Uterine rupture revisited: Predisposing factors, clinical features, management and outcomes from a tertiary care center in Turkey.

Objective: To determine the predisposing factors, modes of clinical presentation, management modalities and fetomaternal outcomes of uterine rupture cases at a tertiary care center in Turkey.

Methodology: A 14-year retrospective analysis of 61 gravid (>20 weeks of gestation) uterine rupture cases between January 1998 to March 2012 was carried out.

Results: The incidence of ruptured uteri was calculated to be 0.

Intrauterine blood transfusion in immune hydrops fetalis, corrects middle cerebral artery Doppler velocimetry very quickly.

The aim of our study was to evaluate the middle cerebral artery velocimetry before and after intrauterine blood transfusion in immune hydrops fetalis. The current study was conducted in a tertiary research hospital, from February 2009 to January 2011. Nineteen intrauterine blood transfusions performed during the study period.

Evaluation of the relationship between insulin resistance and recurrent pregnancy loss.

Objective: To investigate insulin resistance in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL).

Design: Single center, case-control, prospective study.

Methods: The study was performed at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic at the Dicle University Medical Faculty from May to October 2009.