Complications and risk factors associated with the removal of Norplant implants.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Opportunistic salpingectomy at the time of hysterectomy is currently recommended to reduce the lifetime risk of ovarian cancer. The vaginal route is least invasive, but surgeons sometimes may choose to perform this procedure laparoscopically or robotically when anticipating adnexal surgery as a result of lim...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Giraudet G,Rubod C,Collinet P,Cosson M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous, transcatheter Gelfoam embolization of the hypogastric arteries was utilized in a patient to control vaginal hemorrhage secondary to far-advanced carcinoma of the cervix. The advantages of this method are outlined, and consideration of its use is recommended for patients in similar situations. The various...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Smith DC,Wyatt JF

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common, benign condition in women. For many women it can cause vaginal bulge and pressure, voiding dysfunction, defecatory dysfunction, and sexual dysfunction, which may adversely affect quality of life. Women in the United States have a 13% lifetime risk of undergoing surgery for POP ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors：

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recognition of the 100 anniversary of women's suffrage, we reviewed the difficulties reformists overcame in passing the 19th Amendment and discuss the similarities to current challenges in providing evidence-based, affordable, accessible women's health care. Many current health care problems arise from systemic, no...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Leininger WM,Gupta P

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare satisfaction with and adherence to the contraceptive vaginal ring and a daily low-dose oral contraceptive pill (OCP) among college and graduate students using a novel method of electronic data collection. METHODS:We randomly assigned 273 women to the contraceptive vaginal ring (n=136) or OCP (n=1...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Gilliam ML,Neustadt A,Kozloski M,Mistretta S,Tilmon S,Godfrey E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum measurements of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) for pregnancy tests are now positive at very low levels (25 mIU/mL). Sonography is the diagnostic method of choice for patients with the possibility of intrauterine trophoblastic disease. A case is reported in which ultrasound confused an ovarian neopl...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Roberts DK,Wells MM,Horbelt DV

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To estimate, from the literature, when nonlactating postpartum women regain fertility. DATA SOURCES:We searched PubMed and Cochrane Library databases for all articles (in all languages) published in peer-reviewed journals from database inception through May 2010 for evidence related to the return of ovulati...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Jackson E,Glasier A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the effect of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the clinical course of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). METHODS:Women hospitalized with PID at an urban hospital serving a population at high risk for HIV were studied cross-sectionally. Data abstracted from medical records of 349 wo...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Barbosa C,Macasaet M,Brockmann S,Sierra MF,Xia Z,Duerr A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study of 209 vulvar cancer patients and 348 community controls allowed assessment of risk factors for this rare tumor. As with cervical cancer, risk increased with the number of reported lifetime sexual partners, with five or more partners associated with two- to threefold increases in risk compared wit...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Brinton LA,Nasca PC,Mallin K,Baptiste MS,Wilbanks GD,Richart RM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of combination gefitinib and methotrexate to treat ectopic pregnancy. METHODS:We performed a phase I, single-arm (nonrandomized), open-label study. Twelve women with ectopic pregnancies were administered methotrexate (50 mg/m, intramuscular) and 250 mg oral...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Skubisz MM,Horne AW,Johns TG,Nilsson UW,Duncan WC,Wallace EM,Critchley HOD,Tong S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of fetal bradycardia associated with severe maternal hypothermia (92.9F) is reported. Until maternal temperature was corrected, the baseline fetal heart rate (FHR) remained between 90-110 beats per minute without other evidence of fetal distress and despite normal maternal blood pressure and pulse. With rewarmi...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Jadhon ME,Main EK

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish nomograms of fetal ear measurements. Newborns with trisomies have smaller ears than the normal population. This observation led us to believe that ear measurements might be useful in the antenatal prediction of fetuses with abnormal karyotypes. METHODS:Fetal ear length and width were obtained ul...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Shimizu T,Salvador L,Allanson J,Hughes-Benzie R,Nimrod C

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effectiveness of a physician-based intervention to promote smoking cessation during pregnancy, we conducted this randomized controlled trial in the resident-staffed prenatal clinics at the University of North Carolina Women's Hospital . Two hundred fifty prenatal patients who smoked were enrolled at th...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hartmann KE,Thorp JM Jr,Pahel-Short L,Koch MA

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether myo-inositol supplementation, an insulin sensitizer, reduces the rate of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and lowers insulin resistance in obese pregnant women. METHODS:In an open-label, randomized trial, myo-inositol (2 g plus 200 micrograms folic acid twice a day) or placebo (200 mic...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： D'Anna R,Di Benedetto A,Scilipoti A,Santamaria A,Interdonato ML,Petrella E,Neri I,Pintaudi B,Corrado F,Facchinetti F

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 4-S modification of the Roeder knot may be tied laparoscopically as a single-throw knot. TECHNIQUE:It is tied by adding a fourth wrap around the suture loop and securing the loop in place with a square knot rather than a single half-hitch. EXPERIENCE:We have used this knot in laparoscopic surgeries for...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sharp HT,Dorsey JH

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a 5-year experience with 27 patients who had confirmed intrauterine scars at hysteroscopy, all of whom underwent resection of the scar. Of the 27, 14 became pregnant at least once, and 13 did not conceive. Hysteroscopic and hysterographic evidence of intrauterine scar was in general more severe in...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Neuwirth RS,Hussein AR,Schiffman BM,Amin HK

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of low-dose mifepristone on quality of life, pain, bleeding, and uterine size among women with symptomatic leiomyomata. METHODS:Forty-two women with symptomatic uterine leiomyomata and uterine volume of 160 mL or more were randomized to mifepristone, 5 mg daily, or placebo for 26 weeks. ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Fiscella K,Eisinger SH,Meldrum S,Feng C,Fisher SG,Guzick DS

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of high-fiber diet on constipation in women with pelvic floor disorders. METHODS:This was a study of a prospective cohort of 41 consecutive women presenting to a tertiary care facility for pelvic floor disorders with a complaint of constipation from March 2005 to September of 2005. Pati...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Shariati A,Maceda JS,Hale DS

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination chemotherapy has dramatically improved the results of treatment for embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the vagina in children, but little attention has been directed toward vaginal sarcomas in adults. This report of 17 cases of primary sarcoma of the adult vagina includes ten leiomyosarcomas, four mixed mesoder...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Peters WA 3rd,Kumar NB,Andersen WA,Morley GW

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to examine prescribing patterns (prevalence and rates of initiation and discontinuation) for estrogen plus progestin (hormone therapy [HT] and estrogen alone [ET]) in the United States in the 2 years before the published results of Women's Health Initiative's (WHI) HT trial's early termination and f...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Buist DS,Newton KM,Miglioretti DL,Beverly K,Connelly MT,Andrade S,Hartsfield CL,Wei F,Chan KA,Kessler L

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a five-year period, 2815 patients undergoing 5685 fetal heart rate (FHR) tests produced 147 positive contraction stress tests. Baseline FHR patterns were considered reactive if three or more accelerations occurred during 30 minutes of the contraction stress test and nonreactive if fewer or no accelerations were...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Devoe LD

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the null hypothesis that there are no differences in incidence of perineal and vaginal lacerations in primiparous black and white women. METHODS:We reviewed University of Michigan Hospital delivery records, from July 1996 to December 1998, of black and white women 18 years and older and at least 35 w...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Howard D,Davies PS,DeLancey JO,Small Y

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To address the serious and seemingly intractable problem of preterm birth, the Surgeon General's Conference on the Prevention of Preterm Birth convened many of the country's experts from the public and private sectors of research, public health, and health care delivery to discuss preventive strategies. The purpose of...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ashton DM,Lawrence HC 3rd,Adams NL 3rd,Fleischman AR

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Singleton neonates born after in vitro fertilization (IVF) are at increased risk for low birth weight, preterm delivery, or both. We sought to assess whether the alteration of the peri-implantation maternal environment resulting from ovarian stimulation may contribute to increased risk of low birth weight in ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kalra SK,Ratcliffe SJ,Coutifaris C,Molinaro T,Barnhart KT

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the rate of live birth and the duration of survival after termination of pregnancy without feticide. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective analysis of 241 terminations of pregnancy without feticide for fetal anomalies or genetic abnormalities between 20 0/7 and 24 0/7 weeks of gestation at a singl...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Springer S,Gorczyca ME,Arzt J,Pils S,Bettelheim D,Ott J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 40-year-old woman presented to her gynecologist with an apparent unilateral neuropathy of the lateral cutaneous femoral nerve of the thigh (meralgia paresthetica). On examination, the sensory disturbance extended outside the usual distribution of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, suggesting a more proximal lumbar...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Suber DA,Massey EW

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complications after drainage of Bartholin gland abscesses in pregnancy are rare. CASE:A 29-year-old primigravid at 35 weeks of gestation with dichorionic-diamniotic twins underwent Bartholin gland abscess drainage. Afterward, she reported shoulder pain and became febrile. Examination revealed maternal and f...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kelly JC,Jia X,Vindenes T,Urato AC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective, double blind study was initiated to compare flow cytometry to cytopathology in detecting malignant cells within peritoneal washings. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) histograms were generated using 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) as a DNA fluorochrome. Evaluation of these data revealed a correlation of ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Lovecchio JL,Budman DR,Susin M,Grueneberg D,Fenton AN

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the incidence and identify the risk factors for pelvic organ prolapse repair after hysterectomy. METHODS:We conducted a case-control study. We identified 6,214 women who underwent hysterectomy in our gynecology department from 1982 to 2002. Cases (n=114) were women who required pelvic organ prola...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Dällenbach P,Kaelin-Gambirasio I,Dubuisson JB,Boulvain M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cortical blindness is characterized by loss of vision in the presence of intact anterior visual pathways. Anton syndrome, a form of anosognosia, is a rare complication of cortical blindness involving compromise of the visual association centers, with resulting patient denial of blindness. Both syndromes have...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Argenta PA,Morgan MA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00