Fetal arterial and venous Doppler in growth restricted fetuses for the prediction of perinatal complications.

Fetal arterial and venous Doppler is a useful tool for the monitoring of growth restricted fetuses. Our aim in this study was to compare outcomes when fetuses were grouped according to the combinations of the Doppler results and also according to each vessel Doppler. Deliveries during the period 2002-2008 were reviewed retrospectively and cases with a birth weight less than the 10th percentile were selected for the study.

Perinatal outcomes of spontaneous twins compared with twins conceived through intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

Objective: To compare perinatal outcomes in spontaneous twins compared with those conceived by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Design: Retrospective case-control study.

Patients: Cases consisted of 274 intracytoplasmic sperm injection twins, controls were 348 naturally conceived twins delivered between 1999 and 2003 in a tertiary hospital.

A case of acromegaly in pregnancy: concomitant transsphenoidal adenomectomy and cesarean section.

The case of a 32-year-old woman at 29 weeks gestational age with acromegaly initially diagnosed in pregnancy is presented. During follow-up at 34 weeks of gestation, concomitant emergency cesarean section and transsphenoidal surgery were performed because of advancing vision loss. In tertiary centers, success in pregnancy can be made possible for a patient with acromegaly under the constant supervision of an obstetrician and neurosurgeon.