Use of cefuroxime in preventing postcesarean infection in high-risk patients.

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The study aimed to evaluate molecular changes related to trophoblast adhesion in placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorders. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 10 PAS cases in which both the trophoblast adherent site and the non-adherent site were identified was performed in April 2010 and March 2013. ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Matsukawa S,Sumigama S,Kotani T,Wang J,Miki R,Moriyama Y,Nakano T,Mano Y,Tsuda H,Tamakoshi K,Kikkawa F

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the qualitative (QL) and quantitative (QN) levels of betahCG in cervicovaginal secretions as predictors of preterm birth. METHODS:The study included 100 women. QL and QN assays were done with velocit kit and ELISA, respectively. RESULTS:A positive QL assay had sensitivity of 78%, specificity 95%,...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Rengaraj G,Guleria K,Suneja A,Gambhir JK

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiation therapy is a mainstay in the treatment of cervical cancer. However, most advanced and metastatic cervical cancers are resistant to radiation therapy because of the presence of cancer stem cells (CSCs). To date, no specific markers were found for cervical CSCs. METHODS:The fraction of CD44+/CD24+ c...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Zhang J,Chen X,Bian L,Wang Y,Liu H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penis and testicle amputation, vaginoplasty, and clitoroplasty are procedures that help male-to-female transsexuals to accept their body and to increase psychosocial well-being. We describe a successful correction of prolapse of the neovagina with abdominovaginal sacropexy in a male-to-female transsexual who had under...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Loverro G,Bettocchi C,Battaglia M,Cormio G,Selvaggi G,Di Tonno P,Selvaggi FP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast involvement in ovarian cancer is extremely rare. We report a case of solitary breast metastasis from ovarian carcinoma in a 43-year-old white woman, 3 months following diagnosis of ovarian cancer. The diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic aspects as well as a review of the literature of this uncommon site of m...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Cormio G,di Vagno G,Melilli GA,Loverro G,Cramarossa D,Selvaggi L

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decade of perinatal audit in the Maputo Central Hospital is reviewed with the objective of addressing the potential value of the audit process in monitoring the different constituents of morbidity and mortality in the perinatal period. The perinatal mortality showed a significant but transient change during the obse...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Bugalho A,Bergström S

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success rate after intraperitoneal insemination is also imputed to superovulation protocols. We report here the first case, to our knowledge, of pregnancy following intraperitoneal insemination during a natural cycle. ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Ragni G,Lombroso GC,Wyssling H,Perotti L,Cavioni C,Crosignani PG

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is a sex steroids-dependent disease. It has been postulated that certain genetic polymorphisms involved in sex steroids biosynthesis and metabolisms may be associated with increased risk of developing endometriosis. Despite a deluge of reports of positive associations of endometriosis with numerous polym...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Guo SW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To create awareness about a surgical technique termed bridge suture, which is performed as a pretreatment before a McDonald cerclage is performed on an emergency to treat severe cervical insufficiency. METHODS:Procedures for bridge suture were reviewed in detail and outcomes of 16 patients treated with brid...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Tanaka M,Hori Y,Shirafuji A,Kato M,Kato J,Kobayashi H,Tsuchida T,Fukae T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of methylergometrine maleate (methergin) on electrical and mechanical activities of pregnant human isthmic myometrium was examined. Methergin (10(-8)-10(-6) g/ml) enhanced plateau potential and contraction, however, the effects were not prominent. Plateau potential and contraction were also potentiated afte...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Kawarabayashi T,Kishikawa T,Sugimori H

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digoxin-like immunoreactive substance (DLIS) has been proposed to have a role in what seems to be the timely onset of labor. The relationship between the DLIS in patients with preterm labor and the success of tocolytic therapy with ritodrine and nifedipine has been studied. Using a commercially available radioimmunoas...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Yapar EG,Ayhan A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the fetal circulatory responses to maternal blood loss in pregnant women during the third trimester. Seven healthy women with placenta previa and singleton pregnancies underwent phlebotomies in an autologous donation program. Four hundred milliliters of blood was collected within 15 min at 34 and 35 weeks ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Suzuki S,Tateoka S,Yagi S,Ishikawa G,Ohshita T,Sawa R,Yoneyama Y,Asakura H,Araki T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study describes Kock's continent ileostomy in 2 females, both of whom were suffering from tubal infertility. Appropriate placement of the abdominal pouch, permitting in vitro fertilization embryo transfer treatment, was present in 1 patient. In the other patient, an ultrasonographic examination demonstrated the po...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Dor J,Shalev J,Shoham Z,Rabau M,Rudak E,Serr DM,Mashiach S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of collagen in the human uterine cervix decreases during pregnancy. This change contributes to the ripening process, which facilitates cervical dilatation during labor. It has been suggested that cervical collagen is partly degraded at term and after delivery. In order to evaluate this hypothesis we ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Uldbjerg N,Malmström A,Ekman G,Ulmsten U

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monochorionic triplet pregnancies are very rare. Here we report 2 cases of multiple pregnancies with monochorionic triplets following intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and day 3 embryo transfer. The 2 women concomitantly underwent controlled ovarian hyperstimulation due to male factor infertility. Following oocy...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Ulug U,Jozwiak EA,Mesut A,Bener F,Bahceci M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of spontaneous and methotrexate (MTX)-induced chromosome breakage was studied in individuals with a history of habitual abortions in whom a structural chromosomal aberration was found in a single cell during routine cytogenetic analysis. Twelve such individuals were selected because they were not under the in...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Velissariou V,Lyberatou E,Antonopoulou E,Polymilis C

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on plasma homocysteine and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels 46 healthy postmenopausal women were prospectively enrolled. HRT, which was either 0.625 mg/day conjugated equine estrogen (CEE) plus 2.5 mg/day medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) or 0.625 ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Yildirir A,Aybar F,Tokgozoglu L,Yarali H,Kabakci G,Bukulmez O,Sinici I,Oto A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantation of intrauterine devices (IUDs) is associated with an increased incidence of uterine infection, probably as a result of vaginal bacteria entering the uterus at the time of insertion. To reduce the incidence of IUD-related infections, the incorporation of antimicrobial agents into the tail of the device was...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Gard PR,Reynolds JP,Hanlon GW

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term effects of valproic acid (VPA) on reproductive endocrine functions in women with epilepsy (WWE) were studied. Serum reproductive hormone concentrations, clinical findings and ovarian morphology were analyzed in 71 WWE who had been receiving antiepileptic drugs (AED) for a minimum of 2 years. Of the 71 WW...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Gorkemli H,Genc BO,Dogan EA,Genc E,Ozdemir S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown a marked diurnal variation in the excretion of cortisol and 6 beta-hydroxycortisol at 36-38 weeks pregnancy with no variation in estrogen excretion. Since others have shown a reciprocal relationship between plasma levels of estriol and cortisol at 30-35 weeks of pregnancy, we decided to determ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： YoungLai EV,Hunter DJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A factor present in the serum of pregnant women is able to inhibit nonspecifically a cellular cytotoxicity reaction. This glycoprotein called P4, is an alpha-globulin whose molecular weight is 200,000 daltons bound to albumin. Its isoelectric point is 4.1. By its various characteristics, P4 seems different from other ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Fizet D,Bousquet J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:A phase II study was conducted to assess the activity and toxicity of weekly docetaxel in patients with advanced or recurrent cancer of the cervix. METHODS:Eligible patients were required to have measurable disease with adequate performance status, bone marrow, renal and hepatic function. Patients were...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Pearl ML,Johnston CM,McMeekin DS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We immunohistologically studied the hepatic tissue sections in cases with the syndrome of hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (HELLP syndrome; n = 2) and acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP; n = 2) compared to necropsy controls. Unlike in the AFLP cases, a marked infiltration of neutrophils in liver ...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Halim A,Kanayama N,El Maradny E,Maehara K,Takahashi A,Nosaka K,Fukuo S,Amamiya A,Kobayashi T,Terao T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was determination and comparative analysis of the maternal and umbilical cord sCD40L serum levels in pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia with and without intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and in normotensive pregnancies. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study was carried out on 16 pat...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Laskowska M,Laskowska K,Leszczyńska-Gorzelak B,Oleszczuk J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Vulvar cancer is a rare disease. In western European countries, the incidence is 1.2 cases per 100,000 women/year. The aim of this study was to analyze the management and disease-free survival (DFS) of vulvar cancer among European countries. METHODS:An international multicenter retrospective study including patie...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Iacoponi S,Zapardiel I,VULCAN Study Collaborative Group.

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hysteroscopic surgery is widely used for the treatment of patients suffering from menorrhagia. In different studies, pretreatment of the endometrium with GnRH analogues (GnRH-a) prior to endometrial ablation has been reported to increase the success rate, as well as to reduce the menstrual blood flow, accounting for a...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Römer T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIM:To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of postoperative depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) versus postoperative continuous oral contraceptive (OC) pills in the treatment of endometriosis-associated pain. METHODS:After a conservative surgery, 84 patients with symptomatic endometriosis were rando...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Cheewadhanaraks S,Choksuchat C,Dhanaworavibul K,Liabsuetrakul T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the clinical and prognostic significance of human papillomavirus (HPV) in a Chinese population of cervical cancers. METHODS:We studied 121 cervical cancer tissue samples from patients treated at our hospital. Identification and typing of HPV were done by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using c...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Lo KW,Cheung TH,Chung TK,Wang VW,Poon JS,Li JC,Lam P,Wong YF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The theory that the Th1 and Th2 cell ratio shifts towards Th2 dominance during pregnancy may improve fetal survival has gained support from recent studies. Also, the variation in the Th1/Th2 cell ratio is reportedly associated with intrauterine growth retardation and preeclampsia. On the basis of these findings, the a...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Hoshimoto K,Ohta N,Ohkura T,Inaba N

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate alterations in maternal circulating angiogenin levels with advancing gestation and to assess the effect of labor stress on serum angiogenin levels in neonates delivered vaginally and by cesarean section. METHODS:The maternal circulating angiogenin concentrations were compared in 37 normotensive n...

journal_title：Gynecologic and obstetric investigation

authors： Hayashi K,Yanagihara T,Hata T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00