abstract：:We treated five patients with stenosing lichen planus [LP] of the vulvovaginal region with methotrexate supplemented with ultrapotent corticosteroid cream and tacrolimus, in combination with surgical dilatation. All patients experienced long-term symptom relief, and there was only minimal or moderate re-stenosing of t...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Kortekangas-Savolainen O,Kiilholma P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With advancing age, the postural balance function deteriorates as a consequence of decreased functional capacity. Deteriorating balance is a risk factor for bone fractures due to increased risks of falls. It has been suggested that the loss of estrogen, which occurs in relation to the menopause, may be associated with...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Bergström I,Landgren BM,Pyykkö I

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was undertaken to evaluate the quality of ultrasound estimation of fetal weight when performed by midwives experienced in ultrasound examinations. We also examined whether the accuracy was affected by fetal presentation, twin pregnancy or birth weight category. The results of 5 different formulas ...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Mattsson N,Rosendahl H,Luukkaala T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Midwives in Sweden are responsible for taking Papanicolaou (Pap) smears as part of the cervical cancer screening program. The aim of this study was to investigate midwives knowledge, experience and management of the cervical cancer screening program, and their apprehension of women's knowledge about Pap-smea...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Ideström M,Milsom I,Andersson-Ellström A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To compare neonatal and maternal outcomes for breech first twins according to whether vaginal or cesarean delivery was planned and to verify that in appropriate selected cases, attempted vaginal delivery is a reasonable choice. METHODS:A retrospective study of all twin pregnancies with the first twin in bre...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Sentilhes L,Goffinet F,Talbot A,Diguet A,Verspyck E,Cabrol D,Marpeau L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of an Arias-Stella reaction in an adenomyomatous polyp of the endometrium found in the first trimester of pregnancy. A 33-year-old Japanese woman, gravida 1, para 1, presented for an initial prenatal examination at 6-week gestation; ultrasound revealed a myoma-like solid mass in the cervical ca...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Sato H,Nanjo H,Tanaka H,Tanaka T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study of women who had undergone an emergency caesarean section (EmCS), the aim was to examine the associations between, on the one hand, the new mother's sense of coherence (SOC) and obstetric and demographic variables a few days postpartum, and on the other hand, post-traumatic stress symptoms 3 mo...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Tham V,Christensson K,Ryding EL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Various outcomes have been described during pregnancy and among infants born to women after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments. This mini-review summarises recent population-based Swedish studies about the short- and long-term effects of IVF on the infant and child, and also comments on disturbances of ...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Nygren KG,Finnström O,Källén B,Olausson PO

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Worldwide rising cesarean section rates over the past decades have caused much concern. Studies on the association between cesarean section and maternal social background have reported conflicting results. METHODS:A cohort study, comprising 837,312 birth order one deliveries notified to the population-based...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Tollånes MC,Thompson JM,Daltveit AK,Irgens LM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increase in the numbers of women fearing childbirth and requesting cesarean sections call for new forms of antenatal treatment. METHODS:Finnish nulliparous women experiencing severe fear of childbirth (experimental group, n = 102) attended 5 group sessions with a psychologist, once together with a midwi...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Saisto T,Toivanen R,Salmela-Aro K,Halmesmäki E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the relationship between the severity of dysmenorrhea and endometrioma. METHODS:Descriptive study with prospective design. Two hundred and thirty-nine women with histologically proved endometriomas. The severity of dysmenorrhea was assessed prospectively with a 10-cm visual analog scale. Various...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Chopin N,Ballester M,Borghese B,Fauconnier A,Foulot H,Malartic C,Chapron C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aims of the study were to assess anxiety and depression in women who had experienced either a miscarriage or an induced abortion, to compare the women's level of distress with that of a general population sample, and to find predictors of anxiety and depression six months and five years after the event. ...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Broen AN,Moum T,Bödtker AS,Ekeberg O

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Description of incidence, clinical signs, symptoms, and consequences of eclampsia in Scandinavia, and assessment of substandard care and potential preventability. METHODS:A descriptive cohort study including all women giving birth in a 2-year period (mid-1998-mid-2000) in Scandinavia. Notifications of eclam...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Andersgaard AB,Herbst A,Johansen M,Ivarsson A,Ingemarsson I,Langhoff-Roos J,Henriksen T,Straume B,Oian P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anemia in pregnancy contributes to poor outcome for mother and child in low-income countries. This study analyzes adverse maternal and fetal outcome after severe anemia in pregnancy in rural Ghana. METHODS:A cohort study in two (sub)district hospitals, including 157 pregnant women exposed to severe anemia (...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Geelhoed D,Agadzi F,Visser L,Ablordeppey E,Asare K,O'Rourke P,Van Leeuwen JS,Van Roosmalen J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim was to describe the short- and long-term results of treatment for urinary incontinence (UI) in women using the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure at a single unit and to identify factors predictive of successful outcome. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Consecutive female patients (n = 707) treated for U...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Ankardal M,Heiwall B,Lausten-Thomsen N,Carnelid J,Milsom I

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adult granulosa cell tumor of the ovary is an uncommon neoplasm. The overall prognosis is favorable. The prognostic factors that are related to survival have not been well defined and are discussed in the literature amidst controversy. METHODS:Thirty-five patients diagnosed with adult granulosa cell tumor o...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Kim YM,Jung MH,Kim KR,Kim JH,Kim YT,Nam JH,Mok JE

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive bleeding is one of the major threats to women at childbirth. The aim of this study was to validate estimation of blood loss during delivery. METHODS:Bleeding was estimated after 29 elective cesarean sections and 26 vaginal deliveries and compared to blood loss measured by extraction of hemoglobin ...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Larsson C,Saltvedt S,Wiklund I,Pahlen S,Andolf E

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have examined smoking prior to pregnancy and the occurrence of spontaneous abortion, as most studies have addressed the risk of spontaneous abortion in relation to smoking during pregnancy. However, results are not entirely consistent. The aim of the present study was to assess the risk of sponta...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Nielsen A,Hannibal CG,Lindekilde BE,Tolstrup J,Frederiksen K,Munk C,Bergholt T,Buss L,Ottesen B,Grønbaek M,Kjaer SK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In women complaining of a wide vagina and decreased sexual satisfaction we performed colporrhaphy--including perineoplasty in most cases. METHODS:Between November 2003 and October 2004, a total of 53 patients were selected for operation at the Urogynecology and Vaginal Surgery Unit, Las Condes Clinic, Chile...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Pardo JS,Solà VD,Ricci PA,Guiloff EF,Freundlich OK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rate of cesarean section (CS) is increasing in Sweden as well as in most of the industrialized world. One of the most common indications for emergency CS is protracted labor. To what extent fetal pelvic disproportion is a cause of protracted labor is unclear. The value of pelvimetry has been questioned. ...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Stålberg K,Bodestedt A,Lyrenäs S,Axelsson O

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To estimate the effect of vesicoamniotic shunting using a double-basket catheter on treating fetal bladder outlet obstruction. METHODS:A retrospective study involving 8 prenatally diagnosed bladder outlet obstruction cases that underwent vesicoamniotic shunt placement using a double-basket catheter from 199...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Won HS,Kim SK,Shim JY,Lee PR,Kim A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This case-control study was performed to evaluate whether adding first-trimester maternal serum testing to nuchal translucency measurement would improve the antenatal detection of Down's syndrome and decrease the number of women offered fetal karyotyping. METHODS:In the Swedish Nuchal Translucency Trial (th...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Marsk A,Grunewald C,Saltvedt S,Valentin L,Almström H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a lack of established treatment for Chronic pelvic pain (CPP), defined as acyclic pain of at least six months duration. We decided to study the pain-alleviating effects of stretching on defined structures in women with CPP, and the treatment's impact on quality of life variables. DESIGN OF STUDY:An...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Heyman J,Ohrvik J,Leppert J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The accuracy of ultrasound in the diagnosis of congenital malformations has been the subject of many studies. Most of these are hospital-based studies over a limited period of years presenting high detection rates and also relatively high incidence of major malformations. We present here a large population-b...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Nikkilä A,Rydhstroem H,Källén B,Jörgensen C

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the study was to assess the impact of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure as anti-incontinence surgery on patients' urinary symptoms and quality of life. METHODS:Ninety-eight patients participated in the study. All patients were operated for urodynamic stress incontinence with the TVT proce...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Bakas P,Liapis A,Giner M,Creatsas G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare antenatal diagnoses with autopsy findings in pregnancies terminated after ultrasound detection of fetal anomalies. A second aim was to study the quality of antenatal fetal diagnosis over time. DESIGN:Retrospective, multicenter study over two consecutive six-year periods in Uppsala and Stockholm. ...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Amini H,Antonsson P,Papadogiannakis N,Ericson K,Pilo C,Eriksson L,Westgren M,Axelsson O

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine whether adequate trophoblastic migration and maternal placental perfusion occurs in cases of early pregnancy loss, we compared vessels in elective abortion decidua with those in spontaneous abortion decidua. METHODS:Elective abortion decidua at 5-11 weeks (n = 40) were compared with spontaneous...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Gun BD,Numanoglu G,Ozdamar SO

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the occurrence of spontaneous abortion, comparing two different data sources. To estimate the rate of spontaneous abortion over a 2-year period, and examine potential predictors of the risk for incident spontaneous abortion. METHODS:We used interview data from a population-based prospective cohort ...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Buss L,Tolstrup J,Munk C,Bergholt T,Ottesen B,Grønbaek M,Kjaer SK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze whether leptin levels of the amniotic fluid elevate during early pregnancy in women destined to develop preeclampsia and to evaluate the relationship between amniotic fluid leptin levels and gestational age, maternal body mass index, and fetal sex. STUDY DESIGN:Leptin levels of the amniotic fluid ...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Chan TF,Su JH,Chung YF,Hsu YH,Yeh YT,Yuan SS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Legal abortion is a recurrent part of gynecologists' work. The aim of the study was to describe Swedish gynecologists' clinical and emotional experiences when working in abortion care. Further aims were to elucidate their perception of women's motives for having an abortion as well as looking for possible de...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Hammarstedt M,Lalos A,Wulff M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No population-based study has evaluated the effects of third trimester ultrasound screening on prognosis. OBJECTIVE:To study the effects of routine ultrasound screening in the third trimester on perinatal/infant mortality, prevalence of small for gestational age infants (SGA) and low Apgar score. STUDY DES...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Sylvan K,Ryding EL,Rydhstroem H

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the sensitivity for detecting fetal congenital anomalies by a routine ultrasound examination program at midtrimester performed in an unselected population by midwives and specialists in obstetrics and gynecology. METHODS:Six hundred seventy-six of the pregnancies had the midtrimester ultrasound ex...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Nakling J,Backe B

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is well known that a large proportion of first-trimester spontaneous abortions is caused by chromosomal disorders. The present study represents a unique material and the success rate of the karyotyping was high. METHODS:Chromosomal analysis from chorionic villus sampling of 259 of 304 consecutive first-t...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Ljunger E,Cnattingius S,Lundin C,Annerén G

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of pain from episiotomy or from tearing of perineal tissues during childbirth is often unapplied, although discomfort may be severe. We performed a randomized double-blind controlled trial to compare the effectiveness and side-effects of two analgesics in the management of postpartum perineal p...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Facchinetti F,Casini ML,Costabile L,Malavasi B,Unfer V

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Nordic countries are well-known high-incidence areas of ovarian cancer, but even within the Nordic countries, differences exist. METHODS:Focus in this descriptive epidemiological study is to assess developments in incidence and mortality of ovarian cancer in Denmark 1978-2002 and to make a comparison wi...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Kjaerbye-Thygesen A,Huusom LD,Frederiksen K,Kjaer SK

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this cross-sectional study, we analyze whether foreign-born women in Sweden had more non-normal childbirths than Swedish-born women during 1996-1998, adjusting for age, parity, level of education, number of antenatal care visits, and complications in pregnancy. METHODS:The study includes 215 497 singleto...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Robertson E,Malmström M,Johansson SE

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Modifications to the classic cesarean section technique described by Pfannenstiel and Kerr have been proposed in the last few years. The objective of this trial was to compare intraoperative and short-term postoperative outcomes between the Pfannenstiel-Kerr and the modified Misgav-Ladach (MML) techniques fo...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Xavier P,Ayres-De-Campos D,Reynolds A,Guimarães M,Costa-Santos C,Patrício B

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background. Low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) is recommended for venous thrombosis prophylaxis. There are several lines of evidence that heparins exhibit anti-inflammatory properties in addition to their anticoagulant activity. Therefore, we decided to estimate the concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP) and hapt...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Maciejczyk-Pencuła M,Polak G,Kotarski J

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are two known polymorphisms of clinical relevance in the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) receptor exon 10, alanine or threonine at position 307, and asparagine or serine at position 680, giving rise to two discrete allelic variants: Thr307/Asn680 and Ala307/Ser680. At position 680, three FSH recepto...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Falconer H,Andersson E,Aanesen A,Fried G

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interventions that may help shorten the duration of pregnancy in an African setting where facilities for fetal monitoring in post-term pregnancy are limited, and induction is not without its hazards, are needed. AIM:To determine whether outpatient administration of intravaginal misoprostol safely decreases ...

journal_title：Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica

authors： Oboro VO,Tabowei TO

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00