Publications by authors named "Bahar S Astepe"
The aim of the study was to investigate the reasons for Turkish obstetricians having self-caesarean section on maternal request (CSMR) and their attitudes and practices related to CSMR and vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC). The questionnaire form constructed by the authors was sent online to obstetricians working in different cities of Turkey. A total of 206 obstetricians participated and answered a self-administered questionnaire.
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- The study aimed to compare pregnant Turkish women and Syrian refugee women regarding their demographic data and pregnancy outcomes.
- In a retrospective analysis at a hospital in Turkey, researchers examined the birth records of 7950 Turkish women and 620 Syrian refugee women from 2016 to 2017.
- The findings revealed that Syrian refugee women had higher rates of normal delivery and earlier births, but also faced issues like higher rates of adolescent pregnancies and low-birth-weight infants, likely due to inadequate care and nutrition as refugees.
With increasing cesarean section rates all around the world, postoperative pain management is an important issue for all women. Good postoperative pain management helps to shorten the recovery period of the mother, improve the mother's feeling of well-being, enable good breastfeeding, and provide optimum maternal-neonatal bonding. To evaluate the efficacy of intraoperative superior hypogastric plexus block (SHPB) during cesarean section and describe the technique.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the efficacy of intraoperative superior hypogastric plexus (SHP) blocks on postoperative pain management in abdominal hysterectomies.
Materials And Methods: A total of 78 female American Society of Anesthesiologists grade I or II patients who underwent elective total abdominal hysterectomy for benign reasons were assessed for eligibility. After exclusion of patients who did not fulfill the inclusion criteria, 60 patients were evaluated in 2 groups: patients who had intraoperative SHP block (SHP; n=30), and patients who did not have intraoperative SHP block (No-SHP; n=30).
Objective: To compare the intermediate-term follow-up results of laparoscopic pectopexy and vaginal sacrospinous fi xation procedures.
Materials And Methods: Forty-three women who had vaginal sacrospinous fixations (SSF) using Dr. Aksakal's Desta suture carrier and 36 women who had laparoscopic pectopexies were re-examined 7 to 43 months after surgery.
Introduction And Hypothesis: The International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Vaginal Symptoms (ICIQ-VS) was developed and validated in 2006 to evaluate vaginal symptoms, sexual matters, and quality of life of patients. This study aimed to validate the Turkish version of ICIQ-VS.
Methods: The English version of the questionnaire was translated into Turkish.