Decision analysis using known medical risks shows that concurrent hysterectomy is cost-effective and slightly enhances life expectancy at the expense of increased short-term morbidity.
The survival difference between African-American and white women with gynecologic cancer at our institution is largely due to stage and insurance status.
Much of the racial disparity in endometrial cancer survival is attributable to differences in stage at diagnosis, tumor characteristics, treatment, and other known prognostic factors.
Microinvasive squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is angiogenic, whereas squamous cell carcinoma in situ is not.
The height of excision and a totally endocervical lesion are independent factors associated with cervical stenosis after loop excision or laser conization.
Low-dose oral contraceptive use is not associated with increased risk of myocardial infarction in young women who have no risk factors for coronary heart disease.
Vital statistics from the United States, Sweden, and Japan suggest that oral-contraceptive use is not associated with an increased risk of primary liver cancer in these developed countries.
Levels of lipoprotein(a) and the common lipids increase after bilateral oophorectomy and decrease with subsequent estrogen replacement therapy.
Estrogen substitution significantly increased balance, measured with dynamic posturography, in 19 healthy postmenopausal women after 4 weeks of therapy.
Women with premenstrual syndrome do not manifest diminished cognitive performance in the follicular or luteal phases of the menstrual cycle.
Low-copy epidermal growth factor receptor gene amplification indicates gene structure abnormality in a proportion of neoplastic ovarian cysts.
Elevation of maternal plasma theophylline concentration increases fetal breathing movements in humans.
Fetuses with septated cystic hygromas are more likely to have chromosomal abnormalities or to develop hydrops than those with nonseptated hygromas and, thus, are less likely to survive.
Asymmetrical fetal growth restriction in the presence of an apparently normal placenta is the most common feature in ongoing second-trimester triploidy.
In women undergoing labor induction, cervical dilation is the best predictor of the length of latent phase labor.
Epidural analgesia is associated with a higher rate of cesarean delivery, even after controlling for differences in characteristics of women receiving and not receiving epidural analgesia.
Vaginal delivery leads to increased urethral descent during the Valsalva maneuver and decreased urethral elevation during pelvic muscle contraction in some women.
An association exists between the length of time since an ACOG Fellow completed residency and the manner by which operative vaginal delivery is performed.
Collaborative practice may offer the best opportunity to maximize human resources for the provision of women's health care.
Assessment of quality of life in pregnant women with HIV is important due to the effects of social, physical, and emotional stressors on overall health.
The Beck Depression Inventory is a satisfactory screening test for depression during pregnancy, but the cutoff value must be higher than that used for other populations.
Prenatal care providers can influence the proper use of seat belts substantially by discussing their correct use during pregnancy.
Automated blood pressure measurement is a better predictor of both maternal and fetal outcome than is casual or day-unit blood pressure measurement using conventional sphygmomanometry.
Amniotic fluid white blood cell count is better than maternal blood C-reactive protein or white blood cell count in the identification of intrauterine infection in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes.
Urinary dysfunction and its patterns are as common and incapacitating in Hong Kong Chinese women as they are in other (primarily white) populations.
Preliminary results in 16 cases suggest that allogenic (human donor) fascia may be an appropriate material for the suburethral sling procedure.
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The Stoeckel modification of radical vaginal hysterectomy according to Schauta, combined with laparoscopy, is a valid alternative for surgical treatment of cervical cancer stages I and II.
DNA-based fetal blood typing by amniocentesis is a safer alternative to funipuncture for determining the fetal RhD status in cases of a heterozygous paternal RhD genotype.
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