The immunohistochemical and histologic effects of contrast medium on uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries, given during hysterosalpingography: rat study.

Objective: Previous studies have shown that damage occurs to internal genital tract during hysterosalpingography (HSG). The aim was to show that endometrial and tubal epithelium underwent free radical damage during HSG in an animal model.

Material And Methods: Forty rats were evaluated in five different groups.

The comparison of the degree of apoptosis in ovaries and fallopian tubes between two different surgical interventions for tubal ligation: A rat model.

Objective: To compare the degree of apoptosis in ovaries and tubal epithelium observed secondary to tubal ligation either by Pomeroy's method or bipolar electrocauterization in a rat model.

Material And Methods: A total of 24 female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned into 3 study groups: control (n=8), Pomeroy (n=8), and the electrocauterization group (n=8). Apoptotic cells were detected on the primary, secondary, tertiary follicles of the ovaries, and on the tubal epithelium using terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick end-labeling.

Histopathology of ipsilateral and contralateral ovaries and plasma interleukin 6 levels after unilateral ovarian torsion.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the time-dependent histopathologic changes in both ovaries and to determine the time-dependent levels of plasma interleukin 6 (IL-6) after unilateral ovarian torsion.

Materials And Methods: An experimental animal study included 48 female Sprague-Dawley rats which were distributed to six groups: control group (Group 1), sham-operated control group (Group 2), and four unilateral ovarian torsion groups with torsion duration of three, six, 12, and 24 hours (Group 3, 4, 5, and 6, respectively). Histopathologic criteria (follicular degeneration, vascular congestion, hemorrhage, inflammatory cell infiltration, and total tissue damage score) were evaluated in both ovaries, and plasma IL-6 levels were measured.

Atrial conduction time, and left atrial mechanical and electromechanical functions in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: interatrial conduction delay.

Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrine disorders of women during the reproductive period. Cardiovascular risk factors are more frequent in patients with PCOS. We aimed to investigate the P-wave dispersion (Pd), inter- and intra-atrial conduction time and mechanical functions of the left atrium (LA) in patients with PCOS.

Does pregnancy-induced hypertension affect the electrophysiology of the heart?

Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIHT) increases both maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity in pregnant women. We sought to investigate the electrocardiographic findings in pregnant women with PIHT. Seventeen pregnant women (29.