The Study of Microbiome of the Female Genital Area in Relation to Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: A Systematic Review.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The aim of this article is to present a systematic literature review focused on microbiome diversity in women experiencing pelvic floor dysfunction.

Methods: Utilizing PubMed/MedLine and Scopus, 25 pertinent studies were meticulously selected for this review.

Results: A key theme identified is the potential of microbiomes as diagnostic tools.

Sonographic vascularity indices' study in ectopic pregnancies, after methotrexate treatment.

Objectives: Ectopic pregnancy is a crucial problem in Gynaecology. Previous studies concerning the medical treatment of ectopic pregnancies, have used only β-hCG (beta- human chorionic gonadotropin) values, to monitor the successful response to treatment. The current study was a PhD (Doctorate of Philosophy) thesis research, which has evaluated the vascularity indices' changes.

Variation of ultrasound findings in the first trimester examination of recurrent cases with trisomy 21.

Increased nuchal translucency (NT) is present in about 50% of cases with trisomy 21. Very often the nuchal edema evolves in hydrops fetalis until the second trimester. Furthermore, a small amount of cases with a normal NT and trisomy 21 exhibit anatomical anomalies.