An Evaluation of Controversial Statements in Etica Teologica Della Vita.

The teachings of the Catholic Church on human sexuality, contraception and the treatment of infertility are well established and clearly explained in many Church documents, including Humanae vitae and Familiaris consortio. In 2022, a book was published in Italian which reported on a seminar organised by an Academy of the Catholic Church about the ethics of life. Titled the Theological Ethics of Life (abbreviated 'ETV' in Italian), the conclusion of chapter VII contains statements about contraception and assisted reproductive technologies (ART) which, though somewhat difficult to interpret, appear to be controversial with regard to accepted Church teaching on these subjects.

MaterCare International in Mission.

MaterCare International (MCI) is an international group of Catholic obstetricians and gynecologists, which has adopted a preferential option for mothers and babies. MCI's mission is to carry out the work of Evangelium Vitae (the Gospel of Life) by improving the lives and health of mothers and babies, both born and unborn. This is achieved through new initiatives of service, training, research, and advocacy, which are designed to reduce the tragic levels of abortion world-wide, and maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality in developing countries.

COVID-19 Vaccination: Guidance for Ethical, Informed Consent in a National Context.

Unlabelled: This Guidance addresses the essential elements of informed consent to novel, provisionally registered COVID-19 vaccines which conform to the current definition of an investigational vaccine namely, lacking requirements for approval for full registration. First, it addresses the ethical obtaining of informed consent in a setting of short and long term knowns and unknowns, by structuring the personal nature of informed consent into its twelve component parts. Second, as a guidance for family physicians, it explores reasonable medical concerns arising for individuals from both knowns and unknowns about COVID-19 disease and vaccines.

Hormonally Active Contraceptives Part I: Risks Acknowledged and Unacknowledged.

Unlabelled: Hormonal contraceptives have been on the market for over fifty years and, while their formulations have changed, the basic mechanism of action has remained the same. During this time, numerous studies have been performed documenting side effects, some of which appear over time, some within weeks or months, but all can have a serious impact on health and quality of life. An effort was made to perform a series of comprehensive literature surveys to better understand immediate and long-term side effects of these agents.

Recent trends in the management of pelvic organ prolapse in Australia and New Zealand.

Objective: To compare current practice in the management of female pelvic organ prolapse in Australia and New Zealand with that in 2007, and assess the impact on practice of the withdrawal of Prolift® and Prosima® mesh kits in 2015.

Materials And Methods: In early 2015, two invitations to participate in a survey, including a link to Surveymonkey, were emailed to 2506 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) trainees and fellows. The online survey closely resembled a printed survey that was posted to RANZCOG trainees and fellows in 2007 and had additional questions relating to the impact of withdrawal of Prolift® and Prosima® products.

Long-term outcomes of laparoscopic repair of cystocoele.

Background: There is little information on the effectiveness of laparoscopic techniques for native tissue repair of cystocoele.

Aim: To assess the long-term outcome of laparoscopic cystocoele repair.

Methods: Two hundred and twenty-three women with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse underwent laparoscopic paravaginal repair and treatment of associated conditions.

Effect of uterine preservation on outcome of laparoscopic uterosacral suspension.

Study Objective: To compare the objective outcome of laparoscopic uterosacral hysteropexy with that of hysterectomy combined with laparoscopic uterosacral colpopexy.

Design: Retrospective cohort study, 1999-2010 (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: University hospital in South Australia.

Laparoscopic supralevator repair for combined apical and posterior compartment prolapse.

Study Objective: To analyze the objective outcome of laparoscopic supralevator repair in the treatment of rectoenterocele with the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POPQ) system.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study 1999-2009 (Canadian Taskforce Classification II-2).

Setting: University hospital in South Australia.

Use of surgisis for treatment of anterior and posterior vaginal prolapse.

Aim. To evaluate the anatomical success and complication rate of Surgisis in the repair of anterior and posterior vaginal wall prolapse. Methods.

Laparoscopic paravaginal repair of anterior compartment prolapse.

Study Objective: To assess the results of laparovaginal repair of anterior vaginal prolapse in terms of perioperative morbidity and repair durability.

Design: Longitudinal study of a consecutive series of women assessed with the pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POPQ) system before and after laparoscopic paravaginal repair of anterior vaginal prolapse (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: University hospital in South Australia.

Laparovaginal hysterectomy: a decade of evolution.

Objective: To compare surgical outcomes for laparoscopically-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) to total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) and to document the modifications to the technique of laparovaginal hysterectomy which have occurred over the last decade at Flinders Endogynaecology, South Australia, Australia. The method of choice at the start of the decade was LAVH and by the end of the study period it had been superceded by TLH.

Sample: Seven hundred and ninety-four consecutive women underwent hysterectomy between January 1992 and December 2001 at Flinders Endogynaecology.

Laparoscopic treatment of enterocele: a 3-year evaluation.

Objective: To report the morbidity associated with the laparoscopic treatment of enteroceles and assess the durability of the repair.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: University Teaching Hospital.

Pregnancy following endometrial ablation: case history and literature review.

Unlabelled: A total of 43 pregnancies that occurred subsequent to endometrial ablation were reported to July 2002. Only 17 of these pregnancies had progressed beyond 20 weeks. We report a successful planned pregnancy following endometrial ablation and sterilization reversal, culminating in vaginal birth after a previous Caesarean section.

Two-year experience with laparoscopic pelvic floor repair.

Study Objective: To evaluate the cumulative experience at our institution of laparoscopic pelvic floor repair to treat genital prolapse and associated symptoms.

Design: Retrospective analysis (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: University hospital.

Total laparoscopic hysterectomy: a new option for removal of the large myomatous uterus.

This is the first report of a series of women who underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) to remove a large myomatous uterus weighing more than 390 g. The case history notes of 21 women undergoing TLH in both the private and public sectors of Flinders Endogynaecology were studied. The mean uterine weight was 534.