Costs and mortality rates of surgical approaches to hysterectomy in Brazil.

Objective: To analyze the costs of hysterectomies performed in Brazil due to benign conditions, and to assess its hospital admittance and mortality rates.

Methods: A retrospective cohort was carried out from January 2010 to December 2014, analyzing all hysterectomies (n = 428,346) registered on the DATASUS database between January 2010 and December 2014. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire and analyzed using the SPSS 20.

Ascites and Encapsulating Peritonitis in Endometriosis: a Systematic Review with a Case Report.

Endometriosis can have several different presentations, including overt ascites and peritonitis; increased awareness can improve diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes. We aim to provide a systematic review and report a case of endometriosis with this unusual clinical presentation. The PubMed/MEDLINE database was systematically reviewed until October 2016.

Pelvic floor muscle function and quality of life in postmenopausal women with and without pelvic floor dysfunction.

Introduction: This study aims to compare pelvic floor muscle (PFM) function in postmenopausal women with and without pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) and the relation between PFM function and quality of life.

Material And Methods: A case-control study with 216 postmenopausal women with (n = 126) and without (n = 90) PFD. PFM function was assessed by digital vaginal palpation using the PERFECT scale.

Quality of Life in Women with Endometriosis: An Integrative Review.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to conduct an integrative review of the health-related quality of life (QoL) burden in women with endometriosis.

Materials And Methods: This integrative review was carried out by consulting the BIREME/MEDLINE databases through July 2017. We searched for articles published in the past 12 years using the MeSH terms "quality of life" and "endometriosis" and its representations in Portuguese and English.

Defecatory dysfunction and fecal incontinence in women with or without posterior vaginal wall prolapse as measured by pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q).

Introduction And Hypothesis: Pelvic Floor Dysfunction is a complex condition that may be asymptomatic or may involve a loto f symptoms. This study evaluates defecatory dysfunction, fecal incontinence, and quality of life in relation to presence of posterior vaginal prolapse.

Methods: 265 patients were divided into two groups according to posterior POP-Q stage: posterior POP-Q stage ≥2 and posterior POP-Q stage <2.

Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer: an Integrative Review (Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer).

Despite being initially considered a benign disease, it is widely thought nowadays that endometriosis and especially ovarian endometriomas are neoplastic conditions with the potential to become malignant. This review was conducted to summarize, in a concise and systematic manner, the available scientific data relating endometriosis to ovarian cancer, published in the past five years. After reading abstracts and applying our predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria, a final list of 11 scientific papers was obtained and subjected to review.

Prevalence of unreported bowel symptoms in women with pelvic floor dysfunction and the impact on their quality of life.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Little information is available on the recurrent coexistence of pelvic organ prolapse (POP), urinary (UI) and/or anal (AI) incontinence and defecatory dysfunctions and the relationship between these disorders. The purpose of this study is to report the prevalence, bother, and impact on quality of life (QoL) of unreported bowel symptoms in women presenting to a Brazilian tertiary urogynecology clinic.

Methods: The study was a cross-section survey of 172 patients with symptoms of pelvic floor disorders (PFD).

[Relation doctor-patient in oncology: fears, anguishes and communication abilities among doctors in Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil].

In oncology the doctor-patient relationship has a particular importance due to the gravity of the illness and to the stigma that is followed many times by the experience of the patient. This research was designed to analyze perceptions and difficulties that doctors face when they are dealing with oncology patient. It is a qualitative study, based mainly on open and in-depth interviews, involving 20 doctors from the Cancer Institute of Ceará.