Feasibility and Safety of Laparoscopic Surgery in Large Ovarian Masses.

Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic surgery for large ovarian masses with benign features.

Materials And Methods: Women who underwent laparoscopic surgery for an ovarian mass with benign features between 2017 and 2019 at a tertiary referral center were included in the retrospective study. Based on the size of the ovarian mass, the women were divided into the case and control groups of ≥10 cm and <10 cm, respectively.

A successful management algorithm for vulvar abscess: A tertiary hospital experience.

Aim: To develop a treatment and management algorithm for vulvar abscess.

Methods: We evaluated the clinical findings and treatment modalities of patients hospitalized with vulvar abscess via a comprehensive literature review and a clinical study. Patients with a diagnosis of vulvar abscess (n = 28) between 2015 and 2019 in the gynecology clinic of our hospital were included in the clinical study.

The effect of anterior uterocervical angle and cervical length on the development of pelvic inflammatory disease.

This study aims to compare the uterine body longitudinal axis, uterine body transverse axis, uterine cervix longitudinal axis and anterior cervical axis angle measured ultrasonographically between women with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and healthy controls. Women aged 18-45 years with PID and healthy controls were included in the study. Demographic characteristics, uterine body long axis, uterine body transverse axis, uterine cervix long axis and anterior cervical axis angle of PID patients and healthy controls were evaluated.

Unplanned pregnancy and awareness of emergency contraception: a postpartum period survey.

Objectives: The study aimed to determine the awareness of emergency contraception (EC) and knowledge of its use as well as the unplanned pregnancy rate among women in the immediate postpartum period in Ankara, Turkey's second largest city.

Methods: Interviews were carried out among 1955 women on their first or second day postpartum. The interview was based on a questionnaire containing 19 questions covering participants' awareness and experience of using EC as well as their future approach to its use.

The significance of sonographically thickened endometrium in asymptomatic postmenopausal women.

Objective: To investigate the correlation between sonographic, hysteroscopic, and pathological findings in postmenopausal asymptomatic patients with sonographically thickened endometrium.

Methods: The records of postmenopausal patients who attended the Menopause Outpatient Clinic of a tertiary women's hospital in Ankara, Turkey between January 1, 2012 and December 15, 2013 were retrieved. A total of 266 postmenopausal women without vaginal bleeding underwent hysteroscopic evaluation and endometrial sampling.

Vitamin C is effective for the prevention and regression of endometriotic implants in an experimentally induced rat model of endometriosis.

Objective: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease pathologically defined as the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity. It is one of the most important diseases affecting women of reproductive age. The process of endometriotic implant growth is mediated by many complex interactions of immunologic, hormonal, genetic, and environmental mediators.

Effect of the non-specific matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor Doxycycline on endometriotic implants in an experimental rat model.

The aim of this study was to investigate the possible therapeutic effects of Doxycycline (Dox) on endometriotic lesions in an experimental rat model. Thirty-seven female Wistar albino rats with surgically induced endometriosis were randomized and divided into four groups. The rats were administered 5 mg/kg/day oral Dox in Group 1 (low-dose Dox group, n=9), 20 mg/kg/day oral Dox in Group 2 (high-dose Dox group, n=10) and 1 mg/kg single dose, subcutaneous leuprolide acetate in Group 3 (leuprolide acetate group, n=9).

Face presentation at term: a forgotten issue.

Aim: To determine factors associated with face presentation of term fetuses delivered.

Methods: Of 34,480 consecutive, term deliveries of uncomplicated pregnancies within a 3-year period, all live, singleton term fetuses with cephalic presentation in which no lethal anomalies occurred that were diagnosed with a face presentation were studied. Factors that may have contributed to the etiology of the presentation including age, parity and fetal size were evaluated.

Comparison of perioperative outcomes and complication rates between conventional versus robotic-assisted laparoscopy in the evaluation and management of early, advanced, and recurrent stage ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer.

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine perioperative outcomes, including complication rates, of conventional laparoscopy (CL) versus robotic-assisted laparoscopy (RALS) in the evaluation and management of early, advanced, and recurrent ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer.

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database of surgery performed from July 2008 to December 2012. Sixty-three women had 83 surgeries performed; 22 surgeries for early-stage disease (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage I) and 61 for advanced and/or recurrent disease.

Parietal peritoneal closure versus non-closure at caesarean section: which technique is feasible to perform?

Objective: To evaluate short-term effects of closure versus non-closure of the parietal peritoneum at caesarean section.

Methods: A randomized controlled study of women undergoing caesarean section was conducted at the obstetrics department of a research and education hospital between October 2010 and May 2011. Patients were randomly assigned to have closure of parietal peritoneal layer (Group I, n = 55), and non-closure of parietal peritoneal layer (Control, Group II, n = 55).

Human papillomavirus, vaccines, and protection from cervical cancer.

Current published data makes clear the relationship between genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical cancer. Although there is an opportunity for screening programs that could obviate the disease, cervical cancer still remains the second most common cancer among women worldwide. The subtypes HPV 16 and 18 affect the anogenital tract mucosal surfaces, and accounts for nearly 70% of all cervical cancers, and 90% or more of anal cancer cases.

Is meconium stained amniotic fluid related to occult myocardial injury in term low risk pregnancies?

Aim: The present study aimed to compare Troponin T (Tp T) levels of infants born with meconium stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) to those with clear amniotic fluid.

Study Design: Case-control study

Subjects: Thirty-five women who had delivery complicated by MSAF between 37 and 41weeks of gestation were defined as the study group and women with healthy uncomplicated pregnancies with clear amniotic fluid who were matched for age, parity, and gestational age were defined as the control group.

Outcome Measures: Cord blood Tp T level, gas analysis and neonatal outcomes were compared between groups.

Cord blood S100B levels in low-risk term pregnancies with meconium-stained amniotic fluid.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare cord blood S100B levels and cord blood gas parameters of term infants with meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) to those infants with clear amniotic fluid.

Methods: Term pregnant women at an active phase of labor and having MSAF were defined as the study group (n = 35) and pregnant women with clear amniotic fluid, and matched for age, parity, and gestational age were defined as the control group (n = 35). Cord blood S100B levels and gas parameters were measured.

Emergency peripartum hysterectomy in a tertiary hospital in Ankara, Turkey: a 5-year review.

Purpose: To determine the incidence, indications and the risk factors of emergency peripartum hysterectomy (EPH).

Methods: We analyzed retrospectively 30 cases of emergency peripartum hysterectomy performed at the Obstetrics Department of a tertiary, research and education hospital between the years of 2006 and 2010. Demographic, medical and clinical data of the patients were recorded.

Best predictors of survival outcome after tertiary cytoreduction in patients with recurrent platinum-sensitive epithelial ovarian cancer.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of tertiary cytoreduction (TCR) on survival and to determine prognostic factors which may influence surgical and survival outcome.

Study Design: Twenty-three consecutive patients who had recurrent platinum-sensitive epithelial ovarian cancer and underwent TCR between January 1999 and January 2011 were evaluated. Factors which impact on TCR outcome and survival were determined by statistical analysis.

Postoperative medical treatment of chronic pelvic pain related to severe endometriosis: levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system versus gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue.

Objective: To compare efficacy of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS; Mirena) with depot GnRH analogue (GnRH-a; gosareline acetate; Zoladex) on endometriosis-related chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in patients with severe endometriosis during 12 months.

Design: Prospective, randomized, controlled study.

Setting: The reproductive endocrinology unit of a tertiary, research and education hospital.

An unusual growth of ovarian cystic teratoma with multiple floating balls during pregnancy: a case report.

We report a case of ovarian cystic teratoma with an important growth during pregnancy and the sonographic appearance of intracystic multiple, mobile, polygonal structures called intracystic "fat balls." Due to the rapid growth of the lesion, which exceeded 15 cm in diameter, a right oophorectomy was performed. Histopathologic diagnosis confirmed the mature cystic teratoma.

Early post-partum diabetes mellitus screening rates in patients with history of gestational diabetes.

Introduction: Patients with history of gestational diabetes (GDM) are at high risk for developing diabetes mellitus (DM) after pregnancy. This study investigates the rate of GDM patients who received screening and the prevalence of DM in the early post-partum period.

Materials And Methods: This study included 78 patients diagnosed and treated for GDM between January 2005 and December 2007.