CD133+/C-kit+Lin endothelial progenitor cells in fetal circulation demonstrate impaired differentiation potency in severe preeclampsia.

Objectives: Individuals delivered from preeclamptic pregnancies exhibit a long-term increased risk of developing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, likely caused by aberrant fetal cell reprogramming incurred in utero. The present study investigated the functional impairment and epigenetic changes exhibited by endothelial progenitor cells derived from offspring born to preeclamptic pregnancies.

Study Design: The capacity of CD133/C-kit/Lin (CKL) human umbilical cord blood endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) derived from gestationally matched normal and preeclamptic (n = 10 each) pregnancies to differentiate to form outgrowth endothelial cells (OECs) was assessed by observing both their morphology, and the number and size of generated OECs colonies.

Estrogen-induced acute pancreatitis: A case report and literature review.

Estrogens are commonly used in gynecologic area, such as oral contraception, hormone replacement therapy, and fertilization-embryo transfer. Although estrogen is a common cause of acute drug-induced pancreatitis, there has been paucity of report in Korea. Clinical course of estrogen-induced acute pancreatitis is usually mild to moderate, but fetal case can occur.

Episiotomy and the risk of severe perineal injuries among Korean women.

Purpose: We examined the frequency of severe perineal injuries according to the use of episiotomy in vaginal deliveries of Korean women.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study in which 358 consecutive parturients were included. Women were divided into episiotomy (n = 115) and no episiotomy (n = 243) groups.

The risk of emergency cesarean section after failure of vaginal delivery according to prepregnancy body mass index or gestational weight gain by the 2009 Institute of Medicine guidelines.

Objective: To evaluate the risk of emergency cesarean section according to the prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain per the 2009 Institute of Medicine guidelines.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of data from 2,765 women with singleton full-term births (2009 to 2012) who attempted a vaginal delivery was conducted. Pregnancies with preeclampsia, chronic hypertension, diabetes, planned cesarean section, placenta previa, or cesarean section due to fetal anomalies or intrauterine growth restriction were excluded.

A randomized prospective study of single-port and four-port approaches for hysterectomy in terms of postoperative pain.

Background: This study aimed to compare single-port transumbilical total laparoscopic hysterectomy (SPLS-TLH) and four-port total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) in terms of postoperative pain.

Methods: The study enrolled 68 patients who underwent TLH from October 2009 to March 2010 and randomly assigned them to one of two groups. Patient demographics, operative outcomes, and postoperative pain were prospectively examined.

Transumbilical single-port access versus conventional total laparoscopic hysterectomy: surgical outcomes.

Objective: The objective of the study was to compare surgical outcomes and postoperative pain between transumbilical single-port access total laparoscopic hysterectomy (SPA-TLH) and conventional 4-port total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH).

Study Design: We retrospectively reviewed 157 patients who underwent SPA-TLH (n = 52) or conventional TLH (n = 105). A single-port access system consisted of a wound retractor, surgical glove, 2 5 mm trocars, and 1 10/11 mm trocar.