Role of luteal phase support on gonadotropin ovulation induction cycles in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of luteal phase progesterone support on pregnancy rates in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who were treated for clomiphene citrate-resistant anovulatory infertility with ovulation induction and intrauterine insemination (OI/ IUI).

Study Design: This randomized study included 110 clomiphene citrate-resistant PCOS patients. All patients underwent ovulation induction with recombinant follicle-stimulating hormone and intrauterine insemination, up to 3 cycles, and were randomized into 2 groups: (1) luteal support with progesterone or (2) a control group.

Progressive cervical length changes versus single cervical length measurement by transvaginal ultrasound for prediction of preterm delivery.

Background: To evaluate cervical length changes as predictors of preterm delivery.

Methods: Two hundred and fifty-seven pregnant women underwent transvaginal ultrasound examination at 16 and 24 weeks of gestation. Cervical length was measured and the difference between the 2 measurements was calculated.

Genistein attenuates postischemic ovarian injury in a rat adnexal torsion-detorsion model.

Objective: To investigate the effects of genistein on reperfusion injury in a rat ovarian torsion-detorsion model.

Design: Controlled experimental study.

Setting: University animal research laboratory.

Comparison of cervical volume and cervical length to predict preterm delivery by transvaginal ultrasound.

The objective of this study was to evaluate predictive value of cervical volume and length measurement for preterm delivery in low-risk pregnancies by transvaginal ultrasound. Two hundred fifty pregnant women were underwent ultrasound examination at 22 weeks of gestation by transvaginal route. Cervical length, width, and anteroposterior diameters were measured and cervical volume was calculated.

Adnexal fascioliasis masquerading as ovarian cancer.

Background: Preoperative diagnosis of ovarian cancer is still problematic as multiple disease processes may present with pelvic mass. Fascioliasis is a parasitic disease producing unique clinical manifestations.

Case Report: A 49-year-old female patient admitted to our hospital with the complaint of occasional abdominal pain.

Prediction of spontaneous onset of labor at term: the role of cervical length measurement and funneling of internal cervical os detected by transvaginal ultrasonography.

The objective of this study was to examine the values of the cervical length measurement and detection of internal cervical os funneling by transvaginal ultrasonography in the prediction of spontaneous labor within a 7-day period at term. Ninety-three pregnant women were enrolled into this study. All patients were evaluated by transvaginal ultrasonography first at the 37th completed week of gestation and weekly thereafter.

Effects of HA-1077 and Y-27632, two rho-kinase inhibitors, in the human umbilical artery.

A role for the small G protein rho and rho-kinase has been shown in smooth muscle contraction regarding Ca++ sensitivity. However, there are no data in the literature assessing how this system operates in human umbilical arteries (HUA). Therefore, we evaluated the effects of HA-1077 and Y-27632, two rho-kinase inhibitors, on agonist-(5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT]) and depolarization-induced (KCl) contractions of HUA.

The effect of inducible nitric oxide synthase on postoperative adhesion formation in rats.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of iNOS on adhesion formation and to assess whether inhibition of iNOS expression affected adhesion formation according to adhesion maturation days.

Study Design: Forty Wistar Albino rats were subjected to standardized lesion by cecal abrasion and parietal peritoneal defect and were randomly divided into four groups. Group I (control) received no treatment; groups II-IV received N-acetyl-cystein (NAC) 15 mg/100 g per day intramuscularly on days 4-14, 0-14 and 0-3, respectively, after surgery.

Treatment of a cervical viable pregnancy with a single intraamniotic methotrexate injection: a case report.

Introduction: Cervical pregnancy is a rare condition, constituting <1% of all ectopic pregnancies.

Case Report: We report here, the successful management of a viable 7 weeks gestation cervical pregnancy. Feticide with 2 ml of potassium chloride 15% was performed under the guidance of transvaginal ultrasonography.

Ovarian function and vascular resistance after tubal sterilization.

Objective: To investigate the effect of tubal sterilization (laparoscopic bipolar coagulation) on serum baseline follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and estradiol levels, ovarian volume, antral follicle counts and ovarian artery blood flow rate and to evaluate the correlation of these parameters.

Study Design: Nineteen women who underwent tubal sterilization with laparoscopic bipolar coagulation were enrolled in the study. Ovarian volume, antral follicle counts, serum hormone levels and ovarian artery resistivity index values were measured before and 1 year after the sterilization procedure on the third day of the menstrual cycle.

Comparison of transperineal and transvaginal sonography in predicting preterm delivery.

Purpose: A major advantage of transperineal sonography (TPUS) is its ability to evaluate the cervix without causing any distortion. This study was performed to compare transvaginal sonography (TVUS) and TPUS at 24 weeks of gestation in predicting preterm delivery in low-risk pregnancy.

Methods: Three hundred fifty-seven pregnant women underwent TVUS and TPUS at 24 weeks of gestation.

Polycythemia vera and pregnancy: a case report with the use of hydroxyurea in the first trimester.

Polycythemia vera (PV) is rarely associated with pregnancy. A 34-year-old patient treated with hydroxyurea for PV became pregnant and was referred to our clinic. At the patient's request, pregnancy was continued.

The effects of hormone replacement therapy type on pulmonary functions in postmenopausal women.

Objective: To study whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or Tibolone has an effect on pulmonary function in postmenopausal women.

Methods: Seventy-five postmenopausal women without any risk factor for pulmonary disease were included in this randomized, prospective study. Fifty women had undergone natural menopause and 25 had had a hysterectomy/ooforectomy.