Self-efficacy and positive thinking as predictors of health-related quality of life in women with stress urinary incontinence.

Background: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI), which causes involuntarily leakage of urine, has an impact on many women and may affect self-efficacy, which, in turn, can lead to poor health-related quality of life (QOL). This study aimed to explore the effects of sociodemographic and health information, symptom distress, self-efficacy, and positive thinking on the health-related QOL (general QOL and urinary incontinence-specific QOL) of women with SUI.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used.

Human papillomavirus genotyping as a predictor of high-grade cervical dysplasia in women with mildly cytologic abnormalities: a two-year follow-up report.

High-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) DNA testing has emerged as another testing modality for women with mildly cytologic abnormalities. We conducted a two-year follow-up study of 108 women with mildly abnormal cervical cytology for detection of CIN 2/3. A cervical swab sample was obtained for HPV genotyping by a HPV blot and histologic follow-up results were correlated with HR-HPV types.

P16 methylation is an early event in cervical carcinogenesis.

Background: Aberrant gene promoter methylation is a critical event in tumorigenesis. The aim of this study was to explore the promoter hypermethylation of p16 and DAPK1 during the progression of cervical precancerous lesions.

Methods: A series of 98 cervical neoplasms (72 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and 26 cervical carcinomas) were evaluated.

Combined positron emission tomography-computed tomography and tumor markers for detecting recurrent ovarian cancer.

Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of integrated FDG-PET/CT and tumor markers for the depiction of recurrent ovarian carcinoma.

Methods: Patients with pathologically proven ovarian cancer, who underwent cytoreductive surgery and 3-6 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy, were included in this study. They all underwent a thorough physical examination, tumor marker determination, and FDG-PET/CT imaging.

An adhesion barrier may induce peritonitis and abscess after laparoscopy-assisted myomectomy with vaginal extraction: report of a case.

Following a myomectomy, postoperative adhesions occur in many patients. Although laparoscopy has been shown to decrease the development of adhesions compared to laparotomy, adhesions still occur. There are several commercially available adhesion barriers but these are not designed to be easily applied during laparoscopic surgery.

Decreased p21 expression in HPV-18 positive cervical carcinomas.

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between different human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes and the expression of p53, p21 and p27 in cervical carcinomas. A total of 103 cases of cervical carcinomas were assayed for expression of p53, p21 and p27 by immunohistochemistry. HPV typing was carried out by two polymerase chain reaction-based methods.

Total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) versus coagulation of uterine arteries (CUA) at their origin plus total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) for the management of myoma and adenomyosis.

We tried to evaluate the relative feasibility, surgical duration and complications of total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) versus coagulation of uterine arteries at their origin (CUA) plus total laparoscopic hysterectomy for the management of myoma and adenomyosis, and to compare the estimated blood loss for both procedures. A total of 123 patients underwent TLH or CUA plus TLH for the treatment of symptomatic myoma and adenomyosis. Sixty-four women underwent TLH, whilst 68 women underwent coagulation of uterine arteries at their origin plus TLH.

Should cystoscopy be routinely performed after laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy?

This study was undertaken to determine the usefulness of routine intra-operative cystoscopy in documenting ureteral patency after laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH). There were eighty patients who underwent LAVH for benign tumors of the uterus (adenomyosis and myoma), uterine prolapse, persistent intraepithelial neoplasm of the cervix (CIN3) and cervical carcinoma in situ (CIS). Intra-operative cystoscopy with ureteral stenting was performed at the time of LAVH to evaluate the urinary tract.

Identical twins with ovarian endometriosis and mucinous borderline tumor: an unusual association.

Objective: To report a case of monozygotic twins with unilateral ovarian tumors of different histology and character.

Design: Case report.

Setting: Medical center and teaching hospital.

Human papillomavirus DNA in triple neoplasms of the cervix, perianus and ureter in one woman.

Background: Multiple malignancies of the urogenital tract have been reported. We investigated the etiological role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the pathogenesis of urogenital cancers.

Case: We present a case of cervical squamous carcinoma in a 64-year-old woman who subsequently developed Bowen's disease in the perianal skin and transitional cell carcinoma of the ureter.

Ovarian pregnancy torsion.

Introduction: Ovarian-cyst torsion is often seen in early pregnancy due to progesterone stimulation. It is the fifth-most-common gynecological emergency, with a reported incidence of 3%. An ectopic pregnancy implanted in the ovary is rare, occurring in only 0.

Heterotopic Caesarean scar pregnancy combined with intrauterine pregnancy successfully treated with embryo aspiration for selective embryo reduction: case report.

Ectopic pregnancy situated in a Caesarean section scar is a rare but potentially life-threatening event. Because of its rarity, there are no universal treatment guidelines to manage this condition. We report a case of IVF-induced triplet heterotopic pregnancy of early gestational age that included one Caesarean scar pregnancy diagnosed as early as 6 weeks gestation.

Transvaginal three-dimensional ultrasonography combined with serum CA 125 level for the diagnosis of pelvic adhesions before laparoscopic surgery.

Study Objective: To investigate the role of transvaginal three-dimensional ultrasonography combined with serum CA 125 level in diagnosing pelvic adhesions before scheduled laparoscopic surgery.

Design: Prospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-1).

Setting: Tertiary care academic hospital.

Uterine rupture in an unscarred uterus after application of fundal pressure. A case report.

Background: Rupture of an unscarred uterus is rare, with a reported incidence of 1 in 8,000-15,000 pregnancies. We report a case occurring during labor.

Case: A 33-year-old woman, gravida 3, para 0, abortion 2, was admitted at 40 weeks' gestation with ruptured membranes.

Heterotopic triplet pregnancy: report of a case with bilateral tubal pregnancy and an intrauterine pregnancy.

The first report of an ectopic pregnancy following IVF was published in 1976, and since then heterotopic pregnancies (HPs) have been reported at an increasing rate. Although cases of the co-existence of a bilateral tubal and an intrauterine pregnancy following IVF-embryo transfer have been reported, a case of heterotopic triplet pregnancy caused by unilateral tubal embryo transfer has not yet been published in the literature. Here we report on a 38-year-old women (gravida 3, para 1) with a history of infertility who presented to our infertility clinic for evaluation.