The impact of metabolic health on fibromyalgia: insights from insulin resistance and related indexes.

Objectives: To assess the association between fibromyalgia (FM) and insulin resistance (IR) using multiple IR indices in FM patients and to investigate how these indices vary with the severity of FM.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 70 female patients diagnosed with FM and 70 age-matched female healthy controls. The data collected included demographics, clinical characteristics, and laboratory parameters.

Laparoscopic Transabdominal Needle-free Emergency Cerclage in the Early Second Trimester of Pregnancy after Failed Transvaginal Cerclage: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to describe the preventive option and safety of laparoscopic transabdominal emergency cerclage in pregnant women with advanced cervical shortening after failed vaginal cerclage or in whom vaginal cerclage is no longer possible.

Method: Laparoscopic isthmo-cervical emergency cerclage was carried out in two patients at 13+0 and 15+5 weeks of gestation (GW) respectively. Both patients had cervical shortening and it was no longer possible to expose the cervix after conization or re-conization.

["Who cares about us?" Results of a cross-sectional study on the psychosocial health of obstetricians and midwives after traumatic birth experiences].

Background: Traumatic births not only cause emotional stress for expectant parents but can also affect the psychosocial health of midwives and obstetricians due to their professional demands.

Aim: To evaluate the impact of traumatic birth experiences on the psychosocial health of obstetric healthcare professionals.

Methods: A cross-sectional study using validated measurement tools (Impact of Event Scale Revised IES-R, Copenhagen Burnout Inventory CBI) and assessing post-traumatic growth (PGI-SF) through an online survey of midwives and obstetricians in German-speaking areas.

Pregnancy after advanced ovarian cancer with spontaneous uterine rupture in second trimester: A case report and review of the literature.

Fertility-preserving surgery (FPS) in advanced ovarian cancer (AOC) is extremely rare and consequently, information about the pregnancies of these patients is anecdotal. Therefore, management of the pregnancy after AOC is challenging, especially if an unexpected situation arises. A 31-year-old nulliparous woman was admitted to our tertiary hospital in the 18th week of twin pregnancy with sudden severe abdominal pain.

Post-traumatic stress syndromes following childbirth influenced by birth mode-is an emergency cesarean section worst?

Purpose: The experience of birth is an emotional challenge for women. Traumatic birth experiences can cause psychological stress symptoms up to post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), with impact on women's wellbeing. Primarily unplanned interventions can trigger birth-mode-related traumatization.