Comparative study on induction and effects of surgical menopause in a female rat model: a prospective case control study.

Objective: To compare induced surgical menopause in rat models following hysterectomy with ovarian preservation, unilateral or bilateral oophorectomy, versus control. Secondary objective was evaluation of certain physiological changes in the animal following the induced menopause.

Design: A prospective case control study.

Prevalence and type distribution of human papillomavirus among women older than 18 years in Egypt: a multicenter, observational study.

Objectives: Persistent infection with high-risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with premalignant lesions and cervical cancer, the third most common cancer amongst women globally and the second most frequent in Egypt. We studied the prevalence and type distribution of HPV and documented HPV infection awareness and health-related behaviours for HPV infection.

Methods: This was a multicenter, hospital-based observational study of women ≥18 years of age who attended for a gynaecological examination during October 2010-August 2011.

Fundal pressure during the second stage of labor in a tertiary obstetric center: a prospective analysis.

Aim: To ascertain whether uterine fundal pressure should have a role in the management of the second stage of labor and to determine its prevalence, benefits and adverse maternal-fetal outcomes.

Methods: This was a prospective observational study set in a tertiary teaching and research obstetric hospital. A total of 8097 women in labor between 37 and 42 gestational weeks with a singleton cephalic presentation were enrolled.

Abdominal sacrohysteropexy for uterovaginal prolapse: a prospective study on 33 cases.

Objective: To evaluate the results of abdominal sacrohysteropexy using polypropylene mesh in women with uterovaginal prolapse, wishing to preserve their uteri.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting: Tertiary referral Gynecology centre.