Obstetric and neonatal outcomes of pregnancies conceived after preimplantation genetic diagnosis: cohort study and meta-analysis.

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) may pose risks to pregnancy outcome owing to the invasiveness of the biopsy procedure. This study compares outcome of singleton and twin clinical pregnancies conceived after fresh embryo transfers of PGD (n = 89) and matched intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) pregnancies (n = 166). The study was carried out in a single university affiliated centre.

Effects of ovarian endometrioma on embryo quality.

The proportions of good, fair, and poor embryos in 13 women with bilateral endometriomas were compared with those of 39 women without endometriomas and were found to be similar (47.2% vs. 41.

Promoting implantation by local injury to the endometrium.

Objective: To evaluate the association between endometrial injury, implantation and pregnancy rate.

Design: We performed a literature search using the keywords endometrial injury, local endometrial injury, endometrial biopsy, endometrial receptivity, implantation, in vitro fertilization, and implantation failure and conducted the search in Medline, EMBASE, and Cochrane Database of systematic reviews.

Setting: None.

Outcome of induced deliveries in growth-restricted fetuses: second thoughts about the vaginal option.

Objective: To assess the outcome of induced deliveries with IUGR.

Study Design: We reviewed the computerized files of parturients who underwent inducted labor because of IUGR (<5th percentile). Outcome assessment included mode of delivery, indication for CS, NICU admissions and 5 min Apgar score.

Pilot study of prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes in Israeli Jewish women referred for colposcopic examination.

The objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence of high-risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in a group of Israeli Jewish women referred for colposcopic examination. Scrape specimens were prospectively collected from 84 women referred for colposcopic examination. All the women underwent Papanicolaou (Pap) smears and colposcopies, and some also underwent cervical or loop electrosurgical excision procedure biopsy.

The clinical significance of postpartum transperineal ultrasound of the anal sphincter.

Background And Objective: To evaluate the clinical significance of postpartum anal sphincter damage by transperineal ultrasonography (TPUS) performed on the day of delivery.

Methods: Continence questionnaires were handed out and TPUS was performed on 154 consecutive primiparous women 6-24h after vaginal delivery. At 2 and 6 months later, complaints and sphincteric sonographic appearance were reassessed.

Accuracy of diagnosis of retained products of conception after dilation and evacuation.

Objective: Uterine re-evacuation samples taken in cases of suspected residua after curettage are occasionally negative for gestational tissue. We aimed at evaluating the occurrence of such postcurettage re-evacuation-negative samples and at exploring factors that may influence their occurrence.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional comparative retrospective study of 69 consecutive women who underwent uterine re-evacuation for suspected postcurettage gestational remnants.