Effect of delivery mode on admission to neonatal intensive care unit in healthy singleton pregnancies.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the short-term results of perinatal health in vaginal and cesarean deliveries and the indications for admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in terms of healthy singleton pregnancies.

Materials And Methods: In this study, 300 pregnant women who gave birth in our tertiary hospital was included. The records of newborns admitted to the NICU of these pregnant women were reviewed between January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2021.

Does alpha-1-acid glycoprotein determine for infertility in polycystic ovary syndrome?

Objectives: The underlying cause of metabolic abnormalities and ovarian dysfunction in PCOS is thought to be chronic low-grade inflammation. This study aimed to show whether alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP), an inflammatory marker, predicts the risk of infertility in fertile and infertile women with PCOS. Our study had a cros-sectional case-control design.

Technique to reduce blood loss during open abdominal myomectomy: transverse or vertical incision?

Objective: To determine if there is a difference between uterine incision techniques (vertical vs. transversal) in terms of clinical results.

Methods: All women with leiomyomas who underwent open abdominal myomectomy (n=61) between March and August 2016 at the Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic at the Women's Health Research and Training Hospital Zekai Tahir Burak were included, and the clinical results were included and prospectively reviewed.

The effects of water immersion and epidural analgesia on cellular immune response, neuroendocrine, and oxidative markers.

Background/aim: Water immersion and epidural analgesia are the most preferred pain relief methods during the labor process. Adverse effects related to these methods, impact on the labor, and perception of pain is well studied in the literature. We aimed to investigate the cord blood level of copeptin, total serum oxidant (TOS), antioxidant (TAS), interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6, and oxytocin after the labor with water immersion, epidural analgesia, and vaginal birth without pain relief.

The effect of folate on ischemia/reperfusion injury in a rat adnexal torsion model.

Purpose: The ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury of ovaries in adnexal torsion may have inadvertent consequences. Many agents have been studied in terms of their ability to prevent reperfusion damage to ovaries in suspected cases. In this study, folic acid, known to have antioxidative properties, was investigated to determine whether it played a role in the prevention of I/R damage in a rat ovarian torsion model.

Severe 25-OH vitamin D deficiency as a reason for adverse pregnancy outcomes.

There is a growing concern about the unfavorable effects of vitamin D deficiency in general population, including pregnant women, worldwide. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of severe maternal serum 25-OH vitamin D levels on adverse pregnancy outcomes in first trimester. Serum samples of 86 pregnant women in first trimester were collected prospectively from May 2017 to June 2017.

Dose dependent protective effects of vardenafil on ischemia-reperfusion injury with biochemical and histopathologic evaluation in rat ovary.

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of vardenafil on the histopathology and biochemical parameters in reducing damage in experimental ovarian ischemia and ischemia/reperfusion injury in a rat model and to compare the effect of two different doses of vardenafil.

Methods: Forty-two rats with experimental ovarian torsion. Group-I: sham; Group-II: ovarian ischemia; Group-III: 2 hours of ischemia followed by a 2-hour reperfusion.

Is there an association between liver type fatty acid binding protein and severity of preeclampsia?

Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate the level of liver fatty acid binding protein (LFABP) in women with preeclampsia.

Method: A case-control study was conducted in 90 pregnant women who were divided into the following three groups: normal pregnancy (n = 30), mild-moderate preeclampsia (n = 30), and severe preeclampsia (n = 30). Maternal blood samples were obtained during an antenatal clinic visit in normal pregnant women, and at the time of diagnosis in women with preeclampsia.

Effects of repeated propranolol administration in a rat model of surgically induced endometriosis.

Objectives: To determine whether propranolol has an inhibitory effect on the angiogenesis of endometriosis in an experimental rat model or not.

Study Design: This was an experimental animal model study. Twenty-four female Wistar albino rats (200-250 g) were used to create a model for surgical induction of endometriosis.

Assessment of the sexually abused female children admitted to a tertiary care hospital: Eight year experience.

Objective: To discuss the medical, social and legal characteristics of the child sexual abuse and to provide a perspective for gynecologists on this topic.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was carried out of the medicolegal records of female children below the age of 18 referred to a tertiary teaching hospital and diagnosed as being exposed to sexual abuse within the family between the years of 2004 to 2012.

Results: One hundred and thirty-nine cases were diagnosed as being exposed to sexual abuse during the 8 year period, 23 of them (16.

Role of postprandial bile acids in prediction of perinatal outcome in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of fasting and postprandial total bile acids (fTBA, ppTBA) in prediction of adverse perinatal outcomes in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP).

Material And Methods: A total of 111 patients, 57 with ICP and 54 controls, were evaluated for preterm birth (PTB), meconium-stained amnion (MSA), neonatal intensive-care unit admission and asphyxia. We further classified the ICP group as mild and severe.

Abdominal pregnancy after hysterectomy: a rare cause of hemoperitoneum.

Background: Pregnancy after hysterectomy is an extremely rare event. However, if not diagnosed and managed properly, it may result in life-threatening consequences.

Case Report: We report the case of a 28-year-old woman with a history of cesarean hysterectomy 3 years prior who was referred to our institution for evaluation of abdominal pain.

Inflammation and glycemic tolerance status in pregnancy: the role of maternal adiposity.

Background/aims: Although the association between inflammation and insulin resistance is well known, the data related to the role of inflammation in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are conflicting. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of several inflammatory mediators with the glycemic status in pregnancy.

Methods: Leukocyte count, ferritin, C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen and interleukin-6 levels were measured in 70 patients with normal glucose tolerance, in 57 patients with impaired glucose tolerance and in 35 patients with GDM as determined based on 50-gram oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and 100-gram OGTT results.

Awareness of Turkish female adolescents and young women about HPV and their attitudes towards HPV vaccination.

Background: The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge about HPV and HPV vaccines and attitudes towards vaccination among the females aged 9-24 years in Turkey.

Materials And Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were filled out individually by the participants covering demographic information, knowledge about HPV infection and HPV vaccines, attitudes towards vaccination, and the perceptions of them about their parental attitudes about vaccination.

Results: Of the 408 subjects participating in the study, 41.

Endometriomas in adolescents and young women.

Study Objective: To evaluate clinical aspects of endometriomas encountered in late adolescent females and young women and to review the issues specifically related to the disease in this age group.

Design: Retrospective medical chart review study.

Setting: Adolescent gynecology and infertility clinic of a tertiary care hospital with women's health focus.

A survey on human papillomavirus awareness and acceptance of vaccination among nursing students in a tertiary hospital in Ankara, Turkey.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the awareness and knowledge regarding human papillomavirus (HPV), HPV related conditions and HPV vaccine among nursing students, and to identify their attitudes towards HPV vaccination.

Materials And Methods: The study was carried out at a tertiary Women's Health Care Center in Ankara, Turkey. Self-administered questionnaires were filled out individually by the nursing students and by a control group including similar aged women.

Knowledge about HPV, relation between HPV and cervix cancer and acceptance of HPV vaccine in women in eastern region of Turkey.

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the knowledge of the women living in the eastern region of Turkey about human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervix cancer and their approaches to HPV vaccine.

Methods: The questionnaire forms were distributed to 1,052 patients who applied to the Gynecology Department of Elazig Training and Research Hospital. The subjects were recruited from the general gynecology outpatient clinic of the hospital.

Office hysteroscopy improves pregnancy rates following IVF.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of office hysteroscopy (OH) on pregnancy rate in patients undergoing IVF. A total of 1258 patients attending an IVF clinic with normal hysteroscopic findings were enrolled. The impact of timing of OH before embryo transfer on pregnancy rate was investigated.

Hepcidin and erythropoietin measurements in the cord blood of neonates with meconium-stained amniotic fluid.

Aim: To compare hepcidin and erythropoietin levels in the cord blood of neonates with meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) to levels obtained from age-, body mass index- and gravidity-matched neonates with clear amniotic fluid.

Methods: A cross-sectional controlled study was conducted in secondary and tertiary care centers. Cord blood samples of 40 neonates following term gestations (≥37 weeks' gestation) with MSAF and 40 maternal age-, body mass index- and gravidity-matched controls with clear amniotic fluid were analyzed in this study.

Tubal sterilization during cesarean section or as an elective procedure? Effect on the ovarian reserve.

Background: The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of tubal sterilization on the ovarian reserve by means of hormonal and ultrasonographic evaluation during a cesarean section or when performed as a planned interval procedure.

Study Design: Fifty women who had undergone tubal sterilization during a cesarean section (n=24) and by minilaparotomy as an elective procedure (n=26) were included in the study. Tubes were ligated with the Pomeroy technique in both groups.

The effects of immersion in water on labor, birth and newborn and comparison with epidural analgesia and conventional vaginal delivery.

Objective: To document the practice of labour in water, to assess the effects of water immersion during labor and/or birth (labour stages 1, 2 and 3) on maternal, fetal and neonatal wellbeing and to compare the outcomes and safety with conventional vaginal deliveries and deliveries with epidural analgesia.

Material And Methods: Two-hundred and seven women electing for waterbirth (n=207) were compared with women having conventional vaginal deliveries (n=204) and vaginal deliveries with epidural analgesia (n=191). Demographic data, length of 1(st), 2(nd) and 3(rd) stage of labor, induction and episiotomy requirements, perineal trauma, apgar scores, NICU requirements and VAS scores were noted.

Ultrasonographic measurement of the femoral cartilage thickness in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objective: To compare the femoral cartilage thickness values of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients with those of age-matched, healthy women and to find out whether cartilage thickness changes with the clinical parameters.

Design: A cross-sectional controlled study.

Setting: A secondary care center and a tertiary care center.

Pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 virus infection in pregnancy in Turkey.

Objectives: To describe the clinical characteristics of the pregnant women who were hospitalized in a tertiary referral hospital with pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 virus infection and neonatal outcomes from October 2009 to December 2009 during which the pandemic influenza cases peaked in Turkey.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-five pregnant women who were hospitalized with influenza-like illness and who had laboratory confirmation for pandemic influenza H1N1 virus infection were evaluated prospectively.

Results: Of the 25 patients, 4 (16%) were in the first trimester, 8 (32%) were in the second trimester, and 13 (52%) were in the third trimester.

The effect of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device on menorrhagia in women taking anticoagulant medication after cardiac valve replacement.

Background: This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine devices (LNG-IUDs) on menorrhagia in patients receiving anticoagulant therapy after cardiac valve replacement.

Study Design: Forty women with menorrhagia who underwent cardiac valve replacement and were taking anticoagulant medication were enrolled in the study. The women were randomly divided into two groups: LNG-IUDs were inserted into 20 women in Group 1 over the first 3 days of menstrual bleeding, while the women in Group 2 were followed without any intervention.