Risk factors for sexual dysfunction in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: To evaluate the level of sexual function during the COVID-19 pandemic in pregnant women followed up in Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey, using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI).

Methods: An observational analysis was performed on pregnant women who were not infected with COVID-19. A total of 135 pregnant women (group 1), 45 of whom were in the first trimester, 45 in the second trimester, and 45 in the third trimester, and 45 healthy women who were not pregnant (group 2), were included in the study.

Nulliparity and postmenopausal status are independent factors of malignancy potential of endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia in polyps.

Objective: To estimate the risk of concurrent endometrial cancer in endometrium when endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia (EIN) is found within an endometrial polyp and to identify the possible predictive factors for concurrent endometrial cancer.

Methods: Histopathologic data of women who underwent hysteroscopy for resection of endometrial polyps at Ankara Baskent University Hospital, between 2011 and 2019 were screened. Patients whose polypectomy report was EIN in a polyp, and who had a final report of the hysterectomy specimen were included.

Prognostic impact of p16 and p53 gene expressions in stage 1a epithelial ovarian cancer.

Objective: Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is rarely detected at stage 1a. Most of the patients have a good prognosis and there are limited factors that affect their survival. In the present study, we evaluated the p16 and p53 gene expressions of stage 1a EOC patients.

Comparison of no adjuvant treatment and radiotherapy in early-stage cervical carcinoma with intermediate risk factors.

Objective: To evaluate the results of receiving no adjuvant treatment (NAT) or radiotherapy after radical hysterectomy in patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2018 Stage IB1-IB3 cervical cancer with intermediate risk factors.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted at Baskent University School of Medicine's Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Ankara, Turkey between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 2016. In total, 134 women with at least two intermediate risk factors (positive LVSI, deep stromal invasion, and tumor size ≥4 cm) were included in the study.

Effect of increased number of neoadjuvant chemotherapy cycles on tumor resectability and pathologic response in advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancer.

Purpose: To identify the significance of the number of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) cycles on pathologic response and to define relationship between multiple cycles of NACT and the timing of interval debulking surgery (IDS) in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) patients.

Methods: This retrospective case-control study was carried out at the Baskent University in Ankara between 2007 and 2017. We reviewed 62 patients with advanced stage (IIIC-IV) EOC who received NACT in other institutes and operated in our clinic.

Relationship between inflammation and sex hormone profile in female patients receiving different types of renal replacement therapy.

Background: Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) experience female sexual dysfunction (FSD). The purpose of this study was to compare FSD in different types of renal replacement therapy and control patients.

Methods: The study was consisted of 47 renal transplantation (RT), 46 hemodialysis (HD), and 28 continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients and 36 healthy control subjects.