Factors affecting female sexual well-being: a 5-year follow-up of a randomised clinical trial on post-abortion contraception.

Introduction: Sexual well-being is associated with general well-being. Several factors, such as overweight, infertility, anxiety and sex hormones, also play a role, but the effects of hormonal contraception remain a point of debate. We characterised the factors associated with sexual well-being in fertile-aged women following induced abortion.

Health-related Quality of Life after Laparoscopic Hysterectomy following Enhanced Recovery after Surgery Protocol or a Conventional Recovery Protocol.

Study Objective: To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and psychologic distress after laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) following enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) and conventional recovery protocols.

Design: A secondary analysis of a single-center randomized controlled trial.

Setting: University hospital.

Recovery after enhanced versus conventional care laparoscopic hysterectomy performed in the afternoon: A randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To compare enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) and conventional care (CC) protocols on outcomes of laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) performed in the afternoon.

Methods: A single-center randomized controlled trial was conducted on 120 women undergoing LH who were randomly divided into the intervention group (IG; n=60) and control group (CG; n=60). Women in the IG were treated according to the ERAS protocol and those in the CG according to the CC protocol.

Pregnancy and delivery after mid-urethral sling operation.

Introduction And Hypotheses: There is no consensus regarding pregnancy after mid-urethral sling (MUS) operation, and some clinicians recommend postponing the MUS operation if a woman considers further pregnancies or routinely suggest cesarean section as the delivery method after MUS operations. Our primary aim was to assess the risk for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) re-procedure after delivery in women with a MUS operation prior to pregnancy. We also analyzed SUI re-visits and MUS-related complications during pregnancy and postpartum.

Long-term re-procedure rate after mid-urethral slings for stress urinary incontinence.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Long-term safety concerns have risen over the mid-urethral sling operation (MUS) for stress urinary incontinence (SUI), which in some countries has led to litigations and even suspending MUS insertions. We examined the long-term re-procedure rate after MUS operations. The main outcome was re-procedures for SUI.

Transumbilical versus lateral transabdominal removal of benign adnexal masses in laparoscopic surgery-A randomized trial.

Objective: In laparoscopic adnexal surgery the conventional method of removing a mass from the abdominal cavity in Finland is through a 10-mm-wide lateral abdominal port. The larger the lateral trocar, the greater the risk of pain, complications and delayed recovery. Here, we assumed that adnexal mass removal through a 10-mm umbilical port together with 5-mm side trocars would decrease the postoperative need of analgesics when compared with removal through a 10-mm lateral abdominal port.

Immediate adverse events after second trimester medical termination of pregnancy: results of a nationwide registry study.

BACKGROUND Increasing gestational age is associated with an increased risk of complications in studies assessing surgical termination of pregnancy (TOP). Medical TOP is widely used during the second trimester and little is known about the frequency of complications. This epidemiological study was undertaken to assess the frequency of adverse events following the second trimester medical TOP and to compare it with that after first trimester medical TOP.

Young age and termination of pregnancy during the second trimester are risk factors for repeat second-trimester abortion.

Objective: The objective of the study was to characterize women undergoing a termination of pregnancy (TOP) during the second trimester and to evaluate the risk factors and timing of repeat TOP.

Study Design: This nationwide retrospective cohort study investigated 41,750 women who underwent TOP during the first (n = 39,850) or second (n = 1900) trimester in Finland in 2000-2005. The follow-up time was until repeat TOP or until Dec.