Knowledge of uterine fibroid symptoms and presentation among African-American women: a pilot study.

Objective: To assess awareness and knowledge of fibroid symptoms and presentation among African-American women.

Study Design: This was a cross-sectional survey study completed by a convenience sample of African-American women attending a community fair. Questions covered demographics, medical history, technology use, and fibroid knowledge.

Racial differences in fibroid prevalence and ultrasound findings in asymptomatic young women (18-30 years old): a pilot study.

Objective: 1) To determine the prevalence of fibroids in asymptomatic young black and white women (ages 18-30 y); 2) to determine other differences in uterine and adnexal anatomy; and 3) to obtain preliminary data for sample size calculations.

Design: Pilot cross-sectional study.

Setting: Academic medical center.

Hysteroscopic metroplasty for the septate uterus: review and meta-analysis.

The introduction of hysteroscopy to diagnose and treat intrauterine conditions, specifically to divide the uterine septum, or metroplasty, has replaced the traditional laparotomy approach, and objective results demonstrate its salutary effects in women treated. Hysteroscopic metroplasty averts the implications of major invasive abdominal surgery, with good and satisfactory results in pregnancy and live-birth rates, despite the lack of prospective, randomized, controlled studies. A careful review of the published results supports this type of treatment when the uterine septum adversely affects normal reproductive function.

Infertility patients' knowledge of the effects of obesity on reproductive health outcomes.

Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the infertility patient knowledge of reproductive outcomes affected by obesity.

Study Design: This was a prospective survey study of 150 female infertility patients in an academic medical center. Subjects were administered the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine-Short Form and a questionnaire on the health risks of obesity, and investigators obtained height and weight measurements.

Knowledge of obesity and its impact on reproductive health outcomes among urban women.

This prospective survey study assessed the knowledge of reproductive outcomes that are affected by obesity among women in an urban community. A total of 207 women attending a community fair on the south side of Chicago participated in the study. A survey assessing knowledge of BMI and of the effects of obesity on general, cardiometabolic and reproductive health outcomes was administered.

Optimism/pessimism and health-related quality of life during pregnancy across three continents: a matched cohort study in China, Ghana, and the United States.

Background: Little is known about how optimism/pessimism and health-related quality of life compare across cultures.

Methods: Three samples of pregnant women in their final trimester were recruited from China, Ghana, and the United States (U.S.

Quality of life, optimism/pessimism, and knowledge and attitudes toward HIV Screening among pregnant women in Ghana.

Objective: We sought to explore optimism/pessimism, knowledge of HIV, and attitudes toward HIV screening and treatment among Ghanaian pregnant women.

Method: Pregnant women in Accra, Ghana, completed a self-administered questionnaire including the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R, an optimism/pessimism measure), an HIV knowledge and screening attitudes questionnaire, the Short Form 12 (SF-12, a measure of health-related quality of life [HRQOL]), and a demographic questionnaire. Data were analyzed using t-tests, ANOVA, correlations, and the chi2 test.

Laparoscopic excision of endometriosis of the obturator nerve: a case report.

Endometriosis, a common cause of cyclic and chronic pelvic pain in women, can present with a multitude of symptoms. Numerous case reports exist describing the involvement of the sciatic nerve with endometriosis; however, there are few reported cases of infiltration of the other pelvic nerves such as the obturator nerve. To our knowledge, this is the first case of laparoscopic management of symptomatic endometriosis of the obturator nerve.