High maternal-fetal HLA eplet compatibility is associated with severe manifestation of preeclampsia.

Introduction: Preeclampsia is responsible for more than 70 000 and 500 000 maternal and fetal deaths, respectively each year. Incomplete remodelling of the spiral arteries in placenta is the most accepted theory of preeclampsia pathogenesis. However, the process is complexed with immunological background, as pregnancy resembles allograft transplantation.

Aromatase inhibitor therapy for endometrial stromal sarcoma - two-centre experience.

Objectives: Endocrine therapy is the recommended systemic treatment for steroid receptor positive endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS). There is no current consensus on the optimal hormonal therapy for ESS. The literature offers several reports on advanced/recurrent/metastatic ESS patients treated with progestins, whereas data on the efficacy of aromatase inhibitors are scarce.

Hysteroscopy in the treatment of uterine cesarean section scar diverticulum: A systematic review.

The aim of this paper is to review and to analyze the results of previous studies dealing with hysteroscopic treatment of postcesarean scar defects. A systematic review of publications indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed database identified a total of 11 studies dealing with resectoscopic treatment of postcesarean scar defect. The review was conducted in line with the Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) guidelines and the PRISMA statement.

"Niche" czyli ubytek w miejscu blizny mięśniówki macicy po cięciu cesarskim - przyczyny, diagnostyka, objawy.

Niche, a newly described in the polish literature cesarean section complication, is defined as a triangular anechoic deficient of the uterine myometrium localized in the site of the scar after the incision of a typically performed low-transverse cesarean delivery. The aim of the paper is to provide an overview of the available literature on the diagnosis and symptoms of niche. Diagnostic evaluation of the niche comprises of visual diagnostic methods: transvaginal ultrasonography to localize the cesarean scar and contrast-enhanced sonography as the method of choice for measuring the depth of the niche, the residual myometrium thickness and the total myometrial thickness.

Pregnancy and Delivery in Patients with Mastocytosis Treated at the Polish Center of the European Competence Network on Mastocytosis (ECNM).

Objective: To present current guidelines regarding treatment of mastocytosis in pregnancy on the example of observed patients.

Design: Case control national study.

Setting: Polish Center of the European Competence Network on Mastocytosis (ECNM).

Conservative treatment of borderline ovarian tumors: the experience of one clinical center.

Objectives: Borderline ovarian tumors have favorable survival rates, however, prognostic factors are still discussed. The aim was to investigate the outcome for women treated conservatively with respect to different tumor-dependent and tumor-independent prognostic factors.

Material And Methods: 194 women treated surgically between years 1978 and 2007.

Nutrition and pregnancy after bariatric surgery.

Obesity is an escalating problem in all age groups and it is observed to be more common in females than males. About 25% of women meet the criteria of obesity and one-third of them are in the reproductive age. Because morbid obesity requiring surgical treatment is observed with increasing frequency, surgeons and gynecologists are undergoing new challenges.

[The use of venous ports in oncological patients].

Introduction: Venous ports provide a permanent, long-lasting and easy access to the central veins. These subcutaneously inserted systems have found application in the therapy of patients with oncological and chronic illnesses, and in treatment of children with hemophilia. During a planned continuous infusion of chemotherapy they increase patient comfort, reducing the risk of local inflammatory states and moderating the risk of spilling the cytostatic agent to the perivesical compartment.

Sexual behavior and contraception among young Polish women.

Objective: To analyze sexual behavior and the use of contraception among young women in Poland.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Population: 1,478 young women in higher (78.