A new surgical technique for repairing cystocele in hysterectomized women.

No satisfactorily efficient surgical procedure for correction of cystocele subsequent to hysterectomy has so far been described. Anterior colporrhaphy generally is associated with risk of relapse, since no fibrous tissues or ligaments are available for sufficient fixation to the anterior pelvic wall. In the present study, a new surgical procedure was used, simultaneously performed transabdominally and vaginally by two surgeons.

Serum levels of apolipoprotein A-I, A-II and HDL-cholesterol in second half of normal pregnancy and in pregnancy complicated by pre-eclampsia.

Serum concentrations of Apolipoprotein A-I and A-II, (Apo A-1 and Apo A-II) HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), Total Cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG) and lipoprotein electrophoresis were assayed serially in the second half of normal pregnancy (21 women), in pre-eclampsia (26 women) and in both groups one and six weeks after delivery. In the normal group we found increased concentrations of Apo A-I and HDL-C, which remained unaltered during pregnancy. Apo A-II was unchanged.

Endometrial content of prostaglandin precursors during the menstrual cycle.

Fractionated curettage was performed in 18 women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Otherwise all appeared to be healthy. The histological examination showed 9 of them to have been sampled in the follicular phase and the other 9 in the luteal phase.

Serum cholic and chenodeoxycholic acids during pregnancy and puerperium in normal and pre-eclamptic women.

Serum cholic acid (CA), chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) and other biochemical markers of liver diseases were determined during pregnancy and in the puerperium in 19 normal and 16 pre-eclamptic women. In one-third of the cases, either CA or CDCA or both increased to values above the reference limits 6 weeks after delivery.