Effects of Internal Iliac Artery Ligation on Stress and Urge Incontinence: A Retrospective Evaluation.

Introduction: Does bilateral internal iliac artery ligation (BIIAL), a fundamental intervention in the treatment of postpartum hemorrhage, increase the risk of urinary incontinence (UI)? This study aims to shed light on the effects of BIIAL on bladder perfusion and urinary system integrity, thereby elucidating urinary function disorders following pelvic surgery.

Methods: Demographic and medical data were collected from a total of 192 female patients, with and without the application of BIIAL. Urinary incontinence conditions were assessed using the Questionnaire for Urinary Incontinence Diagnosis (QUID) test.

Prediction of Mid-Urethral Sling Failure with Clinical Findings and Urodynamics.

Objective: Mid-urethral slings (MUS) become a standard, minimally invasive surgery to treat urinary stress incontinence. Our aim is to investigate the contribution of preoperative urodynamics to mid-urethral slings success and determine predictors for choosing mid-urethral sling route.

Methods: Women with stress urinary incontinence and who desired surgical correction of their incontinence were included in the study.

Partial HELLP syndrome: maternal, perinatal, subsequent pregnancy and long-term maternal outcomes.

Aims: Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome, in its complete form, is associated with increased risk of maternal mortality and increased rate of serious obstetric complications, such as acute renal failure, hepatic failure, abruptio placentae, pulmonary edema, sepsis, hemorrhage and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy. To compare maternal and perinatal outcomes, we investigated the subsequent pregnancy outcomes and long-term complications of women with partial HELLP (pHELLP) and complete HELLP (cHELLP) syndromes.

Material And Methods: In this retrospective study, patients complicated with HELLP between the years 2002 and 2007 were analyzed.

Effect of Nigella sativa oil on postoperative peritoneal adhesion formation.

Aim: We aim to evaluate the effect of Nigella sativa oil (NSO) on postoperative peritoneal adhesion formation in female rats. This experimental study is the first on the prevention of postoperative adhesion formation by NSO.

Methods: Twenty-four Wistar albino female rats were randomly assigned to three groups of eight rats each.

Prediction of metabolic syndrome in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objective: To identify biochemical factors that serve as predictors for the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and to investigate the value of adipocytokines in the prediction of metabolic syndrome.

Material And Methods: A total of 91 pre-menopausal women with PCOS diagnosed according to the Rotterdam consensus criteria were recruited as study subjects. Waist circumference, blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), fasting glucose, serum lipids, insulin, FSH, LH, E2, total testosteron, homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), serum leptin and adiponectin levels were evaluated for all patients.

Trends in fetal indications for termination of pregnancy between 2002 and 2010 at a tertiary referral centre.

Objective: We reviewed the data of the termination of pregnancy (TOP) cases between 2002 and 2010 to evaluate the changes in fetal indications for both early and late TOPs in this period.

Material And Methods: The data of 962 TOP cases were analysed in two groups according to the periods as in 2002-2006 and 2007-2010. The women were also subdivided into two categories according to their gestational age; <23 weeks' gestation (early termination) and ≥23 weeks' gestation (late termination).

Iniencephaly: Prenatal diagnosis with postmortem findings.

Iniencephaly is a rare but almost always lethal neural tube defect with the following cardinal features: occipital bone defect, partial or total absence of cervicothoracal vertebrae and fetal retroflexion. Iniencephaly is associated with malformations of the central nervous system, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular system. Prenatally diagnosed cases of iniencephaly are rare because careful and early ultrasonographic evaluation is necessary.