The distal radius palmar cortical angle in adolescent versus adult populations.

Purpose: Volar distal radius plates are pre-contoured to aid restoration of anatomy during open reduction internal fixation of distal radius fractures. Incorrectly contoured plates can result in malreduction, leading to malunion, pain, and loss of function. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether adolescent distal radius anatomy on the palmar cortical surface differs from that in adults, in order to determine whether adult plates are suitable for use in adolescents.

Outcomes of singleton births after blastocyst versus nonblastocyst transfer in assisted reproductive technology.

Objective: To compare obstetric and perinatal outcomes of singleton births after assisted reproductive technology (ART) with blastocyst transfer (days 5 to 6) versus nonblastocyst transfer (days 2 to 4).

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Monash IVF.

Adverse obstetric and perinatal outcomes in subfertile women conceiving without assisted reproductive technologies.

Objective: To determine whether adverse perinatal outcomes are increased in subfertile women.

Design: Cohort study.

Setting: Two tertiary assisted reproductive technologies (ART) centers; Victorian births register.

Cerebral palsy and assisted reproductive technologies: a case-control study.

Aim: To determine whether assisted reproductive technologies (ART) were more likely to be the method of conception in singletons with cerebral palsy (CP) than in those without CP.

Method: Singletons with CP born between 1991 and 2004 were selected from the Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register and matched for birth year to two singletons randomly selected from the Victorian Perinatal Data Collection Unit. Data from both sources were linked to records from three ART centres.

Prevalence and risk factors for obstetric haemorrhage in 6730 singleton births after assisted reproductive technology in Victoria Australia.

Background: Obstetric haemorrhages have been reported to be increased after assisted reproduction technologies (ART) but the mechanisms involved are unclear.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study compared the prevalence of antepartum haemorrhage (APH), placenta praevia (PP), placental abruption (PA) and primary post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) in women with singleton births between 1991 and 2004 in Victoria Australia: 6730 after IVF/ICSI, 24 619 from the general population, 779 after gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) and 2167 non-ART conceptions in infertile patients. Risk factors for haemorrhages in the IVF/ICSI group were examined by logistic regression.