Practice Bulletin No. 161 Summary: External Cephalic Version.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the shared experiences of miscarriage using a qualitative analysis of social media posts on Instagram. METHODS:We performed this qualitative study by collecting text, photos, hashtags, and emoji from 200 Instagram posts on five arbitrarily selected days in 2019. Key eligibility criteria included p...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Mercier RJ,Senter K,Webster R,Henderson Riley A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation of uterine leiomyomas with a new Federal Drug Administration (FDA)-approved device, a device that delivers radiofrequency energy, is a novel procedure that aims to meet patient and physician demand for effective, minimally invasive leiomyoma treatment. However, as a new procedure, ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Waetjen LE,Parvataneni R,Varon S,Saberi NS,Jacoby VL,University of California Fibroid Network (UCFN).

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bleeding angiomyolipomas in pregnancy are rare but may be devastating and potentially fatal. In previous cases, most of these lesions have been managed with urgent nephrectomy or embolization. Only one other case report describes treating these lesions through conservative management and vaginal delivery. C...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Storm DW,Mowad JJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the risk of Bartholin gland carcinoma in postmenopausal women. METHODS:A referral patient population from a tertiary care cancer center and a hospital-based regional tumor registry was used in a case-control and retrospective cohort study. We searched for data on any discharge diagnosis or procedur...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Visco AG,Del Priore G

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chylous ascites is a rare phenomenon caused by extravasation of chyle from the lymphatic system. In Western countries, the majority of adult cases are due to occlusion of the lymphatics secondary to a lymphoma or other malignancy. CASE:A middle-aged woman with reports of fecal urgency, incomplete bowel evac...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Ward RM,Rardin CR

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vulvodynia is a complex and multifactorial clinical condition with severe pain that occurs in the absence of visible infectious, inflammatory, neoplastic, or neurological findings. CASE:A 35-year-old woman with 3 years of dysesthetic vulvodynia tried conventional and interventional medical treatment with in...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： De Andres J,Sanchis-Lopez N,Asensio-Samper JM,Fabregat-Cid G,Dolz VM

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This month we focus on current research in human papillomavirus-related lower anogenital tract disease prevention and screening. Dr. Boardman discusses four recent publications, which are concluded with a "bottom line" that is the take-home message. The complete reference for each can be found in on this page, along w...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Boardman LA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of ginger for the treatment of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. METHODS:Women with nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, who first attended an antenatal clinic at or before 17 weeks' gestation, were invited to participate in the study. During a 5-month period, 70 eligible women ga...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Vutyavanich T,Kraisarin T,Ruangsri R

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify independent risk factors for endometrial neoplasia in women with abnormal perimenopausal or postmenopausal bleeding and to use those factors to develop and test a predictive model. METHODS:We conducted a case-control study of women with abnormal perimenopausal or postmenopausal bleeding who had e...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Weber AM,Belinson JL,Piedmonte MR

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the importance of circumcision in the religious history of Western civilization provides an insight into why the surgical procedure is still so prevalent today. Circumcision appears as a motif in the religious literature of Western civilization throughout the ages. The history of the Jewish faith can be ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Waszak SJ

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare a "no touch" approach to diagnostic hysteroscopy without anesthesia with traditional diagnostic hysteroscopy after intracervical injection of mepivacaine hydrochloride 3%. METHODS:A total of 130 women undergoing diagnostic hysteroscopy were included in the study and were randomized, using a comput...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Sagiv R,Sadan O,Boaz M,Dishi M,Schechter E,Golan A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) lipodystrophy syndrome consists of insulin resistance, hyperlipidemia, increased waist-to-hip ratios, and relative hyperandrogenemia, which resembles polycystic ovary syndrome. CASE:A 30-year-old HIV-positive multipara with lipodystrophy syndrome had an elevated level of s...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Dahan MH,Lyle LN,Wolfsen A,Chang RJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare persistent ectopic pregnancy after laparoscopic salpingostomy versus salpingostomy at laparotomy for the treatment of intact ampullary ectopic pregnancy. METHODS:We reviewed the medical records of 157 patients who had undergone salpingostomy for intact ampullary ectopic pregnancy at Yale-New Haven...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Seifer DB,Gutmann JN,Grant WD,Kamps CA,DeCherney AH

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To address the question of when to perform an appendectomy in the surgical treatment of endometriosis, a series of 500 consecutive appendectomies was reviewed. In 104 patients with pelvic endometriosis who were undergoing appendectomy, the appendix was a relatively common (13%) extragenital site of endometriosis. Gros...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Pittaway DE

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate trends in postpartum glucose testing in a cohort of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). METHODS:A validated computerized algorithm using Kaiser Permanente Northwest automated data systems identified 36,251 live births or stillbirths from 1999 through 2006. The annual percentage of pre...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Dietz PM,Vesco KK,Callaghan WM,Bachman DJ,Bruce FC,Berg CJ,England LJ,Hornbrook MC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were conducted in 343 women on the clinical utility of the newly developed tumor-associated mucin-type glycoprotein, CA 54/61, as a tumor marker in serum for ovarian cancer. The overall positivity rate of the new marker was 60%, lower than the rate of 88% obtained with CA 125 measured concurrently. Concerning ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Suzuki M,Sekiguchi I,Tamada T

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the use of middle cerebral arterial Doppler findings in a group of high-risk fetuses as a predictor of adverse perinatal outcome, including subsequent neurologic handicap. METHODS:A group of very high-risk fetuses was recruited over a 2-year period for study. Weekly fetal biometries and Doppler stud...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Chan FY,Pun TC,Lam P,Lam C,Lee CP,Lam YH

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The male sexual partners of 34 women with cervical condyloma or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) were examined for penile condylomata and/or urinary tract lesions. External lesions were detected in 18 (53%) of the male consorts of women with cervical lesions including 14 of 22 whose consorts had cervical condy...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Levine RU,Crum CP,Herman E,Silvers D,Ferenczy A,Richart RM

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A pregnancy with Gorham disease (massive osteolysis syndrome) is described. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a pregnancy associated with this disease. CASE:A 25-year-old woman was seen for pre-conception counseling with the diagnosis of Gorham disease. Before pregnancy, magnetic resonanc...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Porter KB,O'Brien WF,Towsley G,Cates JD,Watts DB

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slips of the tongue are common and often amusing phonic errors. Although surely not the first speaker to make such transpositions, W.A. Spooner (1844-1930) was well known for them and was the source of the eponym, "Spoonerism." Several of his noted slips are presented along with a whimsical obstetric presentation. ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Gibbs RS

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether severe preeclampsia is associated with genetic thrombophilic mutations or other types of thrombophilia. METHODS:A case-control study compared 63 consecutive women with severe preeclampsia evaluated at our institution between November 1997 and April 1999 with 126 control women matched for...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kupferminc MJ,Fait G,Many A,Gordon D,Eldor A,Lessing JB

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to relate the risk of antepartum stillbirth to uterine artery Doppler flow velocimetry at 22-24 weeks. METHODS:Data were available from 30,519 unselected women from seven units in the UK who had uterine artery Doppler performed between 22 and 24 weeks of gestation. The risk of stillbirth (n=109) wa...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Smith GC,Yu CK,Papageorghiou AT,Cacho AM,Nicolaides KH,Fetal Medicine Foundation Second Trimester Screening Group.

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major advances have been made in understanding the epidemiology and biology of the hepatitis B virus. Two particular developments--hepatitis B immune globulin and a new hepatitis B virus vaccine--are of special interest to obstetricians, gynecologists, and others who provide health care to women. The appropriate use o...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Baker DA,Polk BF

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To discuss the major issues involved in the consistent and effective use of barrier methods of contraception. DATA SOURCES:Major research and review articles on barrier methods published within the last 10 years were considered. One major source of articles was Family Planning Perspectives. METHODS OF STUD...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Beckman LJ,Harvey SM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A spontaneous fall in the radioimmunoassay for the beta subunit of hCG to less than 2 mIU/mL documents regression of hydatidiform mole following evacuation of a molar pregnancy. Continued negative hCG levels for the year after evacuation indicates the absence of risk for persistent gestational trophoblastic ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Elmer DB,Granai CO,Ball HG,Curry SL

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obstetric hospitalist and the obstetric and gynecologic hospitalist evolved in response to diverse forces in medicine, including the need for leadership on labor and delivery units, an increasing emphasis on quality and safety in obstetrics and gynecology, the changing demographics of the obstetric and gynecologic...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： McCue B,Fagnant R,Townsend A,Morgan M,Gandhi-List S,Colegrove T,Stosur H,Olson R,Meyer K,Lin A,Tessmer-Tuck J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of body mass index (BMI) and operative time and perioperative morbidity after hysterectomy and determine whether the association varies among abdominal, laparoscopic, and vaginal approaches. METHODS:Data abstracted from the American College of Surgeons National Safety and Quality I...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Shah DK,Vitonis AF,Missmer SA

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：:In a patient with Nelson's syndrome, elevated peripheral concentrations of androgens usually associated with neoplasm prompted ovarian vein catheterization. Androgen excess was limited to the right ovary. However, laparotomy revealed bilateral multiple paraovarian nodules with histologic appearance of adrenocortical t...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Wild RA,Albert RD,Zaino RJ,Abrams CS

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An umbilical artery aneurysm is an extremely rare lesion. The purpose of this report is to describe the prenatal sonographic characteristics of such a lesion and potential obstetric complications. CASE:A 26-year-old woman, gravida 2, para 1, at 30 weeks' gestation was referred for an ultrasound examination ...

journal_title：Obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Siddiqi TA,Bendon R,Schultz DM,Miodovnik M

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00