Rare presentation of cervical deciduosis as antepartum haemorrhage.

Cervical deciduosis refers to the condition in which ectopic decidual changes take place in the cervix. It is mostly asymptomatic but sometimes may have various clinical presentations. In our case, patient had a rare clinical presentation of cervical deciduosis, in the form of an antepartum haemorrhage at 32 weeks.

Association Between PON1 (L55M and Q192R) Genetic Polymorphism and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss in North Indian Women Exposed to Pesticides.

Objective:  The aim of the present study was to examine the relation between the PON1 polymorphisms and recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL).

Methods:  In a cross-sectional study, blood samples were collected from 100 females. DNA was extracted and PON1 genotypes were determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification.

Uterine didelphys with one cervix obscured by blind hemivagina: a lesson in rarity.

A 14-year-old girl presented with increasing cyclical pain, scanty menses, pelvic mass and absence of the left kidney. With both radiological and clinical examinations (examination under anaesthesia), diagnosis of bicornuate uterus with single cervix could be made while on laparotomy, and it turned out to be uterine didelphys, with one cervix obscured by blind hemivagina with haematometra and haematocolpos in the left horn, for which hemihysterectomy was done. Post procedure the patient was relieved of cyclical pain and is menstruating properly.

Transabdominal ultrasound-guided Gartner's abscess drainage, a rare cause of acute urinary retention in second trimester of pregnancy.

Acute retention of urine in pregnancy is an emergency, since it can lead to loss of pregnancy besides other dire complications. Gartner's abscess is an extremely rare cause for this condition. We present a case of a 23-year-old primigravida woman who presented to us at 24 weeks of pregnancy with acute retention of urine.

Efficacy of concurrent administration of mifepristone and misoprostol for termination of pregnancy.

In this prospective randomized parallel group study, subjects with a pregnancy of less than 63 d were randomized to receive either (i) 200 mg oral mifepristone plus 400 μg misoprostol per vaginally concurrently (group A); (ii) or the administration of misoprostol after 48 h (group B). Transvaginal sonography was performed on the 14th day of misoprostol administration to confirm complete abortion. The primary outcome was to compare the rates of complete abortion in two groups.

Synergistic effect of piperine and paclitaxel on cell fate via cyt-c, Bax/Bcl-2-caspase-3 pathway in ovarian adenocarcinomas SKOV-3 cells.

Ovarian cancer is fourth most common and lethal among all gynecologic malignancies. The chemotherapy usually requires in all stages of ovarian cancer but drugs have several side effects. We hypothesized that use of combination therapy of paclitaxel (PTX) and phytochemical piperine (PIP) may reduce the PTX dose as well as toxicity.

Supratrigonal VVF repair by modified O'Connor's technique: an experience of 26 cases.

Objective: To report the technical modifications of O'Connor's procedure and their outcome in 26 supratrigonal vesico vaginal fistulae.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-six cases of supratrigonal VVF (17 primary, 9 recurrent) were operated using the described modifications. It consisted of approaching the bladder transperitoneally, without dissecting the retropubic space, making a short sagittal or parasagittal cystotomy in between stay sutures, liberal use of bladder rotation flaps instead of midline closure, using single layer, continuous, closely placed, interlocking stitches for bladder as well as vaginal approximation and universal use of vascularised tissue interposition.