Labiaplasty Revision Surgery with Using Clitoral Hood Flap: A Case-Cohort Study.

Background: The demand for labia minora reduction surgery has increased due to aesthetic preferences and discomfort caused by labial hypertrophy. This study aims to share experiences with labial reconstruction using clitoral hood flaps in patients who underwent aggressive trim labiaplasty.

Methods: Twenty-eight patients who had previously undergone only labiaplasty surgery were included in this study.

Evaluation of prognostic nutritional status and lipid profile in gestational diabetes.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between controlling nutritional status index (CONUT) and prognostic nutrition index (PNI) scores that are used to evaluate nutritional status and GDM. Also, lipid abnormalities and albumin levels in pregnant women with normal glucose tolerance and GDM were researched.

Material And Methods: This study was conducted as a retrospective study at Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Turkey.

Evaluating the diagnostic potential of gelsolin in gestational diabetes mellitus: A case-control study.

Objectives: To investigate the association between gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and blood levels of gelsolin (an inflammation-related protein thought to be reduced in type 2 diabetes mellitus) and to determine its role in potential diagnosis and neonatal outcomes.

Methods: This prospective case-control study was conducted at Ankara Etlik City Hospital between November 2023 and February 2024 with 40 pregnant women with GDM and 40 normoglycemic women. Pregnant women aged 18-40 years who were in their 24th to 28th week of pregnancy and had no known chronic disease were included in the present study and it was investigated as to whether there was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of gelsolin levels and neonatal outcome.

Etiology and perinatal outcomes between early and late-onset nonimmune hydrops fetalis.

Objective: We aimed to compare the etiology and perinatal outcomes of non-immune hydrops fetalis diagnosed early- and late-onset at our hospital.

Methods: The records of the patients who applied to our department were reviewed, and we reached 42 non-immune hydrops fetalis cases retrospectively and examined the medical records. Hydrops diagnosis week, birth week, accompanying anomalies, and perinatal outcomes were compared as ≤12 weeks (early-onset) and >12 weeks (late-onset).

The effect of antiangiogenic agent aflibercept on surgically induced endometriosis in a rat model.

Objective: The aim of the study is to show for the first time how aflibercept affects endometriosis lesions.

Material And Methods: Surgically induced endometriosis in Wistar albino female rats. Rats with endometriosis were randomly divided into three groups: control (Co), aflibercept (Af), and leuprolide acetate (Le).

Does dietary total antioxidant capacity relate to oxidative stress levels in water immersion during labor? A case-control study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of water immersion during the first stage of labor on maternal and neonatal oxidative stress and the association between serum and dietary total antioxidant capacity.

Methods: Women were divided into two groups: those immersed in water during the first stage of labor (n=30) and those who had conventional birth (n=33). Total oxidative stress and total antioxidant status levels were examined in antepartum and postpartum maternal serum and neonatal cord blood samples.

The role of inflammation in cases with gestational diabetes mellitus: Systemic immune inflammatory index according to trimesters.

Problem: This study aims to investigate the role of the systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII) in inflammation by analyzing SII values by trimester in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Method Of Study: Between May 2019 and June 2020, we retrospectively enrolled 467 pregnant women who were followed from the first trimester to delivery in our hospital. We evaluated the sociodemographic characteristics, laboratory test results, SII values, Apgar scores, and newborn birth weights of pregnant women diagnosed with GDM.

Non-tubal ectopic pregnancy treatment experiences of a tertiary care center.

Aim: To evaluate the incidence, the risk factors, and the treatment outcomes of Non-tubal ectopic pregnancies (NTEP) treated in a tertiary care center.

Material And Methods: A total of 110 NTEP cases treated between 2014 and 2019 were included in the retrospective study. The study cohort was divided into 6 groups according to the pregnancy localization: 87 cesarean scar pregnancies (CSPs), 7 ovarian pregnancies, 6 interstitial pregnancies, 4 rudimentary horn pregnancies, 4 abdominal pregnancies, and 2 cervical pregnancies.

The role of first trimester serum inflammatory indexes (NLR, PLR, MLR, SII, SIRI, and PIV) and the β-hCG to PAPP-A ratio in predicting preeclampsia.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive value of inflammation parameters and indices measured in the first trimester for the detection of preeclampsia.

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective analysis, we examined the medical records of 276 eligible pregnancies at a tertiary referral center from 2022 to 2023. The cases were categorized into the Control group (n = 171), the Mild Preeclampsia group (n = 63), and the Severe Preeclampsia group (n = 42).

Aflibercept suppresses ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: an experimental study in rats.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to determine the impact of the antiangiogenic medications, namely, aflibercept and cabergoline in the prevention and treatment of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in a rat model.

Methods: A total of 36 female Wistar rats were randomly allocated to one of the five groups, including disease-free and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome controls: Group no OHSS (control, n=6) received saline only intraperitoneally (i.p.

Cor Triatriatum Sinister Associated with Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection.

Cor triatriatum sinister is rare congenital heart disease. It is defined as the presence of an abnormal septum dividing the left atrium into two chambers, and in some cases may be associated with a total abnormal pulmonary venous connection. Prenatal diagnosis of cor triatriatum sinister may be possible with fetal echocardiography and the diagnosis can be made earlier than postnatal imaging techniques.

Effect of intrauterine ozone therapy on Asherman syndrome, an experimental rat model.

Background/aims: Evaluate the effect of ozone therapy alone or in combination with estradiol in management of Asherman syndrome in a rat model.

Materials And Methods: 48 rats were used and divided into eight groups. In all the groups right uterine horn was used for the experiment while the left horns received no action.

Mixed type total abnormal pulmonary venous connection: Prenatal diagnosis features in a case.

The diagnosis of TAPVC in the prenatal period, especially if it is in the obstructive form, is very important in terms of both delivery planning and postnatal management. Here we show how a rare obstructive mixed type abnormal pulmonary venous connection is diagnosed prenatally.

A prospective study of myeloperoxidase levels in water immersion.

Introduction: We aimed to compare myeloperoxidase levels in cord blood samples of mothers undergoing water immersion or conventional labor.

Method: We enrolled 52 pregnant women to this case control study meeting the following criteria: uneventful gestational follow-ups, no history of known chronic or pregnancy-associated diseases, cesarean section or uterine operation, BMI <29.9 kg/m, single vertex presentation, normal fetal heart rate pattern, 37-41 weeks of gestation, estimated fetal weight of 2500-4000 g.

Postoperative care in the caesarean intensive care unit: experience from a tertiary maternity hospital.

Objective: The aim was to determine whether follow-up in the intensive care unit (ICU) for the postoperative first eight hours was beneficial for early intervention in postpartum hemorrhage.

Material And Methods: In our hospital, all patients are admitted to the ICU for the first eight hours after cesarean section. Patients with postpartum hemorrhage after cesarean delivery who received medical and/or surgical treatment between 2016 and 2020 were reviewed in the presented study retrospectively.

Step-By-Step Segmental Analysis of the Fetal Heart with an Uncommon Situs Anomaly.

Congenital heart diseases are the most common congenital anomalies during the fetal period. The diagnosis of complex congenital heart diseases in the fetal period is not always easy. While evaluating cardiac abnormalities, performing segmental analysis and step-by-step evaluation will facilitate the diagnosis of prenatal cardiac diseases.

High Rate of Obstetric Complications in Patients With Essential Thrombocythemia.

Background Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized by persistently elevated platelet count without a clear secondary cause. Although most patients with ET are between 55 and 60 years of age, it has been estimated that 20% of women with ET are diagnosed during reproductive ages. Miscarriage is the most frequent complication of ET that has been hypothesized to be caused by microcirculatory disturbances and placental microinfarction.

Assessment of thiol/disulfide and ischemia modified albumin level and oxidative stress in pregnancies complicated by meconium.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate antioxidant balance in pregnant women with meconium-stained amniotic fluid.

Methods: Forty pregnant women with meconium-stained amniotic fluid and 40 pregnant women with non-meconium-stained amniotic fluid were included in the study. By checking the ischemia modified albumin (IMA) level and thiol/disulfide homeostasis in the maternal blood during labor and in newborn umbilical cord blood at the first minute after birth, antioxidant/oxidant balance was evaluated.

Gitelman Syndrome in Pregnancy: A Clinical Challenge.

Purpose: Disease progress may be affected by pregnancy-related changes, and underlying conditions may also affekt pregnancy outcomes in women with Gitelman syndrome (GS). Case presentation A 35-year-old woman with GS (gravida 2 para 1) was referred to our hospital to start routine antenatal care follow-up at 6 weeks of gestation. At the age of 31, she had been diagnosed with GS after her first uneventful pregnancy.

First-trimester aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index in predicting intrahepatic cholestasis in pregnancy and its relationship with bile acids: A pilot study.

Objective: To evaluate the predictive value of the first-trimester aspartate aminotransferase (AST)/platelet count ratio [AST to platelet ratio index (APRI) score] for intrahepatic cholestasis in pregnancy (ICP).

Methods: This study consisted of a patient group diagnosed with ICP (n = 37) and a control group (n = 66) who presented to the hospital perinatology clinic between 2018 and 2020. Laboratory tests of both groups were analysed retrospectively.

Independent predictors of survival in endometrium cancer: platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet/neutrophil/monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio.

Objective: To evaluate the association between ratios of inflammatory markers and survival in endometrium cancer (EC).

Material And Methods: Four hundred ninety-seven patients with epithelial EC were included. The evaluated ratios were neutrophil (N)/lymphocyte (L), neutrophil count divided by the lymphocyte count; platelet (P)/lymphocyte, platelets divided by the lymphocyte count; lymphocyte/monocyte (M), lymphocytes divided by the monocyte count; NM/L, neutrophil plus monocyte divided by the lymphocyte count; PNM/L, the sum total counts of platelets, neutrophils and monocytes divided by the lymphocyte count.