Efficacies of vitamin D and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on experimental endometriosis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin-D3 (vitamin D) and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 PUFA) on experimentally induced endometriosis in a rat model.

Materials And Methods: A prospective, single-blind, randomized, controlled experimental study was performed on 30 Wistar female rats. Endometriosis was surgically induced by implanting endometrial tissue on the abdominal peritoneum.

Evaluation of maternal mortality cases in the province of Elazig, Turkey, 2007-2013: a retrospective study.

The aim of this study was to determine the causes and factors influencing maternal mortality. All maternal deaths occurring between January 2007 and November 2013 in the Elazig Province of Turkey were retrospectively investigated. The maternal age, obstetric history, cause of death, encountered delay model of each case, as well as the overall number of annual live births in the Province were determined.

The efficacy of ampicillin and Lactobacillus casei rhamnosus in the active management of preterm premature rupture of membranes remote from term.

Background: We aimed to investigate the treatment efficacy of ampicillin prophylaxis accompanied by Lactobacillus casei rhamnosus over the latency period following preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM).

Methods: Records of 40 patients who presented with PPROM between 23(0/7)-31(6/7) weeks were analyzed retrospectively. Patients were divided into two groups: group 1 (n=20), treated with ampicillin; and group 2 (n=20), treated with ampicillin plus L.

Double-balloon tamponade in the management of postpartum hemorrhage: a case series.

Unlabelled: To show the efficacy of double-balloon cervical ripening catheter in the management of postpartum hemorrhage originating from the lower segment of the uterus or the upper parts of the vagina.

Methods: Patients with intractable bleeding from the lower segment of the uterus and the upper parts of the vagina after Cesarean or vaginal deliveries were treated by double-balloon cervical ripening catheter.

Results: Double-balloon catheter was used in seven patients, and it was properly placed in all of them.

Endouterine hemostatic square suture vs. Bakri balloon tamponade for intractable hemorrhage due to complete placenta previa.

Aim: To compare the efficiency of endouterine hemostatic square suture and the Bakri balloon tamponade in the treatment of bleeding due to complete placenta previa (CPP).

Methods: Thirteen patients with the diagnosis of CPP and intractable bleeding were randomly divided into two groups in a single blind study. Group 1 (n=6) included patients in whom endouterine hemostatic square suture was applied, while group 2 (n=7) included patients in whom Bakri balloon tamponade was applied.