Does surgical menopause affect sexual performance differently from natural menopause?

Introduction: Hysterectomy is the most common major gynecologic operation, together with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in the majority of women over the age of 45.

Aim: To investigate whether surgical menopause affects female sexual performance differently from natural menopause.

Methods: The study included 121 women who had undergone surgical menopause and 122 women who had undergone natural menopause.

Maternal serum interleukin-6 level in preterm labor.

Objective: The aim of this study was to measure interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels in maternal serum of women undergoing preterm labor without a clear infection.

Materials And Methods: Twenty two pregnant women with diagnosis of preterm labor who presented to the outpatient clinic of 19 Mayis University Faculty of Medicine from July 2011 through December 2011 were enrolled in the study group. Twenty two healthy pregnant women who were at the same gestational age as the study group were selected as the control group.

Effect of vitamin C on the growth of experimentally induced endometriotic cysts.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of vitamin C on the growth of experimental endometriotic cysts.

Material And Methods: The endometrium of the uterine horn wall (diameter, 4 mm) was implanted onto the inner surface of the anterior abdominal wall of 40 Wistar albino adult female rats, by laparotomy. The day after the implantation, the rats were randomly assigned into four groups (control group and experimental groups [V1, V2, and V3]) comprising 10 rats each.

Isolated torsion of the fallopian tube with hydrosalpinx mimicking a multiloculated ovarian cyst: whirlpool sign on preoperative sonography and MRI.

Isolated torsion of the fallopian tube is a rare case of lower abdominal pain. Early diagnosis of such cases is crucial because it allows for the possibility of salvage surgery and the prevention of irreversible vascular damage. However, diagnosis is rarely made before surgery due to nonspecific clinical and imaging features.

A panoramic view to relationships between reproductive failure and immunological factors.

Purpose: To examine the possible roles of various immunological factors in recurrent miscarriage and unexplained infertility.

Methods: The synthesis and review of the relevant current literature in English language.

Results: Substantial evidence suggests that antiphospholipid antibodies, lupus anticoagulant, antisperm antibodies, antithyroid antibodies, anti-endometrial antibodies, antiovarian antibodies, anti-C trachomatis antibodies, cytokines, and immunological events in endometriosis and premature ovarian failure due to immunologic factors may contribute to reproductive failure including unexplained infertility and/or non-chromosomal recurrent miscarriage.

Random anti-Müllerian hormone predicts ovarian response in women with high baseline follicle-stimulating hormone levels : anti-Müllerian hormone in poor responders in assisted reproductive treatment.

Objective: To evaluate the predictive value of random serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) in the assessment of ovarian response in patients with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR; diagnosed after the observation of elevated baseline levels of early follicular follicle-stimulating hormone [FSH]) who were undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection-embryo transfer (ICSI-ET) and to compare the random serum AMH and baseline FSH levels in these patients for the prediction of poor ovarian response.

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: University hospital.

Vulvar lymphangioma circumscriptum presenting periodic symptoms.

The authors report a case of acquired lymphangioma circumscriptum (LC), localised in the right labium majus of vulva and characterised by periodic symptoms for 8 years; however, 3 months after the right major labiectomy, the same symptoms developed in both the left labium majus and the right labium minus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of acquired LC with this type of localisation and symptoms without any known aetiologic factor.

Pure gonadal dysgenesis and spontaneous pregnancy: a case report.

We report a case of pure gonadal dysgenesis with streak gonads in which spontaneous conception occurred 10 years after the diagnosis. Her pregnancy proceeded as normal, and she gave birth to a live baby at term by cesarean section. A lactation period lasting for 1 year and afterwards proceeded as amenorrheic.