Utility of routine cytology in detecting asymptomatic cervical cancer recurrence.

Introduction: The objective of this study was to examine the utility of routine cervical cytology after cervical cancer treatment.

Material And Methods: We performed a retrospective study from 2004 to 2020, which identified 581 cervical cancer patients. Of the 581 patients, 233 were included in the analysis.

Pelvic support and urinary function improve in women after surgically induced weight reduction.

Objective: : The objective of this study was to assess pelvic organ support and symptoms in morbidly obese women before and after weight reductive surgery.

Methods: : Fifty-four women were enrolled in this institutional review board-approved protocol. Data collection at baseline and 6 months following surgery included a Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification examination, questionnaires including the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory, the Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire, and the Pelvic Organ Prolapse-Urinary Incontinence Sexual Function Questionnaire short form, and a 3-day voiding diary.

Adaptations of the rat vagina in pregnancy to accommodate delivery.

Objective: To characterize ultrastructural changes in the rat vagina in pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum, focusing on collagen architecture and smooth muscle cell morphology.

Methods: The vagina of four virgin, four midpregnant, four late pregnant, four immediate, and four late post-vaginal-delivery rats were examined by transmission electron microscopy. Images were classified into one of four categories based on collagen fibril area fraction, with group 1 containing the highest number of collagen fibers per unit area and group 4 containing the lowest.