Ectopic pregnancies with unusual location and an angular pregnancy: Report of eight cases.

Objective: The increased use of assisted reproduction techniques has been accompanied by an increase in ectopic pregnancies with unusual location being associated with significant maternal morbidity and mortality. This article reports on seven cases of ectopic pregnancies with unusual location and an angular pregnancy. Diagnostic and therapeutic strategies are discussed and a brief review of literature is presented.

Three-dimensional ultrasound as a predictor of pregnancy in patients undergoing ART.

Different ultrasound parameters have been used to assess endometrial receptivity during ART treatment, including endometrial thickness, endometrial pattern, endometrial volume, Doppler of uterine arteries and endometrial blood flow. However, conflicting results have been reported with regard to their role in the prediction of pregnancy in ART treatment. The 3D ultrasound with power Doppler provides a unique tool with which to examine the blood supply of the whole endometrium and subendometrial region.

Simple trachelectomy of early invasive cervix carcinoma in the second trimester.

Although cervical carcinoma is among the most frequently encountered malignancies during pregnancy only a small number of cases during pregnancy have been reported. Usually, the patients have been treated by radical trachelectomy with or without chemotherapy during the pregnancy. Laparoscopic pelvic lymph node dissection with frozen section, simple trachelectomy and cerclage were performed in the 22(nd) week of pregnancy.

The role of three-dimensional volume measurement in diagnosing endometrial cancer in patients with postmenopausal bleeding.

Objective: To evaluate the role of three-dimensional transvaginal ultrasound in diagnosing endometrial cancer in patients with history of postmenopausal bleeding and compare its effectiveness with two-dimensional ultrasound.

Methods: Transvaginal ultrasound examinations, diagnostic hysteroscopy with subsequent curettage, and/or hysterectomy were performed in 213 consecutive patients with a history of postmenopausal bleeding. The results of the ultrasonographic examinations were compared with the diagnoses on the basis of histologic examination.

Three-dimensional ultrasound to assess the response to treatment in gynecological malignancies.

Objective: To report the potential role of 3D ultrasound to assess the response to treatment in gynecological malignancies.

Methods: The volumes and three 3D power Doppler indices are measured in one case of cervix carcinoma and in one case of ovarian carcinoma with primary radio- and/or chemotherapy before and after treatment.

Results: After treatment, tumor volume, vascularization index (VI), flow index (FI), and vascularization-flow index (VFI) were reduced in both two cases.

Accuracy of three-dimensional transvaginal ultrasound in uterus volume measurements; comparison with two-dimensional ultrasound.

The purpose of this study was to document the accuracy of 3-D uterus volume and to compare it with 2-D measurements. Transvaginal ultrasound (US) examinations were performed in 48 consecutive patients before hysterectomy. The examinations were stored digitally on an internal disk drive for subsequent measurements in virtual organ computer-aided analysis (VOCAL) program.

The potential of preoperative beta-hCG and progesterone levels to predict failure of laparoscopic linear salpingostomy in ectopic pregnancies.

Study Objective: To estimate the association between preoperative beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and progesterone levels, and success of linear salpingostomy in treatment of tubal pregnancy.

Design: Retrospective case control study (Canadian Task Force classification II-1).

Setting: Women's general hospital.

Successful birth after laser assisted immobilization of spermatozoa before intracytoplasmic injection.

Objective: To describe the first ICSI pregnancy achieved with sperm that were immobilized by using a noncontact diode laser.

Design: Case report.

Setting: Fertility center.