The United States Supreme Court ruling and women's reproductive rights - A position statement issued by The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG).

The judicial review by the Supreme Court of the United States on Roe v. Wade has fundamentally limited the ability of women to exercise choice and control of their sexual and reproductive rights in the United States. The global organisations are concerned that there remains a risk that women's rights will be diminished globally in future.

Challenging Obstetrical Management in Generalized Peritonitis during Pregnancy.

Acute abdomen in pregnancy represents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, despite the current advances in modern medicine, since the typical symptoms and altered laboratory parameters mimic normal pregnancy. Acute appendicitis is the most common nonobstetric surgical emergency during pregnancy, with an incidence of 1 per 500-2000 pregnancies. Delayed diagnosis and reluctance to operate on a pregnant woman predispose to adverse maternal and fetal outcomes.

Struma ovarii in bilateral ovarian teratoma-case report and literature review.

Struma ovarii is an uncommon ovarian tumour, defined by the finding of thyroid tissue in the ovary, and more frequently found in teratomas. Symptoms of struma ovarii are nonspecific. The definite diagnosis is made by histological examination.

EBCOG position statement - Simulation-based training for obstetrics and gynaecology during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The specialty of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has been on the forefront of introducing simulation in post graduate education for the past two decades. Simulation training is known to enhance psychomotor skills and is considered an important step in the transition from classroom learning to clinical practice. Training on simulators allows trainees to acquire basic skills before getting involved in day to day care in real life situations.

Laparoscopic Approach in Surgical Staging of Endometrial Cancer.

Objective:  To compare laparoscopy with laparotomy for surgical staging of endometrial cancer.

Methods:  A cohort of women with preoperative diagnosis of endometrial cancer who underwent surgical staging was retrospectively evaluated. The main study end points were: morbidity and mortality, hospital length of stay, perioperative adverse events and recurrence rate.

Frozen Section in the Management of Ovarian and Uterine Tumors: The Past 5 Years in a Tertiary Centre.

Objective:  Intraoperative frozen section (IFS) is a valuable resource, and its use in gynecological pathology has not been sufficiently emphasized. The main goal of the present study is to evaluate the reliability and agreement rates between IFS and the final paraffin section (PS) and determine how reliable IFS is.

Methods:  A retrospective study of all IFSs performed on uterine tumors and suspicious adnexal masses between January 2012 and December 2016 (excluding metastases) at the department of obstetrics and gynecology of the Centro Hospitalar Tondela Viseu.

Discriminative value of CA-125, HE4, Risk of Malignancy Index II (RMI-II) and Risk of Malignancy Algorithm (ROMA) in the differential diagnosis of pelvic masses: conclusions from a referral Centre in Portugal.

The major purpose of this article was to compare the discriminative value of different algorithms and serum biomarkers in the differential diagnosis of adnexal masses. We performed a retrospective study with 247 women with adnexal neoplasia, submitted to surgical treatment and with a histological diagnosis. The evaluation of the area under the curve (AUC) for isolated CA-125 and HE4, and for ROMA and RMI-II, showed a better specificity of HE4 and RMI-II in premenopausal women.