Antepartum pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) plus perineal massage vs. postpartum PFMT alone: analysis of pelvic floor disorders, Quality of Life and sexual function.

Background: The aim of this study was to analyze how antepartum pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) plus perineal massage associated with postpartum PFMT have a significant impact on pelvic floor health during pregnancy and after delivery.

Methods: One thousand two hundred thirty-three women were enrolled from January 2019 to December 2021. They were divided into two groups: 786 women underwent postpartum PFMT only, 447 women experienced both prepartum perineal massage and PFMT and postpartum PFMT.

Intraocular Parafilaria bovicola infection and surgical removal in a mixed breed heifer.

An approximately 1.5-year-old mixed breed heifer was presented for evaluation and treatment due to ocular pain affecting the right eye secondary to a live nematode within the anterior chamber. Ophthalmic examination revealed marked blepharospasm, evidence of chronic keratitis, uveitis, and a single, white, approximately 2.

Italian multicenter mid-term analysis of laparoscopic lateral suspension in women with pelvic organ prolapse: clinical, sexual and Quality of Life assessment after surgical intervention.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate effectiveness and safety of laparoscopic lateral suspension in women affected by high grade uterine prolapse associated to anterior defect. The secondary endpoint is to evaluate mid-term impact on Quality of Life and sexual function.

Methods: A multicenter retrospective study on women undergoing laparoscopic lateral suspension for uterine prolapse ≥III stage was performed.

Menstrual cycle alterations in reproductive age women after anti COVID-19 vaccination. A survey in 419 Italian women and quality of life and sexual function evaluation.

Background: Pharmacovigilance agencies did not collect data regarding menstrual changes after COVID-19 vaccination even if many women experienced it. Our aim was to evaluate whether COVID-19 vaccination is associated with secondary changes in menstrual cycle and to assess both quality of life (QoL) and sexual function (SF).

Methods: This study is a retrospective analysis referred to our Department from January 2021 to December 2021.

The Ibn Buhtīsū' bestiary tradition. The text and its sources.

The Ibn Buhtīsū' Book on the usefulness of Animals is extant in several copies, five of them illustrated. After giving an account of the text, the Author of the article investigates its sources, finding that they are two-folded: partly coming from a Greek tradition ultimately related to Aristotle's Zoology, and partly coming from Ibn Buhtīsū' medical writings, which seem to stem from the lengthy tradition of the famous School of Gondēsāpūr. A profile of the main representatives of the Ibn Buhtīsū' family, for the first time translated here from the Arabic sources, is also given.