Castor oil for labor initiation in women with a previous cesarean section: a double-blind randomized study.

To evaluate the efficacy of castor oil in initiation of labor in women who had one previous cesarean section. This study was conducted as a trial to increase the rate of vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) and decrease the rate of elective repeated cesarean section (ERCS). A double-blinded randomized controlled study was conducted in an Egyptian University Hospital from July 2019 to July 2020.

Is there a difference in the maternal and neonatal outcomes between patients discharged after 24 h versus 72 h following cesarean section? A prospective randomized observational study on 2998 patients.

Objective: To compare the incidence of postpartum maternal and neonatal complications and hospital readmission in patients discharged 24 versus 72 h after cesarean section.

Methods: Using randomization, 1495 patients were discharged after 24 h and 1503 patients were discharged after 72 h. All patients fulfilled the discharge criteria.

Is intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) associated with higher incidence of congenital anomalies? A single center prospective controlled study in Egypt.

Objective: To compare the incidence of congenital anomalies by ultrasound in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) pregnancies and in spontaneous pregnancies with correlation to the neonatal outcome.

Methods: This is a prospective comparative study carried out in Kasr Al Aini Hospital Cairo University from January 2010 to December 2012, comparing 739 pregnant women conceived through ICSI and 843 pregnant women conceived spontaneously as regard to incidence of congenital anomalies, multiple pregnancy, preterm labor, cesarean section and neonatal outcome.

Results: The number of anomalies diagnosed by antenatal ultrasound in ICSI group was 14 (1.