Incidence of complete vaginal cuff wound healing at sixth and eighth week after total abdominal hysterectomy.

Aim: To assess the incidence and risk factors of complete vaginal cuff wound healing at sixth and eighth week after total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH).

Methods: A retrospective chart review of women who underwent TAH for benign conditions from January 2015 to December 2015 at Ramathibodi Hospital was conducted. The primary outcome was the incidence of complete vaginal cuff healing at 6 and 8 weeks after operation as determined by complete vaginal mucosal approximation without the presence of suture material or granulation tissue.

Vaginal Stump Characteristics after Total Abdominal Hysterectomy Using Electrosurgery versus Scalpel or Scissors for Vaginal Incision: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: To compare the vaginal stump characteristics following total abdominal hysterectomy between two vaginal incision techniques, electrosurgery versus scalpel or scissors.

Material And Method: A randomized single-blind controlled trial was performed in 80 patients scheduled to undergo total abdominal hysterectomy for benign conditions. Either sharp instrument (scalpel or scissors) or electrosurgery was used for vaginal incision following standard surgical technique for total abdominal hysterectomy.

Effect of L-carnitine on maturation, cryo-tolerance and embryo developmental competence of bovine oocytes.

In this study, the effects of the addition of L-carnitine in in vitro maturation (IVM) medium for bovine oocytes on their nuclear maturation and cryopreservation were investigated; they were matured in IVM medium supplemented with 0.0, 0.3, 0.

Comparison of cryopreserved human sperm from solid surface vitrification and standard vapor freezing method: on motility, morphology, vitality and DNA integrity.

Solid surface vitrificaition (SSV) is a cryoperservative method that has been used in the cryopreservation of oocytes, and embryos. Here, we report an application of the SSV in the cryopreservation of human spermatozoa. We compared the SSV with a standard freezing method in terms of sperm motility, morphology, vitality and DNA integrity.

Prevalence and management of abnormal pap smear in antenatal care clinic at Thammasat University Hospital.

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of abnormal Papanicolaou smear in pregnant patients who attend the Antenatal Care Clinic at Thammasat University Hospital.

Material And Method: Pregnant patients who attended the antenatal care clinic at Thammasat University Hospital from August 2003 to December 2003 were recruited for Papanicolaou test. Patients who had abnormal results of equally or over "abnormal squamous/glandular cells of undetermined significance" were assigned for colposcopy and colposcopic biopsy to confirm the result.

Maternal serum inhibin A concentrations in early pregnancy after IVF and embryo transfer reflect the corpus luteum contribution and pregnancy outcome.

To compare maternal serum inhibin A concentrations in early pregnancy with pregnancy outcomes and treatment protocols, serum samples were collected from 237 women undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer cycles. Samples were collected on day 16 after oocyte retrieval for beta human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) pregnancy testing and inhibin A measurement. The samples were divided into non-pregnant (n = 128) and pregnant (n = 109) groups, the pregnancies were followed and outcomes determined.

Comparison of two-layer Percoll gradient and mini-Percoll methods for sperm preparation.

To compare the efficiency of sperm preparation between the two-layer Percoll gradient and mini-Percoll methods, 50 normal and 33 abnormal semen samples from male partners of infertile couples were studied. The number of recovered spermatozoa, percentage of motility, percentage of normal morphology, and their survival at 24 and 48 hours were assessed. Both Percoll gradient techniques resulted in a significantly higher percentage of motility and percentage of normal morphology compared with the original semen samples (p < 0.