The effect of mandala coloring on anxiety and quality of life of women in the climacteric period: a randomized controlled study.

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the effect of mandala coloring on anxiety and quality of life of women in the climacteric period.

Methods: This research was conducted as an experimental study based on a randomized controlled pre-test and post-test model (single-blind). The study was conducted with women in the climacteric period who presented to a training and research hospital in a western city of Turkey between November 1, 2022, and April 28, 2023.

The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and its relationship with perinatal outcomes in pregnant women in the third trimester.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in pregnant women in their third trimester and assess its relationship with perinatal outcomes.

Methods: A total of 796 women who delivered babies at the Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital between January 2014 and January 2015 were evaluated retrospectively. Women with complete data and relevant results from thyroid functions tests were included in the study (n=573).

Effect of pomegranate extract on vagina, skeleton, metabolic and endocrine profiles in an ovariectomized rat model.

Aim: Many women need estrogen therapy because of menopausal complaints. It is suggested that pomegranate plant has estrogenic effect. Aim of the study was to examine the effects of pomegranate seed extract on menopausal changes.

The Role of Ischemia Modified Albumin and D-dimer as Early or Late Biochemical Markers in Ovarian Torsion.

Objective: Our aim was to examine the potential roles of ischemia modified albumin(IMA) and D-dimer as reliable early diagnostic markers of ovarian torsion.

Materials And Methods: 24 Wistar albino rats were included and randomized into three groups. Control (sham) rats underwent laparotomy then bilateral ovaries removed for histopathological examination and concomitant blood sampling for IMA and D-dimer assays after 4 h.

TORCH seroprevalence among patients attending Obstetric Care Clinic of Haydarpasa Training and Research Hospital affiliated to Association of Istanbul Northern Anatolia Public Hospitals.

Objective: Toxoplasma gondii, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus and Herpes simplex viruses are microorganisms that cause congenital infections and they are called briefly as TORCH. There is an ongoing argument for the screening of reproductive age women due to the high cost of tests. For a test to be used in screening, prevalence of disease in this population should be known.

Benign Pulmonary Metastasizing Leiomyoma of the Uterus.

Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma (BML) is a rare disease which represents with multiple leiomyomatous lesions in many tissues and organs especially in lungs. These patients have been operated for leiomyoma of the uterus. Here we report a case of a 41-year-old woman who was evaluated in a thoracic surgery hospital for dyspnea and bilateral nodules in chest roentgenogram.

Predictive Value of Malignancy Risk Indices for Ovarian Masses in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women.

Background: To evaluate the predictive role of a risk of malignancy index in discriminating between benign and malignant adnexal masses preoperatively.

Materials And Methods: A total of 408 patients with adnexal masses managed surgically between January 2010 and February 2014 were included. The risk of malignancy indices (RMI) 1, 2, 3 and 4 were calculated using findings for ultrasonography, menopausal status, and CA125 levels.

The effects of progesterone selection on psychological symptoms in hormone replacement therapy.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of hormone replacement therapy using dienogest and medroxyprogesterone acetate on psychological symptoms in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.

Material And Methods: A total of 73 patients who sought treatment at the menopause units of the authors' gynecology and obstetrics clinics between of November 2003 and October 2004 complaining of vasomotor symptoms were included in the study prospectively. The cases were divided into two groups: Group I (37 patients) was given 2 mg estradiol valerate and 2 mg dienogest, and Group II (36 patients) was given 2 mg estradiol valerate and 10 mg medroxyprogesterone acetate.

Cervical perforation by the strings of a levonorgestrel releasing-intrauterine system: a case report.

A very rare case of perforation of the uterine cervix by the strings of a levonorgestrel releasing-intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) in a 47-year-old woman is presented. The method to retrieve the strings back into the cervical canal, leaving the LNG-IUS in situ, is described. We suggest that the threads of an intrauterine contraceptive occasionally may penetrate tissue like setons do, when used for treatment of fistulae.

Abdominal wall endometriosis in the cesarean section surgical scar: a potential diagnostic pitfall.

Aim: The abdominal wall is an uncommon site of extrapelvic endometriosis. It usually develops in a previous surgical scar and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any abdominal swelling. Classical symptoms of endometriosis may resemble abdominal wall lesions such as an incisional hernia, hematoma, granuloma, abscess or various soft tissue tumors; therefore, a definitive preoperative diagnosis is not always easy to determine in every case.

Diagnostic utility of osteocalcin, undercarboxylated osteocalcin, and alkaline phosphatase for osteoporosis in premenopausal and postmenopausal women.

Background: We aimed to investigate the diagnostic utility of osteocalcin (OC), undercarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in pre- and postmenopausal women for femoral neck, L1-4, and L2-4 bone mineral density (BMD) values by taking into consideration their age, body mass index (BMI), and menopausal status.

Methods: Premenopausal (N=40) and postmenopausal cases (N=42) were classified as 25-34 or 35-45 yr of age and within the first 5 yr or 5 yr or more after the onset of menopause, respectively.

Results: Among the groups, statistical differences were found for age, BMI, OC, ucOC, ALP, femoral neck BMD, L1-4 BMD, and L2-4 BMD.

Acute abdomen in pregnancy requiring surgical management: a 20-case series.

Objectives: The obstetrician often has a difficult task in diagnosing and managing the acute abdomen in pregnancy. A reluctance to operate during pregnancy adds unnecessary delay, which may increase morbidity for both mother and fetus. In this study, we present our experience in pregnant patients with acute abdomen.

Effects of combined estrogen and progesterone replacement treatment on detrusor contractility and histology in oophorectomized rats.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of estrogen plus progesterone treatment administered after surgical menopause on morphological and muscarinic receptor sensitivity in detrusor muscle bands of rats.

Materials And Methods:   A total of 40 female Albino-Wistar rats were assigned into two groups to undergo surgical menopause with sham operation (n = 10) and bilateral oophorectomy (n = 30). Thirty oophorectomized rats were assigned into three groups for different treatments administered for 8 weeks beginning from the 7th postoperative day.

Leptin and leptin receptor levels in pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum.

Objective: To investigate the association between the leptin, leptin receptor and hormone levels and hyperemesis gravidarum, and to determine whether these two parameters may be early markers for hyperemesis gravidarum.

Methods: The study group consisted of 18 pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum and the control group consisted of 18 healthy pregnant women. Demographic characteristics were recorded and body mass index (BMI) values were calculated for all the pregnant women.

Risk factors associated with gallstone and biliary sludge formation during pregnancy.

Aim: To define the risk factors in gallstone and sludge formation, and to investigate the incidence of gallstone and biliary sludge formation during pregnancy in a group of healthy pregnant women.

Methods: Sixty-nine healthy pregnant women in early gestation and 28 nulliparous healthy controls were enrolled. Gallbladder volumes, gallbladder ejection fraction (GBEF), serum triglyceride and cholesterol levels were determined in both groups.

Short rib polydactyly syndrome type 3 with absence of fibulae (Verma-Naumoff syndrome).

Short rib polydactyly syndrome (SRPS) is a group of skeletal dysplasias manifested by short-limb dwarfism, short ribs with thoracic dysplasia and polydactyly. SRPS is an inherited autosomal-recessive disorder with different prenatal sonographic and postnatal clinical, histological and radiologic findings. SRPS type 1 (Saldino-Noonan) and type 3 (Verma-Naumoff) are very similar and frequently get mixed.

Tissue trauma after vaginal hysterectomy and colporrhaphy versus abdominal hysterectomy: a randomised controlled study.

Objective: As the magnitude of tissue trauma can be detected by measuring the blood levels of acute phase reactants, we aimed to evaluate tissue trauma markers after abdominal hysterectomy (AH) and vaginal hysterectomy (VH). We hypothesised that VH will be associated with a reduced increase in the level of acute phase reactants than AH.

Methods: Thirty women out of 92 patients scheduled for hysterectomies between June 2002 and June 2003 were randomised into two equal groups (n = 15) of VH and AH.

Preoperative assessment of myometrial invasion and cervical involvement of endometrial cancer by transvaginal ultrasonography.

The aim of the study was to assess the depth of myometrial invasion and cervical involvement by endometrial cancer using preoperative 6.5-MHz, high-frequency transvaginal ultrasonography as compared with postoperative assessment using histopathological examination. The study included 47 patients with histologically proven cancers of the endometrium.