The effect of voluntary termination of pregnancy on female sexual and emotional well-being in different age groups.

Introduction: To evaluate the impact of voluntary termination of pregnancy (VTOP) on the psycho-sexological well-being of females before/six months after the abortion.

Methods: A sample of 194 women was recruited from three obstetrics and gynaecological divisions. The women were evaluated for the variables "sexual functioning" with the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), "depression" with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), and "anxiety state" with the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) at time 0 (the beginning of the abortion procedure) and time 1 (six months after the abortion).

Chinese IUD removal techniques in a Chinese population in central Italy.

Objective: To describe routine techniques and a newly developed approach to the removal of Chinese intrauterine devices (IUs).

Methods: Office records regarding women of Chinese nationality who presented to a tertiary care hospital for IUD removal between January 2007 and March 2012 were retrieved. Their demographic data were reviewed and menstrual/obstetric history, IUD type, and reasons given for removal were recorded.

Placental site trophoblastic tumor on endometrial polyp: a case report.

Placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT) is the least common form of gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD), and is biologically different from other forms of GTD. There is a wide clinical spectrum of presentation and behavior ranging from a benign condition to an aggressive disease with a fatal outcome. The authors document a case of PSTT on an endometrial polyp.

The correspondence between abnormal transformation zone grade 1 and grade 2 colposcopic parameters and histology. Clinical implications.

Objective: To analyse the correlation between the colposcopic parameters of Grade 1 and Grade 2 abnormal transformation zone (ANTZ G1-ANTZ G2) and histological examination of the cone.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis of medical records of 600 women who underwent colposcopy and conisation (large loop excision of the transformation zone - LLETZ) between January 1, 2009 and July 31, 2012. The correlation between colposcopic and histological parameters was analysed using the Spearman nonparametric test.

Intrauterine balloon tamponade as management of postpartum haemorrhage and prevention of haemorrhage related to low-lying placenta.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Bakri balloon in preventing and treating postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). Intrauterine Bakri balloon was used in a total of 16 patients with two different purposes: prophylactic placement of the balloon after cesarean section (CS) in six patients with low-lying placenta and therapeutic placement in ten patients with persistent bleeding from uterine atony, after spontaneous delivery, and administration of uterotonics. Intrauterine Bakri balloon was a successful approach in controlling and preventing PPH in all 16 patients.