Mortality from pregnancy is underreported in official statistics to a varying extent, making assumptions on its level and causes, based only on these statistics, hazardous.
Coexisting ovarian cancer was found in 25 of young women with endometrial cancer, suggesting mandatory assessment of the adnexa in these patients.
Women beyond 40 weeks of gestation can safely attempt a vaginal birth after cesarean delivery; however, the risk of a failed trial of labor is increased.
Vaginal delivery caused significant trauma to the pubovisceral muscle in about 1 of 3 primiparous women, as evident on 3-dimensional pelvic floor ultrasonography.
Mesh infection, intractable vaginal mesh erosion, severe pain, and dyspareunia are severe complications after intravaginal slingplasty; the incidence of these complications is unknown.
Third- and fourth-degree perineal lacerations are accurately reported on hospital discharge abstracts; administrative data seem less useful for monitoring other in-hospital postpartum complications.
The risk for anal incontinence increases with age, menopause, obesity, parity, and the presence of stress urinary incontinence; cesarean delivery may protect against anal incontinence.
Universal thromboprophylaxis with pneumatic compression stockings after cesarean delivery results in the least number of postoperative thrombotic and bleeding episodes compared with other management strategies.
Both obesity and excessive weight gain during pregnancy decrease the likelihood of success for vaginal birth after cesarean.
Routine second-trimester ultrasonography detected more neural tube defects than did maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein and should be reassessed as a part of standard prenatal care.
If thyroid-stimulating hormone is measured during pregnancy, disease detection will be improved by adjusting for gestational age and fetal number.
Symptoms do not predict early pelvic organ prolapse; of pelvic floor symptoms, only obstructive urinary symptoms and feeling a bulge are associated with vaginal descensus.
The Stress/Urge Incontinence Questionnaire is a reproducible and valid tool that allows providers to quickly identify and quantify stress and urge urinary incontinence symptoms.
Vaginal pressure decreases after pudendal nerve blockade.
Preemptive pudendal nerve blockade does not affect postoperative pain intensity and consumption of narcotic analgesia after transvaginal pelvic reconstructive surgery.
Extrauterine and intrauterine survival advantages of Hispanic infants are reduced by increase in fetal number.
Twin pregnancies discordant for lower urinary tract obstruction are at high risk of perinatal death and premature delivery.
Proinflammatory cytokines do not cross normal term placenta in a dually perfused cotyledon ex vivo.
Between 1991 and 2001, analytic observational studies increased, anecdotal reports decreased, and statistical reporting improved in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Use of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system seems not to be associated with an increased rate of breast cancer.
Continuous infusion of big endothelin-1 decreases blood flow in most of the organs except the brain and the heart in fetal lambs.
A cooperative fetal therapy group could help set a national research agenda for trials by providing ethical guidelines and support for clinicians involved in these trials.
Postmenopausal women distressed by sexual dysfunction can be helped by gynecologists who can diagnose and offer treatments and/or referral for these problems.
Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of fetal Rhesus D is sensitive, accurate, and being incorporated into routine clinical care in the European Union.
Genital herpes frequently complicates pregnancy, is most commonly undiagnosed, and as such, requires special consideration to prevent vertical transmission.
Multiple melanocytic nevi may darken simultaneously during pregnancy and do not prompt the same alarm as do changes in a single nevus.
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