A Rare Complication during Vaginal Delivery, Hamman's Syndrome: A Case Report and Systematic Review of Case Reports.

Background: Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) during pregnancy or labor is a rare event. We presented a case report and a systematic review of the literature to provide comprehensive symptoms, treatments, and complications analysis in the pregnant population affected by SPM.

Methods: We conducted a comprehensive search of four databases for published papers in all languages from the beginning to 1 September 2021; Results: We included 76 papers with a total of 80 patients.

Update of Robotic Surgery in Benign Gynecological Pathology: Systematic Review.

Since the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval in 2005, the application of robotic surgery (RS) in gynecology has been adopted all over the world. This study aimed to provide an update on RS in benign gynecological pathology by reporting the scientific recommendations and high-value scientific literature available to date. A systematic review of the literature was performed.

Hysteroscopic and ultrasonographic evaluation of ulipristal acetate treatment for symptomatic myomas in premenopausal women: a prospective study.

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the effects of a six-month therapy with ulipristal acetate (UPA) on myoma size and endometrial thickness in premenopausal women.

Material And Methods: Seventy-four women undergoing conservative therapy with UPA were enrolled for this study. All women underwent transvaginal ultrasound evaluation to assess the endometrial thickness, and the number and size of myomas at the beginning and after six months.

TNF-α effect on human delivery onset by CB1/TRPV1 crosstalk: new insights into endocannabinoid molecular signaling in preterm vs. term labor. Analysis of the EC/EV pathway and predictive biomarkers for early diagnosis of preterm delivery.

Background: Endocannabinoids/endovanilloid (EC/EV) system and inflammation are recognized as key regulators of cell-signaling pathways in female reproduction. The knowledge of predictive biomarkers involved in preterm birth (PTB) represents an important goal to make an early diagnosis. The aim of the study was to investigate the role of EC/EV system and inflammation in human delivery, in placental samples from spontaneous deliveries.

Efficacy of Low-Dose Paroxetine for the Treatment of Hot Flushes in Surgical and Physiological Postmenopausal Women: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.

Hot flushes and sleep disturbances are the most common vasomotor symptoms (VMS) reported by postmenopausal women. Hormonal treatment is to date referred to as the gold standard approach but not suitable for all the patients. Alternative treatments are needed in case of a contraindication to menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), adverse side effects, and poor compliance.

A partial molar pregnancy associated with a fetus with intrauterine growth restriction delivered at 31 weeks: a case report.

Introduction: Molar pregnancies belong to a group of diseases classified as gestational trophoblastic diseases, which result from an altered fertilization. Partial molar pregnancy with a live fetus is a very rare condition, occurring in 0.005 to 0.

[Diagnostic accuracy of endocervicoscopy as preoperative tool to improve the excisional treatment of cervical preneoplastic lesions].

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of endocervicoscopy as a preoperative examination to improve the outcome of the excisional treatment (LEEP) of high-grade cervical preneoplastic lesions.

Methods: Patients with histologic diagnosis of CIN II-CIN III undergoing LEEP divided in two groups: in group A (85 women) a preoperative endocervicoscopy was performed, in group B (85 women) no additional examination was performed before LEEP. The size of the surgical specimen (H, D, W) and the margins of the lesion were evaluated.

Environmental pollution due to cadmium: measure of semen quality as a marker of exposure and correlation with reproductive potential.

Purpose: Contradictory reports exist in the literature regarding an association of cadmium with parameters of semen quality. The aim of the study was to assess cadmium levels in both blood and seminal plasma and to analyze the relationships between cadmium concentrations and lifestyle and semen parameters.

Material And Methods: Fifty healthy male volunteers were recruited to provide semen and blood samples.

Low-dose estrogen and drospirenone combination: effects on metabolism and endothelial function in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome.

Purpose: Metabolic syndrome and endothelial dysfunction play a relevant role in the cardiovascular risk in post-menopause. The aim of the study was to assess the effects of a low-dose hemihydrate estradiol and drospirenone combination on cardiovascular risk parameters in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-eight healthy women (group A) and 28 women with metabolic syndrome (group B) were treated with hemihydrate estradiol one mg + drospirenone two mg.

Betulinic acid and possible influence on the clearance of Human Papilloma Virus: cytological and virological follow-up.

Aim: Persistent infection with high-risk Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) types is considered necessary for the development of cervical cancer. No such efficient antiviral agent exists at the present time. The aim of this study was to assess whether the use of topical products, vaginal ovules, containing betulinic acid and betulin may influence viral replication in vivo by promoting its negativity.

[Phytoestrogens and menopause].

Menopause is the interruption of menstrual and reproductive capacity, therefore, that occurs naturally in all women between 48 and 55 years, due to a lower production of gonadal steroids. The period becomes progressively irregular and lack of ovulation and menstrual flow decrease, and finally disappears. The time between the first symptoms and the cessation of the menstrual cycle is called menopause.

Screening for trisomy 21 by maternal age fetal nuchal translucency thickness and maternal serum sample.

Aim: The aim of this paper was to examine the performance of two-stage first-trimester combined screening based on maternal age, fetal nuchal translucency (NT) thickness and maternal serum sample "free beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) and pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A)".

Methods: A combined screening for chromosomal anomalies was performed in 713 singleton pregnancies. We performed a two-stage screening with the blood taken at 8+0 to 10+6 weeks and the measurement of NT performed at 12+0 to 12+6 weeks.

Pregnancy in a methylmalonic acidemia patient with kidney transplantation: a case report.

Presently pregnancy is no more exceptional in women with metabolic diseases. However, it still poses significant medical problems both before and after childbirth. The challenge is even greater if the mother has undergone organ transplantation, because of her metabolic disease.

[The use of transvaginal ultrasound following voluntary interruption of pregnancy to reduce complications due to incomplete curettage].

Aim: The aim of the study was to assess by what percentage the use of transvaginal ultrasound (TV, curettage) following voluntary interruption of pregnancy (IVG) reduces the incidence of haemorrhagic events resulting from incomplete drainage of the cavity during the first trimester of gestation.

Methods: The present is a randomized prospective study involving 720 women who in the period between January 2005 and January 2007 underwent drainage of the cavity during the first trimester of gestation. The study group involved 360 women who were submitted to TV ultrasound using the Toshiba JustVision 400 system at the end of the surgical procedure.

Female adnexal tumor of probable wolffian origin: clinicopathological, immunohistochemical and cytofluorimetric analyses of a 22-year-old virgin. case report.

The term female adnexal tumor of probable Wolffian origin "FATWO" designs this tumor wich arises by the rare persisting remnants of the mesonephric duct (Wolffian duct). About 40 cases have been reported in literature. Few cases of recurrence have been reported, FATWO usually shows no signs of hormonal activity.

Haematosalpinx of fallopian tube: isolated torsion with congenital abnormal vascularisation.

We report a case of haematosalpinx due to torsion of the Fallopian tube with congenital abnormal blood supply in a girl. The symptoms were not specific and the first diagnosis was a pelvic complex mass like a tumour. The authors discuss the possible aetiology.

Effect of weight loss on cardiac synchronization and proinflammatory cytokines in premenopausal obese women.

Objective: Obesity is an important risk factor for heart failure in both women and men. Dyssynchrony between right and left ventricular contraction and relaxation has been identified as an independent predictor of heart failure. We examined the relationship of ventricular synchronization abnormalities with the concentration of proinflammatory cytokines in obese women at baseline and after sustained weight loss.