Frequency and risk factors of fetal malnutrition among liveborn singleton term neonates using a computerised perinatal database, 2000-2006.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency, risk factors and anthropometric measurements of fetally malnourished, liveborn singleton term neonates.

Methods: The computed delivery room data of 11.741 liveborn singleton term neonates was used to compare malnourished and nourished newborns.

Do different delivery systems of hormone therapy have different effects on psychological symptoms in surgically menopausal women? A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To compare the influence of different delivery forms of estrogen therapy on menopausal and psychological symptoms in surgically menopausal women.

Study Design: Surgically menopausal women were assigned to a 1-year-therapy with oral conjugated estrogen 0.625mg/day (n=35), intranasal 300microg/day estradiol hemihidrate (n=33), percutaneous gel 1.

Plasma homocysteine in late pregnancies complicated with preeclampsia and in newborns.

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between maternal serum homocysteine levels in preeclampsia and the severity of the disease, neonatal serum homocysteine levels, maternal complications, and fetal outcome. Fifty pregnant women were included in this prospective study, of which 25 were severe (group I) and 25 were non-severe preeclamptic (group II). Maternal and neonatal serum homocysteine levels were measured by the fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) method.

Features of patients with vulvar dermatoses in dermatologic and gynecologic practice in Turkey: is there a need for an interdisciplinary approach?

Aim: Vulvar dermatoses are very common problems in women and they are associated with significant morbidity. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the features of patients with vulvar diseases in gynecology and dermatology out-patient clinics in Turkey, and to determine the need for a multidisciplinary vulvar clinic in this country.

Methods: A total of 310 patients with vulvar problems as their primary complaints were included in the study.

Change in contraceptive choices and the effect of education on use of contraception at the family planning clinic of Sişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Objective: To investigate change in contraceptive use and the effect of education on fertility and contraceptive attitudes at our family planning clinic.

Methods: For this retrospective review, medical charts from Sişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital Family Planning Center were obtained. Records were evaluated for 2514 women in 1997 and 2268 women in 2002.

Serum leptin levels in preeclamptic pregnant women: relationship to thyroid-stimulating hormone, body mass index, and proteinuria.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the change in maternal serum leptin levels in preeclampsia and to study the relationship between maternal serum leptin and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), body mass index (BMI), newborn weight, and proteinuria. Eighty-five pregnant women were included in this prospective study, of whom 50 were preeclamptic and 35 were normotensive. Maternal serum leptin levels were measured by the radioimmunoassay technique and TSH levels were measured by the electrochemiluminescence immunoassay method.

The effect of placental removal method and site of uterine repair on postcesarean endometritis and operative blood loss.

Background: Our purpose was to determine whether blood loss during cesarean section and postoperative endometritis rate were associated with the method of placental removal and site of uterine repair.

Methods: This prospective randomized study involved 840 women who underwent cesarean section. The patients were grouped into four: (1) manual placental delivery + exteriorized uterine repair; (2) spontaneous placental delivery + exteriorized uterine repair; (3) manual placental delivery + in situ uterine repair; (4) spontaneous placental delivery + in situ uterine repair.

Bilateral sertoli cell adenoma and serous cyst in a patient with androgen insensitivity syndrome.

Thirty-year-old woman with lower abdominal pain was operated due to adnexial mass. Cystectomy on right gonad revealed sertoli cell adenoma and simple serous cyst and left gonadal biopsy showed immature testis tissue. Later, laparoscopic left gonadectomy was made.

Malignant struma ovarii.

Malignant struma ovarii is a rare form of ovarian germ cell tumors. Because of its rarity, diagnosis and management of the tumor has not been clearly defined. A 52-year-old female with follicular variant of papillary carcinoma arising in struma ovarii is presented.

Gynecological examinations for social and legal reasons in Turkey: hospital data.

Aim: Women in Turkey are subjected to gynecologic examinations not only for legal reasons, such as sexual assault or violence against pregnant women, but also for various social reasons, such as suspicions of premarital intercourse, prostitution, loss of virginity, and pregnancy at the time of entering into a new marriage. The examinations are performed by general practitioners, forensic physicians, and gynecologists. This study presents social reasons for gynecologic examinations of women in Turkey.