Internal manual rotation in intrapartal arrest of fetal head engagement.

Objective: The success of internal manual or digital rotation of the head in mechanical dystocia due to malpresentation, malposition or malrotation is presented in this paper on our own clinical material with reference of today's research and clinical recommendations.

Study Design: Through a retrospective bicentric clinical study, we investigated the success of internal head rotation in two University Clinics for gynecology and obstetrics from year 2017 to 2023. In 152 singleton term (37-42 weeks) in cases of persistens intrapartum arrest of the fetal head.

Chorioamnionitis has no impact on immunohistochemical expression of IL-6 in placental membranes of the late preterm delivery regardless of the membrane status.

Objectives: To compare the immunohistochemical expression of IL-6 in placental membranes of late preterm delivery in women with histologically proven chorioamnionitis with and without preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM).

Methods: Fetal membranes were collected from 60 women who had late preterm delivery with histologic chorioamnionitis with and without PPROM (30 in each group). Immunohistochemistry for IL-6 was performed on formalin fixed and paraffin-embedded sections.

Immunohistochemical demonstration of RECK protein and interleukin-6 in fetal membranes from singleton pregnancies with late preterm delivery, intact membranes and histological chorioamnionitis.

We investigated whether chorioamnionitis affects immunohistochemical demonstration of RECK protein and interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression in fetal placental membranes following late preterm delivery with intact membranes. Fetal membranes of 28 women with single pregnancy, preterm delivery and histologically documented chorioamnionitis at gestational age 34-36 weeks constituted the chorioamnionitis study group. The control group consisted of 28 fetal membranes from women with preterm deliveries at the same gestational age without histological chorioamnionitis.

A Retrospective Study of Discordant Twin Growth in Dichorionic Twin Pregnancies and Risk of Preterm Delivery at Split University Hospital Centre: Three-Year Experience.

The aim was to determine whether discordant twin growth has an impact on preterm birth in dichorionic pregnancies. This retrospective study included dichorionic twin pregnancies in the period from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015. The following variables were investigated: maternal age (years), parity, body mass index (kg/m2), week (≤366/7 and ≥37) and mode of delivery (vaginal and cesarean section), birth weight (grams) and Apgar score (≤7, 8-10).