available clinical studies a...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Buhling KJ,Grajecki D

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The principles of managed care are more difficult to apply to preventive medical treatments, such as hormone replacement therapy, than to the investigation and treatment of established disease. In addition to an ageing society with increased health demands, the use of hormone replacement therapy is increasing in most ...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Wardle PG

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To describe the current consensus regarding the modern management of ovarian endometriosis and summarize the recent evidence that led to a shift in the management recommendations. RECENT FINDINGS:The vast majority of the recent studies demonstrate an adverse effect of surgery on ovarian reserve marke...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Psaroudakis D,Hirsch M,Davis C

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Maternal mental health disorders, including anxiety and depression, are one of the most common obstetric complications, presenting in pregnancy and postpartum. RECENT FINDINGS:Maternal mental health disorders are associated with adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. Screening women in pregnancy and...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Yeaton-Massey A,Herrero T

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transvaginal ultrasonography is emerging as the newest method for the early detection of structural malformations and markers of chromosomal aberrations. According to a multicenter registry on the onset of fetal anomalies, many defects are potentially detectable at an early transvaginal scan. Moreover, cystic hygroma ...

journal_title：Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology

authors： Rottem S

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00