Association between Beta-Sympathomimetic Tocolysis and Risk of Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Behavioural and Developmental Outcome in Toddlers.

Aim: To investigate whether maternal intravenous beta-mimetic tocolytic therapy increases the risk of autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) and poorer behavioural and developmental outcomes.

Method: Our study is a prospective case-control study among 90 children between 1.5 and three years old.

Effect of pelvic floor muscle exercise on pelvic floor muscle activity and voiding functions during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of pelvic floor muscle exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period on pelvic floor muscle activity and voiding functions.

Methods: Pregnant women (n = 60) were randomly assigned into two groups (Training [n = 30] and Control [n = 30]) using a computer-based system. Pelvic floor muscle strength was measured using a perineometry device.

Quality of life in women with infertility via the FertiQoL and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scales.

The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between quality of life, anxiety, and depression in female patients with infertility. This was a cross-sectional study with 89 women with infertility. Patients completed a questionnaire that included demographic data, the FertiQoL scale, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.

Assessment of CA-125 area under the curve as a prognostic factor in patients with ovarian cancer.

The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of CA-125 area under the curve (CA-125 AUC) as a prognostic factor following surgical treatment for ovarian cancer patients. A retrospective analysis was conducted on ninety-five patients with ovarian cancer who had primary treatment in a tertiary center between 2000 and 2010. After either optimal or cytoreductive surgery, all patients underwent adjuvant chemotherapy.

Validation, cultural adaptation and responsiveness of two pelvic-floor-specific quality-of-life questionnaires, PFDI-20 and PFIQ-7, in a Turkish population.

Objectives: The aim of the study was cultural adaptation, validation, and test for responsiveness of the short forms of the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory (PFDI-20) and the Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire (PFIQ-7) in a Turkish population.

Study Design: To evaluate their validity, questionnaires were applied to 248 women. The questionnaires were compared with prolapse stage according to the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POP-Q) system.

The assessment of quality of life in female Turkish patients with overactive bladder.

The objective of this study was to examine the quality of life in female Turkish patients with overactive bladder (OAB). The investigation was conducted as a cross-sectional study between January and April 2010. Two hundred eighty female patients responded to the Overactive Bladder Validated Eight-Question Screener, the OAB disease-specific health-related quality-of-life scale (OAB questionnaire (OAB-q)) and the general quality-of-life scale EuroQol Five-Dimensional Questionnaire (EQ-5D) for the study.

The investigation of tumoral angiogenesis with HIF-1 alpha and microvessel density in women with endometrium cancer.

Objective: Hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1α) is a nuclear protein upregulated in response to reduced cellular oxygen concentration which therefore acts as a marker for hypoxia. The aim of this study was to determine tumoral angiogenesis with immunohistochemical markers in endometrium cancer and its relation with stage, grade, survival rates and other prognostic factors.

Material And Methods: Using the database in our Gynecologic Oncology clinic, we selected 94 patients who were diagnosed with endometrial cancer and underwent primary surgery at our institution between 2001 and 2010.

Neuromuscular morphometry of the uterine ligaments and vaginal wall in women with pelvic organ prolapse.

Aims: The aim of this study was to compare neuromuscular histomorphometry of the uterine ligaments and vaginal wall in women with and without pelvic organ prolapse.

Methods: Biopsies were obtained from the round, uterosacral, and cardinal ligaments of the uterus and apical vaginal wall of women having pelvic organ prolapse repaired (stage ≥ II; prolapse group, 37) and the same location in patients with no prolapse (stage < II; control group, 47). Routine hematoxylin-eosin (H & E) staining and immunohistochemical staining for Protein Gene Product 9.

Delayed-interval delivery of an in vitro-fertilized triplet pregnancy with premature rupture of membranes in the second trimester.

Background: The incidence of multiple pregnancies is increasing with the availability of assisted reproductive techniques. Preterm labor and preterm rupture of membranes are major complications in such pregnancies. Preterm delivery of the first fetus is often followed by delivery of the remaining fetuses.

Neuromuscular morphometry of the vaginal wall in women with anterior vaginal wall prolapse.

Introduction And Hypothesis: The aim of this study was to compare the changes in hystomorphometry and innervation of the anterior vaginal wall in women with and without anterior vaginal wall prolapse.

Methods: Eighty-nine biopsy specimens were obtained from the anterior vaginal wall of women having a cystocele repaired (stage >or=II; prolapse group, 49) and the same location in patients with no prolapse (stage View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Huge solitary primary pelvic hydatid cyst presenting as an ovarian malignancy: case report.

Hydatid disease is a zoonotic parasitic infection caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Echinococcus cysts are found mostly in the liver (60%) and lung (15%), but they can be located in any part of the body. However pelvic echinococcosis as the primary site is rarely seen.

Placenta percreta diagnosed after first-trimester pregnancy termination: a case report.

Background: Placenta percreta in early pregnancy has been documented in only a few cases. This is the first report of placenta percreta diagnosed after an extended period from pregnancy termination.

Case: A woman with a history of a previous cesarean section presented with heavy and irregular vaginal bleeding beginning immediately after pregnancy termination at 7 weeks' gestation.

Ovarian hemangioma presenting with hyperandrogenism and endometrial cancer: a case report.

Background: Hemangiomas are very rare tumors of the ovary. Here, we report a case of a mixed capillary and cavernous ovarian hemangioma and endometrial carcinoma presenting with postmenopausal bleeding, male pattern receding frontal hairline, and high serum androgen and estradiol levels.

Case: A 70-year-old White female underwent laparotomy for endometrial carcinoma.

Oral nifedipine maintenance therapy after acute intravenous tocolysis in preterm labor.

Aims: Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy of maintenance oral nifedipine in pregnant women initially treated with intravenous ritodrine plus verapamil for preterm labor.

Methods: The study included 73 patients with preterm labor with intact membranes. Patients were randomized to receive either maintenance oral nifedipine therapy (n=37) administered 20 mg every six hours or no treatment (controls, n=36) after discontinuation of acute intravenous tocolysis.

Elevated serum TNF-alpha levels in normal-weight women with polycystic ovaries or the polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objective: To compare the serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) levels in nonobese women with those in women with polycystic ovaries (PCO) and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and healthy controls.

Study Design: Twenty-one sonographically and biochemically diagnosed women with PCOS, 19 with PCO and 14 healthy women were recruited for the study. Serum TNF-alpha levels were measured in all three groups.

Maternal serum cytokine levels in women with hyperemesis gravidarum in the first trimester of pregnancy.

Objective: To compare serum cytokine levels in patients with hyperemesis gravidarum with levels in healthy pregnant and nonpregnant women.

Design: Case-control study.

Setting: Clinical and academic research center.

Effects of oral continuous and transdermal cyclic 17-beta estradiol and norethindrone acetate replacement therapy on platelet aggregation in postmenopausal women.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of an oral continuous and transdermal cyclic 17-beta estradiol and norethindrone acetate combination on platelet aggregation in post-menopausal women.

Study Design: Fifty postmenopausal women were randomly assigned to receive 17-beta estradiol and norethindrone acetate either orally continuously or transdermally cyclically and sequentially. Platelet counts and maximum platelet aggregation rates were measured before and after three months treatment.