The Impact of a Randomized Community-Based Intervention on the Awareness of Women Residing in Lebanon Toward Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, and Intimate Hygiene.

Background/objectives: Women's health represents an integral component of public health. With breast cancer being the first worldwide and cervical cancer the fourth most common cancer among women, and while habits of intimate hygiene remain mediocre, it is crucial to address these issues. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a community-based intervention on the knowledge and preventive measures (K&P) of women toward breast cancer, cervical cancer, and intimate hygiene.

The Lebanese percreta group: A retrospective cohort study of both radical and conservative management outcomes of abnormally invasive placenta.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to illustrate the outcomes of abnormally invasive placenta (AIP) cases managed in three leading centers in Lebanon.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective multicenter cohort study. Patients managed conservatively (cesarean delivery with successful placental separation) or radically (cesarean hysterectomy) were included in the study.

The rate of cesarean delivery changes after internal audit based on the Robson Ten Group Classification System in Lebanon.

Objective: To evaluate the efficiency of the Robson classification as an internal clinical audit and feedback of the high rate of cesarean delivery at Hotel Dieu de France, a tertiary referral hospital.

Methods: A pre-post study was conducted, with a retrospective approach in 2018 and 2019, identified as the pre-period (before the implementation of the Robson classification), and with a prospective approach in 2020 and 2021, labeled the post-period.

Results: The total number of deliveries during the study period was 2560; 1305 patients were included in the pre-period and 1255 patients delivered in the post-period.

Fetal supraventricular tachycardia and maternal COVID-19 vaccination: is there any relationship?

Fetal supraventricular tachycardia accounts for 60-80% of the fetal tachyarrhythmias with prevalence ranging from 1/1000 to 1/25 000 pregnancies. It may be secondary to fetal anomalies or maternal factors. By reviewing the literature, there is no previous article that reports fetal arrhythmia after maternal vaccination.

Intraoperative Ultrasound in the Management of Placenta Accreta Spectrum: Waste of Time or Valuable Step.

Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is increasing worldwide paralleling the rising surge of the cesarean section rate. It is well known that sonographic screening for PAS in the second trimester in high-risk patients can predict and reduce major intraoperative hemorrhage during a cesarean hysterectomy. We report the importance of intraoperative ultrasound in the management PAS disorders.

Outcome of prenatal diagnosis of clubfoot: a single institution experience.

Aim: To assess the accuracy of antenatal diagnosis of clubfoot (CF), risk factors and outcomes in postnatal.

Patients & Methods: Maternal characteristics, sonographic signs and postnatal outcomes were evaluated in 60 patients with a prenatal diagnosis of CF between 2007 and 2020.

Results: The rate of antenatal diagnosis of CF was 3.

Splenic rupture after sexual intercourse in a pregnant woman: an extremely rare case.

A 33-year-old pregnant woman presented at 36 weeks gestation to the emergency with acute abdominal pain that started after vaginal intercourse. No bruising was present on the abdominal examination. An emergent cesarean delivery was performed for resistant hypotension and collapse.

Cesarean section rates in a tertiary referral hospital in Beirut from 2018 to 2020: Our experience using the Robson Classification.

Objective: To evaluate the cesarean section rate using the Robson Classification for the first time in Lebanon, at Hôtel-Dieu de France University Hospital, a tertiary referral center in Beirut.

Methods: Routine medical record data that included all live births from January 1, 2018 to September 30, 2020 was investigated. The overall cesarean section rate was recorded, and the size, cesarean section rate, and absolute and relative contributions were calculated within each group.

Case series of outcomes of a standardized surgical approach for placenta percreta for prevention of ureteral lesions.

Objective: To report the outcomes of women with placenta percreta who were surgically treated by a specialized technique based on gynecologic oncology experience, and to demonstrate its safety in preventing ureteral lesions and reducing blood loss.

Methods: In the present retrospective study, data from patients with placenta percreta radically treated at Hôtel-Dieu de France, Beirut, Lebanon, between December 2012 and January 2017 were reviewed. Demographic, pathology, and delivery data, medical history, per-operative and postoperative information, and neonatal data were assessed.

A definition of selectivity in laser coagulation of chorionic plate anastomoses in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and its relationship to perinatal outcome.

Objective: This study was undertaken to correlate selectivity of surgery and perinatal outcome in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome treated by endoscopic laser coagulation, using a quantitative definition of selectivity.

Study Design: 287 consecutive cases of severe twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome were reviewed. A selectivity index was built as the ratio of selective over nonselective coagulations per procedure.