Comparison of hysterosalpingography and transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy in patients with tubal factor infertility: a prospective cohort study.

Aim: To evaluate the usefulness, diagnostic accuracy, and cost-effectiveness of transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy (THL) in infertile women with abnormal hysterosalpingogram (HSG) results without obvious pelvic pathology.

Material And Methods: THIRTY INFERTILE WOMEN (AGE: 20-40 years) who had tubal pathology in HSG were enrolled in the study. All patients underwent THL instead of standard laparoscopy.

The use of ultrasound during intrauterine insemination in unexplained infertility may improve pregnancy outcomes.

Objective: To investigate the role of ultrasound guidance in intrauterine insemination (IUI).

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted. The data was collected from the records of 197 couples with unexplained infertility who underwent IUI with a total of 267 IUI cycles in the in vitro fertilization center of our hospital between January 2009 and December 2010.

A case with vesicouterine fistula: mini review.

Aim: The objective is to present a case with vesicouterine fistula after cesarean section.

Case: A 27-year-old female patient, G2P2, was admitted to hospital with the complaint of severe crampy pelvic pain and dysuria during micturition without any incontinence. She had two cesarean sections, last was 14 months before admission.

Ultrasonographic diagnosis of fetal structural abnormalities in prenatal screening at 11-14 weeks.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to determine the detection rate of structural abnormalities at the 11-14 week ultrasound examination as a part of two-stage screening process in low-risk pregnancies.

Materials And Methods: A total of 1085 consecutive low-risk pregnant women participated in screening by two-stage ultrasonography for the estimation of the sensitivity of the first and second trimester ultrasound scans in the detection of major anomalies as a part of routine screening.

Results: Of 1085 pregnancies, 21 (1.

Embryonic heart rate as a prognostic factor for chromosomal abnormalities.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of a slow embryonic heart rate in embryos before 7 weeks' gestation as a marker in screening for chromosomal abnormalities.

Methods: Fifty-seven embryos before 7 weeks' gestation with slow heart rates were compared with 1156 embryos of the same gestational period with normal heart rates. Embryos that showed an increased risk of chromosomal abnormalities in the screening blood tests underwent invasive analysis for abnormal karyotype detection.

Predicting fetal asphyxia in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy.

Purpose: Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) is a disease associated with high-perinatal morbidity and mortality rates. It is important to have parameters that aid in predicting fetal outcomes. Certain parameters affecting asphyxia in newborns to mothers with ICP are evaluated in this study.

Effect of the subdermal contraceptive etonogestrel implant (Implanon) on biochemical and hormonal parameters (three years follow-up).

Objective: To determine whether the use of the subdermal contraceptive implant releasing etonogestrel (Implanon) affects serum hormonal and biochemical indices.

Methods: Seventy women with a mean age of 28.5+/-3.

Rapid prenatal diagnosis of common aneuploidies in amniotic fluid using quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction.

Background/aims: Quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction (QF-PCR) is a successful prenatal diagnostic method which has been regularly used for the diagnosis of common chromosomal abnormalities in recent years. This method provides diagnosis of common aneuploidies in a few hours after sampling with a high throughput, very low error rates and low cost.

Methods: In this study, 576 amniotic fluid samples were analyzed for trisomies 13, 18, and 21 and sex chromosome aneuploidies using different commercial QF-PCR kits (ChromoQuant version 1, Aneufast, ChromoQuant version 2).

Gestational diabetes mellitus in patients receiving long-term corticosteroid therapy during pregnancy.

Aim: Little data exist on the impact of chronic low dose corticosteroid therapy during pregnancy on gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).

Method: We compared 25 pregnant women receiving long-term (>4 weeks) corticosteroid for newly diagnosed idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) (study group) and 108 normal pregnant women (control group) in this case-control study. Main outcome measures were 1-h, 50-g and 3-h, 100-g glucose tolerance tests (GTTs).

Role of laparoscopic uterine artery coagulation in management of symptomatic myomas: A prospective study using ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging.

Study Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of laparoscopic uterine artery coagulation (LUC) in symptomatic myomatous patients.

Design: Prospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II).

Setting: Tertiary care center

Patients: Twenty-one women with myomatous uteri.

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.

Reproductive and obstetric characteristics of adolescent pregnancies in Turkish women.

Objective: To evaluate reproductive and obstetric characteristics of adolescent pregnancies in Turkish population.

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Social Security Agency (SSK) Aegean Obstetrics and Gynecology Teaching Hospital (tertiary referral center).

Necrotizing fasciitis after abdominal hysterectomy: a report on five cases.

Necrotizing fasciitis, a severe soft tissue infection, was first described 80 years ago. It occurs rarely in obstetric and gynecology practice. We reviewed medical records of 2,894 women who had underwent an abdominal hysterectomy at the Social Security Agency Aegean Obstetrics and Gynecology Teaching Hospital between 2001 and 2005, and identified 5 (0.

Comparison of pituitary-ovarian function in patients who have undergone successful renal transplantation and healthy women.

Twenty-eight renal transplantation patients, aged 19-35 years, and 30 healthy women of reproductive age were enrolled into the study. Analyses revealed significant differences between study and control groups' midluteal serum P levels and between study and control groups' serum PRL levels. Although most renal transplantation patients have plasma estrogen and gonadotropin levels similar to those in healthy women, several problems, such as luteal phase defect, might affect transplant recipients.

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.

Hepatic and splenic hydatid cyst during pregnancy: a case report.

Hydatid disease is primarily a disease of sheep and cattle. Human beings are accidental hosts. We present a 32-year-old multigravida at 25 weeks of pregnancy in whom splenic and liver cysts were diagnosed by ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

[Polymerase chain reaction for Chlamydia trachomatis in urine specimens from patients with mucopurulent genital discharge].

The aim of this study was to investigate the DNA of Chlamydia trachomatis by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the first-void urine samples of patients with mucopurulent genital discharge and to compare the results with the urethral/endocervical swab culture method. First-void urine samples from 56 patients (46 female, 14 male) and urethral swab samples from 14 male patients were tested by PCR. Additionally, shell-vial culture method was performed for the urethral/endocervical swab samples which were collected from 46 female and 14 male patients.

Voiding symptoms in pregnancy: an assessment with international prostate symptom score.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the voiding symptoms of pregnant women and to compare the symptoms amongst trimesters and controls by means of the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS).

Materials And Methods: Voiding symptoms of 256 pregnant and 230 non-pregnant healthy women hospitalized for other reasons were evaluated. Subjects who had a history of urological and neurological problems or previous pelvic surgery associated with urinary symptoms and those who had urinary tract infection were excluded from the study.

Comparison of the clinical efficacy and safety of flutamide versus flutamide plus an oral contraceptive in the treatment of hirsutism.

Objective: To compare the clinical, hormonal, biochemical and hemotological effects of flutamide versus flutamide plus an oral contraceptive (OC) in the treatment of hirsutism.

Patients: Eighty-four women with hirsutism were equally randomized to receive either flutamide or flutamide plus OC.

Design: Eighty-four women with hirsutism were recruited from patients presenting to our hospital.

Comparative morphological differences between umbilical cords from chronic hypertensive and preeclamptic pregnancies.

To compare morphological changes in the umbilical cords from chronic hypertensive and preeclamptic patients having normal or pathological umbilical artery Doppler ultrasonographic results. Umbilical cords from 34 normotensive, 31 chronic hypertensive and 70 preeclamptic women with normal and abnormal Doppler flow velocity waveforms (FVW) at 35-40 gestational weeks were studied. Morphological changes in the umbilical cords were examined on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections.