The Effect of Patient Position during Mid-Urethral Sling Operations on the Postoperative Outcomes of Sling Success: A Randomized Clinical Study.

Aims: To determine and compare the effectiveness, peri- and postoperative outcomes of mid-urethral sling (MUS) operations for urinary incontinence, using 2 different patient positions during surgery.

Methods: In this study, 146 patients underwent MUS surgery in a urogynecology clinic. Of them, 72 patients underwent the intraoperative surgical procedure of reverse trendelenburg patient positioning for tape adjustment (group 1) and the remaining 74 patients had the routine surgical procedure of MUS surgery (group 2).

The fertility sparing management of postpartum hemorrhage: A series of 47 cases of Bakri balloon tamponade.

Objective: To evaluate the success rate of Bakri balloon tamponade (BBT) for managing postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), intractable to conservative medical treatment, as a fertility sparing intervention.

Materials And Methods: We evaluated 47 women treated with BBT who had severe postpartum hemorrhage and uncontrollable bleeding due to failed treatment with uterotonic agents. The main outcome measure was successful management and preservation of the uterus.

Evaluation of hemoglobin A1c levels in endometrial cancer patients: a retrospective study in Turkey.

Background: Hemoglobin A1c(HgA1c) is a marker of poor gylcemic control and elevation HgA1c is associated with increased risk of many cancers. We aimed to determine the HgA1c levels in endometrial cancer cases and any relationship with stage and grade of disease.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective data review was performed between June 2011 and October 2012 at a tertiary referral center in Turkey.

Additional surgical risk factors and patient characteristics for mesh erosion after abdominal sacrocolpopexy.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the risk factors of mesh exposures following abdominal sacral colpopexy (ASC) in which polypropylene mesh is used.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of patients who underwent ASC and were subsequently followed for development of mesh exposure for vaginal/vault prolapse between 2002 and 2012. Demographics and risk factors of the patients who did develop mesh exposure after ASC and the ones who did not were compared.

The outcome of Manchester-Fotergill operation for uterine decensus repair: a single center experience.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics, peri- and post-operative outcomes, and clinical effectiveness of the Manchester-Fothergill (MF) procedure for uterine descensus as a uterine-sparing surgery.

Methods: In this study, 49 patients underwent the MF procedure as a uterine-sparing surgery for uterine descensus during 2008-2012 in the Department of Urogynecology at Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Research and Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Results: Medical records and follow-up data were collected from 24 of the 49 patients (48.

Maternal serum CA-125 level is elevated in severe preeclampsia.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between serum concentrations of cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) and pre-eclampsia severity.

Methods: We evaluated 91 females with a singleton pregnancy. Serum CA-125 levels were measured in subjects with severe pre-eclampsia (n=34) and those with mild pre-eclampsia (n=24).