Impact of a new levonorgestrel intrauterine system, Levosert(®), on heavy menstrual bleeding: results of a one-year randomised controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate a new levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) called Levosert(®) for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) in comparison to the reference product Mirena(®).

Methods: A multicentre, randomised, controlled trial, in non-menopausal women diagnosed with functional HMB (defined as menstrual blood loss [MBL] ≥ 80 mL) randomised to either Levosert(®) or Mirena(®) and followed for up to one year. MBL was evaluated using a validated modified version of the Wyatt pictogram.

Quality of life in women with urinary incontinence.

Aim: To determine the characteristics of urinary incontinence and its impact on the quality of life in adult women with urinary incontinence who presented to a tertiary care clinic of Vojvodina from September 2008 to May 2009 for treatment

Methods: We used a prospective case-control study. Cases were defined as patients (47) with urinary incontinence symptoms. Controls (50) were defined as patients without urinary incontinence who presented to a tertiary care gynecology clinic for other reasons.

[Most important etiologic factors in the development of genital prolapse].

Introduction: The incidence of genital prolapse depends on numerous factors. The contribution of race, gender and genetic factors is significant. However, additional factors of initiation, promotion and decomposition are necessary if a person with the genetic predisposition to genital prolapse begins to suffer from it.

[Medico-legal aspects of hysterectomy].

Introduction: Understanding the lawful implementations of surgical procedures, such as hysterectomy, raises practical questions concerning legal relations between a doctor and his patient, and consequences of this relationship, which may be legally relevant. The modern legal theory and practice consider doctors and patients to be partners.

Consent And Information: Medical practitioners performing surgical procedures are obliged to obtain informed consent.

[The concept and importance of medical law].

Introduction: Medical law is a scientific discipline which has not been affirmed in our country, but at law schools in many developed countries it has gained the status of a separate scientific discipline and today it is studied with multidisciplinary cooperation of Schools of Medicine, Schools of Dentistry and Schools of Pharmacy. Generally speaking, medical law concerns the rights and duties of the medical profession.

Ethics And Legal Questions Of Medical Law: The progress of scientific research and of new technology used in diagnostics and treatment, opens new fields in terms of responsibility.

[Accuracy of ultrasonic fetal weight estimation using head and abdominal circumference and femur length].

Introduction: Former investigations have shown that the accuracy of fetal weight estimation is significantly higher if several ultrasonic fetal parameters are measured, because the total body mass depends on the size of fetal head, abdominal circumference and femur length. The aim of this investigation was to establish the best regression model, that is a number of combinations of fetal parameters providing the most accurate fetal weight estimation in utero in our population.

Material And Methods: This prospective study was carried out at the Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic of the Clinical Center Novi Sad.

[Endometrial carcinoma--what are the protocols for?].

Introduction: Endometrial cancer accounts for 10% of all malignant diseases affecting women in Western Europe. Women suffering from colonic, breast and ovarian cancer are at higher risk for developing endometrial carcinoma, which points to the fact that some women have a genetic predisposition for developing endometrial cancer. Precancerous conditions, adenomatous hyperplasias, are rarely diagnosed in our institutions.

Block dissection of inguinofemoral lymph nodes using separate "S" incision in surgical treatment of vulvar carcinoma.

Vulvar carcinomas account for almost 3-5% of all malignant tumors of the female genital organs. The primary therapeutic approach is surgical in all cases. Since 1994, we have used a separate "S" incision for inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy in the treatment of invasive vulvar carcinoma.