Objective: To examine pregnancy characteristics and maternal morbidity at delivery among pregnant patients with a diagnosis of endometriosis.
Study Design: This cross-sectional study queried the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's National Inpatient Sample. Study population was 17,796,365 hospital deliveries from 2016 to 2020, excluded adenomyosis and uterine myoma.
Objective: To describe population-level utilization of fertility-sparing surgery and outcome of reproductive-aged patients with early epithelial ovarian cancer who underwent fertility-sparing surgery in the United States.
Methods: This retrospective study queried the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result Program. The study included 3,027 patients younger than age 50 years with stage I epithelial ovarian cancer receiving primary surgical therapy from 2007 to 2020.
Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am
December 2023
Although oocyte cryopreservation was initially used as a fertility preservation strategy for medical indications, it is now is increasingly used to circumvent age-related infertility. Outcomes following planned oocyte vitrification, also known as elective egg freezing, are limited. Current studies show higher success rates for individuals undergoing fertility preservation treatment under age 35.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Since malignancy during pregnancy is uncommon, information regarding contraception selection or sterilization at delivery is limited. The objective of this study was to examine the type of long-acting reversible contraception or surgical sterilization procedure chosen by pregnant patients with malignancy at delivery.
Material And Methods: This cross-sectional study queried the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's National Inpatient Sample in the USA.
Asian American medical students (AAMSs) face significant bias in the medical learning environment and are more likely than White students to perceive their school climate negatively. Little is known about the factors that contribute to AAMSs' negative experiences. This perspective aims to describe AAMSs' experiences with diversity and inclusion efforts using survey data from a midwest regional conference, Asians in Medicine: A Conference on Advocacy and Allyship.
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