Spontaneous angular dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy: a case report.

Objective: To report a peculiar case of ultrasound diagnosis of spontaneous angular twin pregnancy. In literature, the terms "angular," "interstitial," and "cornual" pregnancies are often used inappropriately. Confusion in terminology may have contributed to difficulties in developing diagnostic ultrasound criteria to differentiate these ectopic pregnancies.

Can we replace the catheter when evaluating urinary residuals?

Aims: To test the different formulae to calculate the bladder volume using ultrasound; the accuracy of patients hearing/feeling "bubbles" at the end of urodynamics testing as a measure of being empty; and how good we are at estimating PVR using X-ray at the end of video urodynamics testing.

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study. Using Sonosite 180 plus, bladder volumes were calculated as, height × width × depth × proportionality constant (0.

Fundal pressure in second stage of labor (Kristeller maneuver) is associated with increased risk of levator ani muscle avulsion.

Objective: To investigate the association between application of fundal pressure during the second stage of labor (Kristeller maneuver) and the risk of levator ani muscle (LAM) injury.

Methods: This was a prospective case-control study of women recruited immediately after their first vaginal delivery in our university hospital between March 2014 and September 2016. Women who underwent the Kristeller maneuver were recruited as cases.

Calcium metabolism, vitamin D and bone mineral density after bariatric surgery.

Summary: Lower bone mineral density, vitamin D deficiency, lower lean body mass, greater loss of excess weight, and increased bone turnover are complications found after bariatric surgery correlated in the literature with increased risk of fractures. The prevention and treatment of such complications should begin immediately after surgery.

Introduction: The aims of the study were to evaluate bone mass in patients undergoing bariatric surgery by the Wittgrove technique after 1 year of the procedure and correlate it with body composition, weight loss, 25OH vitamin D levels, and markers of bone metabolism.

Use of a preventive sling surgery for the simultaneous correction of latent stress urinary incontinence during the cystocele repair: two year follow-up.

Aim: The aim of this paper was to assess the feasibility and utility of adding a preventive trans obturatory tape (TOT) during the same intervention for anterior prolapse repair, in patients with masked urinary incontinence and massive cystocele.

Methods: A retrospective trial was conducted in a Tertiary care University Hospital. Ninety-nine women with a massive cystocele (Ba ≥2 cm of pelvic organ prolapse quantification) and an occult stress urinary incontinence were recruited from 2004 to 2010: 53 women were subjected to an anterior fascial reconstruction alone while 46 underwent the same intervention with the addition of TOT.

Sexual behavior and oral contraception: a pilot study.

Introduction: Oral contraceptives (OCs) induce mood and libido changes.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate in young, eumenorrheic, healthy women the sexual behavior and the genital vascular effects of an OC containing 30 µg ethinylestradiol (EE) and 3 mg drospirenone (DRSP).

Main Outcome Measures: The main outcome measures are McCoy Female Sexuality Questionnaire (MFSQ), the labia minora thickness and vaginal introitus area, the pulsatility index (PI) of clitoral and labia minora arteries, and hormonal and biochemical assays.