Can ultrasound 10 days after obstetric anal sphincter injury predict anal incontinence at long-term follow-up?

Introduction And Hypothesis: The objective was to investigate whether endoanal ultrasound (EAUS) performed 10 days after a primary repaired obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASIS) can predict the severity of anal incontinence (AI) in the long term.

Methods: This prospective cohort study included women with a primary repaired 3b-degree tear, 3c-degree tear or fourth-degree tear at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark, from 1 September 2010 to 31 May 2011. Clinical assessment and EAUS were performed on day 2, day 10, and day 20 after delivery.

[Christmas article: Please put your pants on - an RCT].

Introduction: It is common practice after a pelvic exam to ask a woman to put her pants on, before she is given verbal information. We aimed to compare short-term memory in undressed versus dressed women.

Methods: Thirty-six female Ob/Gyn doctors were randomised to receive verbal information while undressed and still in a lithotomy position, or once dressed again.

Twin pregnancies treated with emergency or ultrasound-indicated cerclage to prevent preterm births.

Multiple gestations are high-risk pregnancies associated with an increased risk of neonatal morbidity and mortality, mainly due to preterm births. Numerous interventions have been attempted in order to delay the time of delivery and subsequently, prevent preterm births in twin gestations. To date, no really effective intervention has been found.

[Lipschütz ulcus as a differential diagnosis of vulvar ulcus].

Lipschütz ulcus (LU) is a rare and probably underdiagnosed non-venereal disease, which usually presents in young women. It is characterised by an acute onset of influenza-like symptoms with painful, necrotic ulcerations on the vulva or lower vagina, and the aetiology and pathogenesis is unknown. The diagnosis is clinical after exclusion of other causes of vulvar ulcers.