The effectiveness of subcutaneously implanted epidural ports for relief of severe pain in patients with advanced-stage gynecological cancer: a prospective study.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of subcutaneously implanted epidural ports (SIEP) in the management of patients with advanced-stage gynecologic cancer-related severe chronic pain who do not respond to intravenous tramadol infusion, transdermal fentanyl, and oral morphine administration or who cannot tolerate the unacceptable and unmanageable side effects of these drugs.

Methods: In this prospectively designed study, SIEP to permit the administration of morphine were implanted for relief of severe chronic pain in 21 cases with stage IV gynecological cancer (ovarian [n=6], endometrium [n=3], cervix [n=10], vaginal [n=1], and vulvar [n=1]). In order to define the level of pain, visual analogue scale (VAS) and patient satisfaction score (PSS) were used before and on the 5th, 15th, and 30th days after epidural port application.

HPV types in Turkey: multicenter hospital based evaluation of 6388 patients in Turkish gynecologic oncology group centers.

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of HPV DNA and cervical cytological abnormalities, to compare cervical cytology results and HPV DNA and to define HPV types distribution in a large series of Turkish women who have undergone HPV analysis in hospitals that are members of the Turkish Gynecological Oncology Group.

Material And Method: Between 2006 and 2010, a total of 6388 patients' data was retrospectively evaluated at 12 healthcare centers in Turkey. Demographic characteristics, cervical cytology results, HPV status and types were compared.

The prevalence and risk factors of human papillomavirus in female sex workers.

Objective: Human papillomavirus virus (HPV) is the major causative factor for cervical cancer, and sex workers are at high risk for HPV infection. In this study, we aimed to estimate the prevalence and risk factors of HPV infection among female sex workers (FSWs).

Materials And Methods: The study included 239 brothel-based FSWs who work in Izmir, Turkey.

Borderline ovarian tumors: a study of 100 cases from a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Aim Of The Study: The purpose of the study was to evaluate patients with borderline ovarian tumors.

Material And Methods: Clinical features, treatment and survival status of 100 patients with borderline ovarian tumors were retrospectively evaluated between 1998 and 2007.

Results: Patients' mean age was 37.

Prothrombin G20210A mutation in cases with recurrent miscarriage: a study of the mediterranean population.

Background: Thrombophilic predisposition may be one of the underlying causes of recurrent miscariage (RM). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Prothrombin G20210A mutation in cases with history of RM.

Material And Methods: A total of 104 cases, 55 with diagnosis of RM and 49 control cases, were included in this controlled study.

Adenosarcoma of the uterus: a case report.

Adenosarcomas of the uterus are very rarely observed and diagnosed. In this report, we present a case of a uterine adenosarcoma that was diagnosed in February 2002.

Complex Müllerian malformation: report of a case with a hypoplastic non-cavitated uterus and two rudimentary horns.

Various classifications have been used for congenital anomalies of the Müllerian system. We report a case of a previously unknown anomaly of the uterus, and propose its possible embryological causes. The patient presented with primary amenorrhoea and infertility, and during laparoscopy three distinct uterine horns were observed.