Perioperative Antibiotic Use and Associated Infectious Outcomes at the Time of Myomectomy.

Objective: To report the frequency of perioperative antibiotic use at time of myomectomy and associated risk of infectious outcomes.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study including all women who underwent any route of myomectomy from 2009 to 2016 at two academic hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts. Cases involving chromopertubation or conversion to hysterectomy were excluded from further analysis.

The Trend, Feasibility, and Safety of Salpingectomy as a form of Permanent Sterilization.

Study Objective: To assess the change in the rate of laparoscopic salpingectomy for sterilization after the release of the November 2013 Society of Gynecologic Oncology Clinical Practice Statement and the January 2015 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee Opinion: Salpingectomy for Ovarian Cancer Prevention. We hypothesized there would be an increase in salpingectomy as a percentage of total laparoscopic sterilizations performed without an increase in complications when compared with conventional bilateral tubal ligation (BTL).

Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Interpreter training for medical students: pilot implementation and assessment in a student-run clinic.

Background: Trained medical interpreters are instrumental to patient satisfaction and quality of care. They are especially important in student-run clinics, where many patients have limited English proficiency. Because student-run clinics have ties to their medical schools, they have access to bilingual students who may volunteer to interpret, but are not necessarily formally trained.