Voided volume for postoperative voiding assessment following prolapse and urinary incontinence surgery.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The objective was to compare the safety and accuracy of voided volume with the standard retrograde fill approach for voiding assessment after pelvic floor surgery.

Methods: This cohort represents all women in our repository who underwent postoperative voiding assessment following procedures for pelvic floor disorders between September 2011 and June 2014. One surgeon utilized a spontaneous voiding (SV) protocol and allowed any patient who voided 150 ml or more at one time to pass the trial.

Comparison of the efficacy of the immediate-release and osmotic push-pull system formulations of nifedipine for tocolysis.

Aim: To compare the immediate-release (IR) and osmotic push-pull system formulations of nifedipine used for tocolysis in prolonging pregnancy, neonatal outcomes and maternal-fetal adverse effects.

Methods: We evaluated 140 pregnant women who received the IR (n = 72) and osmotic push-pull system (n = 68) formulations of nifedipine for tocolysis due to threatened preterm labor between 24 and 33 weeks of gestation. Groups were compared in terms of efficacy of tocolysis in prolonging pregnancy for more than 48 h, 7 days and up to 37 weeks of gestation, total number of days gained for prolonging pregnancy, delivery weeks, maternal-fetal adverse effects and neonatal outcomes including ventilation support, need for intubation or surfactant, intraventricular hemorrhage, respiratory distress syndrome, necrotizing enterocolitis, admission to neonatal intensive care unit, neonatal death, Apgar scores at the 1st and 5th minutes.

The relation of fetal colon and rectum diameters with labor in healthy late-third trimester pregnancies.

Objective: To investigate the associations of fetal colon-rectum diameters with labor and fetal distress or meconium passage in healthy pregnancies in the late 3rd trimester.

Study Design: A total of 162 healthy, singleton pregnant women at ≥36 weeks who were in the latent-phase of labor (n = 69) or those not in labor (n = 93, controls) at the time of ultrasound examination were enrolled. Fetal colon (ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid) and rectum diameters, Doppler indices of materno-fetal vessels were measured.

Prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal polymorphisms: most commonly observed polymorphism on Chromosome 9 have associations with low PAPP-A values.

Introduction: To identify the prevalence and types of fetal chromosomal polymorphisms in pregnant women and to examine possible associations with screening test parameters.

Materials And Methods: Fetal chromosomal polymorphism rate was investigated in pregnant women who had been implemented for invasive prenatal test in a tertiary reference center in Thrace Region of Turkey. Fetal chromosomal polymorphisms were determined and their effects on screening tests' parameters were investigated.

Perioperative complications in vaginal mesh procedures using trocar in pelvic organ prolapse repair.

Introduction And Hypothesis: This study aimed to document intraoperative and early postoperative complications associated with the use of vaginal mesh with trocar in pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repair.

Methods: This is a retrospective review of 120 cases of vaginal repair of POP using vaginal mesh. Of the 120 patients, 31 underwent anterior mesh repair (Light mesh 10, Avaulta 1, Perigee 1, and Prolift 19); 35 underwent posterior mesh repair (Light mesh 2, Posterior IVS 17, and Prolift 16); and 54 underwent anterior and posterior mesh (total) repair (Light mesh 8, Prolift 32, and Prolift M 14).

Serum lipids level assessed in early pregnancy and risk of pre-eclampsia.

Aim: The purpose of this study investigated the relationship between early pregnancy plasma lipid concentrations and risk of pre-eclampsia.

Material And Methods: In a prospective cohort study, maternal blood samples were collected between 10-20 weeks of gestation. From the cohort, we selected 30 women who developed pre-eclampsia and 320 who remained normotensive and served as control subjects.