Caesarean scar pregnancy: is there a light in the end of the tunnel?

Purpose: To summarize and present a single tertiary center's 25 years of experience managing patients with caesarean scar pregnancies and their long-term reproductive and obstetric outcomes.

Methods: A 25-year retrospective study included women diagnosed with CSP from 1996 to 2020 in one tertiary center. Data were retrieved from the medical records and through a telephone interview.

[THE FALL AND RISE OF PROGESTERONE PREPARATIONS IN THE PREVENTION OF PRETERM LABOR].

Preterm labor involves about 7.4% of live births in Israel and constitutes over 85% of morbidity and mortality in newborns. Risk factors for preterm labor include a history of preterm delivery shortening of the uterine cervix, cervical procedures, uterine malformations, polyhydramnios, intrauterine growth restriction, preeclampsia, multiple gestations, and more.

Analgesic efficacy of virtual reality for acute pain in amniocentesis: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: To evaluate the efficacy of virtual reality (VR) as a distraction technique in the management of acute pain and anxiety during amniocentesis.

Study Design: A randomized controlled trial was conducted between September 2020 and October 2020 involving 60 women undergoing mid-trimester amniocentesis. Thirty women were assigned randomly to the VR intervention (immersive video content as a distraction method) group and 30 to the standard care group using a predetermined randomization code.

Analgesic Efficacy of Intrauterine Lidocaine Flushing in Hysterosalpingo-foam Sonography: A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial.

Study Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of flushing the uterine cavity with lidocaine before hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HyFoSy) to reduce procedure-related pain.

Design: A double-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shamir Medical Center, Israel between June 2020 and September 2020 involving 80 women undergoing a HyFoSy procedure.

Setting: University-affiliated medical center.