Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma spp., Mycoplasma genitalium and Mycoplasma hominis among outpatients in central Greece: absence of tetracycline resistance gene tet(M) over a 4-year period study.

A total of 301 men and women attending local urologists and gynaecologists in the state of Thessaly, central Greece, were tested for Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma spp., Mycoplasma genitalium and Mycoplasma hominis DNA. Investigation of the tet(M) gene, which confers tetracycline resistance in these genera, was also performed.

A rare case of Asherman's syndrome after open myomectomy: sonographic investigations and possible underlying mechanisms.

Aims: To present a study on severe Asherman's syndrome after open myomectomy and investigate the possible reasons for this outcome.

Methods: This study involves a rare case of a 38-year-old nulliparous woman who underwent a relatively minor and straightforward open myomectomy in a university hospital setting, during which the uterine cavity was not entered and there were no post-operative complications. Post-operatively the patient had oligomenorrhoea for over a year.

An audit of using the H Pipelle for endometrial sampling at outpatient hysteroscopy and literature review comparison with the Pipelle de Cornier.

Objective: To analyse the efficiency of the H Pipelle endometrial sampler at "no touch" (vaginoscopic) diagnostic hysteroscopy in terms of biopsy adequacy for histological diagnosis.

Study Design: Retrospective descriptive study of 200 premenopausal women including comparison with previously published data on traditional biopsy instruments.

Results: Biopsy was adequate in 82% of cases overall, rising to 87% in those without submucous fibroids or polyps.

The "Ruston Stretch": a simple way to get a large specimen out through a small hole.

The balance between port-site size and ease of specimen removal is often a challenge in laparoscopic surgery. Herein we describe a simple technique that circumvents this dilemma by means of port-site dilation using Hegar dilators.

Are there any UPP changes in women with stress urinary incontinence after pelvic floor muscle exercises?

Aim: This study examined the effect of pelvic floor muscle exercises after 12 months of successful treatment for stress urinary incontinence based on subjective (incontinence episodes and pad test) and objective outcome variables (urethral closure pressure, UCP, functional profile length and pressure transmission ratio, PTR).

Methods: Fifty women aged 24-58 years old with genuine stress urine incontinence who successfully underwent pelvic floor muscle exercises, as measured by incontinence episodes and pad test, were included in the study. All women underwent a comprehensive standardized evaluation of urethral pressure profilometry at baseline assessment and at the end of 12 months of pelvic floor exercise program.

A rare case of bladder fibroepithelial polyp in childhood.

Objective: To present a rare case of a benign polyp in a child. Very few cases of urinary tract fibroepithelial polyps in the bladder are reported in the international literature and they are even less common in children.

Material And Methods: A 14-year-old boy presented at the Urology Department of "Elpis" Hospital complaining of painless macroscopic hematuria during the last six months.