Serum ferritin levels and polycystic ovary syndrome in obese and nonobese women.

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate serum ferritin levels and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)-related complications in obese and nonobese women.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included 539 (286 with PCOS and 253 without PCOS).

Results: Serum ferritin correlated with menstrual cycle length, sex hormone-binding globulin, total testosterone, androstenedione, triglyceride, and total cholesterol in both obese and nonobese women.

Twenty-one years of experience with ovarian ectopic pregnancy at one institution in Taiwan.

Objective: To review the experience with patients with ovarian ectopic pregnancy (OEP) at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Lin-Kou Medical Center, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, between 1989 and 2009.

Methods: A retrospective review of the presentation, prevalence, diagnosis, and trends in treatment of patients with OEP, and the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures and intrauterine devices (IUD). The incidence rate ratios (IRR) of ectopic pregnancies (EPs) per live births, OEPs per EPs, and OEPs per live births were analyzed.

Intrauterine contraceptive device migration to the lower urinary tract: report of 2 cases.

Several instances of migration of intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUDs) into the bladder have been reported. Non-contrast-enhanced computed tomography enables excellent visualization of the sites of migrated IUDs. Herein are reported 2 cases of IUDs that migrated to the lower urinary tract.

Six cases of tubal stump pregnancy: complication of assisted reproductive technology?

Objective: To present six cases of tubal stump pregnancy and discuss possible etiologies.

Design: Case series.

Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at a tertiary referring medical center.

Use of a pessary in treatment of pelvic organ prolapse: quality of life, compliance, and failure at 1-year follow-up.

Study Objectives: To estimate the effect of pessary use on symptom improvement and quality of life in women with pelvic organ prolapse, to examine factors that influence patient choice and continued use of a pessary, and to determine reasons associated with discontinuation of pessary use.

Design: Retrospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-3).

Setting: Outpatient urogynecologic clinic of a university hospital.

Delayed onset advanced pelvic organ prolapse after pelvic trauma in a nulliparous young female: case report.

Reports have shown that high-energy pelvic trauma might be associated with advanced pelvic organ prolapse in conjunction with other causes. We report the case of a 21-year-old nulliparous, premenopausal, non-overweight woman with no predisposing factors for prolapse who developed stage IV massive pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence 4 years after a severe pelvic traumatic accident. Most likely, the pelvic trauma, as a single factor, was the causative factor for the massive procidentia.

A randomized controlled trial of antenatal pelvic floor exercises to prevent and treat urinary incontinence.

Introduction And Hypothesis: the aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of antenatal pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) in the prevention and treatment of urinary incontinence during pregnancy and postpartum period.

Methods: three hundred women were randomly assigned to the PFME group and control group. Urinary symptoms were measured by Urogenital Distress Inventory-6 (UDI-6), Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-7 (IIQ-7), and question of self-reported urinary incontinence.

Triplet pregnancy complicated with one hydatidiform mole and preeclampsia in a 46,XY female with gonadal dysgenesis.

Objective: We present a case of triplet pregnancy with a complete hydatidiform mole, a condition carrying a significant risk to both mother and fetuses and, therefore, raising an important issue on prenatal care.

Case Report: A 36-year-old patient with gonadal dysgenesis and a 46,XY karyotype successfully conceived a triplet pregnancy after oocyte donation and in vitro fertilization. At mid-trimester, the pregnancy was seen harboring a hydatidiform mole along with two other fetuses by ultrasound.