Robotic staging procedure performed using medtronic hugo ™ RAS in an endometrial cancer patient: A case report.

We describe the first ever reported staging procedure using the new robotic system Hugo ™ RAS for an early endometrial cancer patient with uneventful perioperative outcomes.

Detection of Circulating Tumor Cell-Related Markers in Gynecologic Cancer Using Microfluidic Devices: A Pilot Study.

The detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is an emerging strategy for the early detection, prognostication, and identification of recurrent cancer. The clinical utility of CTC detection has been established, but few studies have employed this strategy for the detection of gynecologic cancers. Here, we present a novel, biochip-based microfluidic device for the detection of CTCs in gynecologic cancers.

Preliminary results of COVID-19 vaccination among Taiwanese pregnant women: A single-center, prospective, case-control study.

Objective: To evaluate the impacts of messenger RNA coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in Taiwanese pregnant women in terms of obstetrical and neonatal outcomes.

Methods: The authors prospectively followed up 450 pregnant women receiving vaccination at a single center. Patients recorded prespecified adverse reactions via a mobile application up to 30 days after the first and second doses.

Cervical verrucous cancer misdiagnosed with verrucous hyperplasia: A case report.

Background: There are many different variants of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and verrucous carcinoma (VC) is a rare and highly differentiated SCC. Due to its preference of local invasion, regional lymphatic involvement rarely occurs. VC is difficult to diagnose using conventional pap smear or cervical punch biopsy, in which adequate stroma including bulbous rete pegs is required for a definitive diagnosis.

Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of Fetal Hypospadias.

Fetal hypospadias should be consider in a male fetus with a shortened penis, blunt bulbous tips, ventrally curved shaft with or without chordee and a typical fan shape stream of urinary jet under color Doppler under prenatal ultrasound examination. The more severe form is usually accompanied by other congenital abnormalities.

Pregnancy in a Non-Communicating Rudimentary Horn of Unicornuate Uterus.

We report a rare case of non-communicating rudimentary horn pregnancy (RHP). The patient presented with lower abdominal pain and underwent laparoscopic surgery in which the gestational tissue was removed without excision of the rudimentary horn and ipsilateral fallopian tube. Unicornuate uteri often coexist with rudimentary horns, most of which are non-communicating.

Effect of Low-Dose Aspirin in Preventing Early-Onset Preeclampsia in the Taiwanese Population-A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of low-dose aspirin on preventing early-onset preeclampsia during first-trimester screening using maternal factors and biochemistry.

Patients And Methods: This study was a retrospective cohort study of pregnant women with singleton pregnancies at a gestational age of 11-13 weeks from May 2017 to August 2019. Serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A)/placental growth factor (PLGF) and maternal demographic and clinical characteristics were collected and analyzed using a logistic regression model with a preset detection rate of 74% and a 10% false-positive rate.

Effective treatment of tubal angiomyofibroblastoma via laparoscopic complete resection.

Angiomyofibroblastoma is a rare mesenchymal tumor usually originating from the vulva and vagina with only one reported case arising from fallopian tube. We describe a second case of tubal angiomyofibroblastoma treated successfully with laparoscopic complete resection.

Time-frame comparison of hystero-preservation in the surgical treatment of uterine prolapse: a population-based nation-wide follow-up descriptive study, 2006-2013 versus 1997-2005.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The purpose of our study was to describe the surgical trend and time-frame comparison between 1997-2005 (1period) and 2006-2013 (2nd period) of hystero-preservation for uterine prolapse, based upon a nationwide population-based National Health Insurance (NHI) claim data in Taiwan.

Methods: Women, who underwent primary surgeries for uterine prolapse, either uterine suspension with hystero-preservation or hysterectomy during 1997-2013, were identified from National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD).We analyzed the related variables including surgical types (hystero-preservation or hysterectomy), patient age and concomitant anti-incontinence surgery, surgeon age, gender, and service volume; and hospital accreditation level, and service volume.

Risks of interstitial cystitis among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A population-based cohort study.

Objective: To investigate whether the risk of interstitial cystitis increases among the patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Methods: This was a nationwide population-based cohort study. Data were obtained from the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan.

Surgical Trends and Time Frame Comparison of Surgical Types of Hysterectomy: A Nationwide, Population-based 15-year Study.

Study Objective: To investigate the surgical trends among different types of hysterectomy (abdominal, vaginal, laparoscopic, and subtotal) over a 15-year period in Taiwan.

Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Setting: A population-based National Health Insurance Research Database.

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on ST36 and SP6 acupoints prevents hyperglycaemic response during anaesthesia: a randomised controlled trial.

Background And Objective: Hyperglycaemia is a common result of stress signals caused by pain and surgical procedure. Volatile anaesthetics also directly manipulate glucose homeostasis by affecting pancreatic insulin release and induce hyperglycaemia without surgical stress. We determined the preoperative application of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to the Chinese acupoints ST36 (Zusanli) and SP6 (Sanyinjiao) as a complementary therapy for controlling plasma glucose and improving insulin resistance during anaesthesia.

Non-cytotoxic and sublethal paclitaxel treatment potentiates the sensitivity of cultured ovarian tumor SKOV-3 cells to lysis by lymphokine-activated killer cells.

Background: The standard treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer is tumor debulking by surgery, followed by six cycles of chemotherapy consisting of cisplatinum and paclitaxel. However, this therapy protocol is not satisfactory, since about 50% of the treated patients eventually experience recurrence within a few years of follow-up. Thus, a more innovative treatment modality is urgently needed for patients with this malignancy.

Positron emission tomography for unexplained elevation of serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen levels during follow-up for patients with cervical malignancies: a phase II study.

Background: During follow-up for patients with cervical carcinoma, elevation of serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCC-Ag) levels in the absence of detectable recurrent lesions presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. In the current prospective study, the authors evaluated the use of fluorine-18-labeled fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) to detect disease recurrence in this setting.

Methods: Women with cervical carcinoma who experienced complete responses to primary treatment or salvage therapy and who had no evidence of recurrent disease as detected by conventional methods but had serum SCC-Ag levels > or = 2.