The evaluation of Nesfatin-1 levels in patients with and without intrauterine growth restriction.

Objective: To evaluate Nesfatin-1 levels in patients with and without intrauterine growth restriction and to analyze the correlation between Nesfatin-1 levels and fetal birth weights.

Methods: This study comprised a total of 81 cases; 41 patients with IUGR and 40 healthy cases. Demographic data, pregnancy weeks, fetal birth weights and Nesfatin-1 levels were all recorded.

The effect of intraspinal bupivacaine versus levobupivacaine on the QTc intervals during caesarean section: a randomized, double-blind, prospective study.

The aim of this study was to describe whether or not spinal anaesthesia with bupivacaine versus levobupivacaine has any effects on the QTc interval during caesarean section. Sixty healthy pregnant women scheduled for elective caesarean section were randomized to spinal anaesthesia with either bupivacaine (the bupivacaine group) or levobupivacaine (the levobupivacaine group). ECG recordings were performed prior to spinal anaesthesia at baseline (T1), 5 min.

A randomized pilot study of acupuncture treatment for primary dysmenorrhea.

Objective: To compare the therapeutic effect of acupuncture and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy in primary dysmenorrhea patients.

Study Design: Thirty-five young women with a diagnosis of primary dysmenorrhea were recruited for the study. Their dysmenorrhea severity was rated by visual analog scale (VAS) immediately prior to entry into the study.

Plasma selenium levels in Turkish women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objective(s): To evaluate selenium (Se) levels in serum and their relation with hyperandrogenism and insulin resistance (IR) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and in control subjects.

Study Design: Women with any gynecological problem who presented to the Kahramanmaras Sutcuimam University Medical Faculty Gynecology and Obstetric Outpatient Clinic were invited to participate. Group 1 consisted of 36 cases with a diagnosis of PCOS according to the 2003 Rotterdam Consensus Criteria, and Group 2 (control group) consisted of 33 age- and BMI-matched healthy women.

Could serum β-hCG levels and gestational age be the indicative factors for the prediction of the degree of trophoblastic invasion into tubal wall in unruptured ampullary pregnancies?

Objective: To evaluate the predictive value of gestational age and maternal serum β-hCG concentration for the determination of the depth of trophoblastic invasion into the tubal wall.

Methods: This is a retrospective trial conducted on women with a diagnosis of ampullary pregnancy (71) who were submitted to salpingectomy. Serum β-hCG measurements were obtained at the initial admission of hospital.

Selenium has a protective effect on ischemia/reperfusion injury in a rat ovary model: biochemical and histopathologic evaluation.

Background/purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of selenium (Se) on ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in rat ovaries.

Methods: Thirty-five female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 5 groups (n = 7): sham (S), I/R1, I/R2, Se1, and Se2. In the I/R1 and Se1 groups, 4 hours of ischemia was followed by 6 hours of reperfusion, and in the I/R2 and Se2 groups, 4 hours of ischemia was followed by 12 hours of reperfusion.

Late recurrence of aggressive angiomyxoma of the vulva.

Objective: Aggressive angiomyxoma (AA) is found mainly in the pelvis and perineum, with a female-to-male ratio of approximately 6:1. Although it is a slow growing tumor, AA has a marked tendency to local recurrence with a low metastasis capacity. The study aimed to describe a case of vulvar angiomyxoma recurred almost 20 years after its initial surgery.

Comparison of transforming growth factor β1 concentrations in the ovaries of rats stimulated by human menopausal gonadotropin or recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone.

Objective: To compare the effects of human menopausal gonadotropins (hMG) and recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (rFSH) on transforming growth factor (TGF) β1 concentration in the rat ovary.

Study Design: Twenty-one fertile Wistar-Albino rats were divided into 3 groups of 7. Groups 1, 2 and 3 were injected with saline, hMG or rFSH, respectively, over 5 days, after which they underwent ovariectomy.

Family planning choices in couples using contraception without knowing they are infertile: should newly-wed men undergo a routine spermiogram?

Introduction: Newly-weds choose to use contraception either to spend the first years of their marriage more freely, because of economic reasons or because of the increase in working career women. We studied the reasons for infertility and the rate of contraception use in the first years of marriage among couples with primary infertility and evaluated the use of a spermiogram as a screening test in newly-wed men.

Subjects And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 302 couples with primary infertility who were treated at our infertility clinic were included in the study.

Estradiol plus drospirenone therapy increases mammographic breast density in perimenopausal women.

Objective: To investigate the effects of 17β-estradiol 1mg plus drospirenone 2mg (E2/DRSP) treatment on mammographic breast density in perimenopausal women.

Study Design: In this prospective study, 80 healthy perimenopausal women aged 41-49 years were enrolled and assigned to either E2/DRSP (n=40) or a control group (n=40). Mammograms were performed at baseline and after 12 months of treatment.

Vulvar pyogenic granuloma in a postmenopausal woman: case report and review of the literature.

Introduction. Although pyogenic granulomas (PG) are common and benign vascular proliferations of the skin and mucous membranes, they are relatively rare on the vulva. Case Presentation.

Plasma selenium, zinc, copper and lipid levels in postmenopausal Turkish women and their relation with osteoporosis.

It has been shown that the trace elements and lipids play role in the growth, development and maintenance of bones. We aimed to investigate serum selenium (Se), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu) and lipid (total cholesterol, triglyceride (TG), high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol) levels in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, osteopenia and in healthy controls, and to determine the relationship between Se, Zn, Cu and lipid parameters and bone mineral density (BMD). The study included 107 postmenopausal women; 35 healthy (group 1), 37 osteopenic (group 2) and 35 osteoporotic (group 3).

Status of pandemic influenza vaccination and factors affecting it in pregnant women in Kahramanmaras, an eastern Mediterranean city of Turkey.

Background: Pregnant women are a target group for receipt of influenza vaccine because there appears to be an elevated mortality and morbidity rate associated with influenza virus infection in pregnant women. The goal of this study is to determine the factors affecting the decisions of pregnant women in Turkey to be vaccinated or not for 2009 H1N1 influenza.

Methodology: We enrolled 314 of 522 (60.

Modified Ferriman-Gallwey hirsutism score and androgen levels in Turkish women.

Objective(s): To evaluate a modified Ferriman-Gallwey (mFG) scoring system and serum total testosterone (tT) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) levels, in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and in control subjects.

Study Design: Women with any gynecological problem who presented to the Kahramanmaras Sutcuimam University Medical Faculty Gynecology and Obstetric Outpatient Clinic in the Mediterranean region of Turkey were assessed prospectively. Oligo-anovulation, clinical and biochemical hyperandrogenism, and PCO appearance on ultrasound that met the 2003 Rotterdam Consensus Criteria were used for PCOS diagnosis.

Protective effect of tadalafil on ischemia/reperfusion injury of rat ovary.

Background/purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of tadalafil (TDF) on ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in rat ovaries.

Methods: Thirty-five female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 5 groups (n = 7): sham (S), I/R1, I/R2, TDF1, and TDF2. In the I/R1 and TDF1 groups, 3-hour ischemia was followed by 12-hour reperfusion; and in the I/R2 and TDF2 groups, 3-hour ischemia was followed by 24-hour reperfusion.

Turkish obstetricians' personal preference for mode of delivery and attitude toward cesarean delivery on maternal request.

Objective(s): (1) To investigate the cesarean rate among actively practicing obstetricians in Turkey and reasons why they choose this mode of delivery for themselves/partners. (2) To investigate the attitudes, practices, and beliefs with respect to cesarean delivery on maternal request (CDMR) among actively practicing obstetricians in Turkey.

Study Design: This is a descriptive study performed at 7th Congress Of Turkish Society Of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

Effects of lumbar lordosis and pelvic inlet orientation on the outcome of the transobturator tape sling operation in women.

Purpose: To determine the association between changes in lumbar lordosis (LL) and/or pelvic inlet (PI) orientation and the outcome of a transobturator tape (TOT) sling procedure.

Methods: The study population consisted of 70 patients who underwent the TOT sling procedure for stress urinary incontinence, and were evaluated by a stress test at the sixth month after the surgery. The women were defined as continent on the absence of both subjective complaint of leakage and objective leakage as a result of the test.

Unilateral tubal twin ectopic pregnancy treated with single-dose methotrexate.

Background: Spontaneous tubal twin pregnancy is a rare condition with an incidence of 1 in every 125,000 pregnancies. We present the case of a unilateral tubal twin ectopic pregnancy treated with single-dose methotrexate.

Case: A 26-year-old nulliparous woman was admitted to our clinic with a complaint of vaginal bleeding and leftside pelvic pain.

Plasma visfatin levels in pregnant women with normal glucose tolerance, gestational diabetes and pre-gestational diabetes mellitus.

Objective: Visfatin, an adipocytokine, is a peptide predominantly expressed in and secreted from visceral adipose. In this study, we aimed to compare visfatin levels in gestational (GDM) and pre-gestational diabetic (pre-GDM) women with healthy pregnant women. We also sought to determine whether there was a correlation between visfatin levels and serum glucose levels at 1 h after the 50-g oral glucose challenge test in pregnant women with GDM and normal glucose tolerance.

Prenatally diagnosed partial trisomy 3q case with an omphalocele and less severe phenotype.

Trisomy 3q is a very rarely reported chromosomal disorder. Duplication of part of the long arm of human chromosome 3 causes a distinct and severe syndrome that leads to multiple congenital abnormalities. A 27 year-old pregnant woman was admitted to our clinic at 17 weeks of gestation.

Comparison of serum androgens and endometrial thickness in obese and non-obese postmenopausal women.

Objective: In this study, we investigated whether serum androgen levels and endometrial thickness differed in obese and non-obese women.

Material And Methods: Thirtytwo non-obese (BMI <30) and 48 obese (BMI ≥ 30) women were enrolled. Blood samples were analyzed for testosterone, free testosterone, androstenedione, DHEAS, and SHBG, and transvaginal ultrasonography was performed.