Crit Rev Oncol Hematol
December 2014
About ten percent of all female cancer survivors is younger than 40 years of age. For these young women the primary goal is to ensure the highest possibility of cure and to maintain the reproductive functions as well. Oncofertility is a new concept including both oncology and reproductive medicine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFKulak Burun Bogaz Ihtis Derg
October 2015
Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effects of allergy existence on prognosis of surgically treated nasal polyposis.
Patients And Methods: This prospective study included 29 patients (22 males, 7 females; mean age 45.9 years; range 21 to 72 years) admitted to our clinic with nasal polyposis between January 2006 and December 2008.
Vaginal ageneses are by no means rare anomalies. Complete Mullerian agenesis is the most common reason for vaginal agenesis requiring reconstruction. Patients usually present with pain, hematocolpos, or hematometra in puberty, and later with amenorrhea and dyspareunia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere are limited data in the literature on the performance of testicular sperm extraction (TESE) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatment in patients with Klinefelter syndrome. The current study compared TESE-ICSI treatment in patients with non-mosaic Klinefelter syndrome with controls having non-obstructive azoospermia and normal karyotype. Thirty-three consecutive patients (39 TESE-ICSI cycles) with Klinefelter syndrome (study group) and 113 consecutive patients (130 TESE-ICSI cycles) with non-obstructive azoospermia and normal karyotype (control group) were recruited in a private IVF setting.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Transobturator tape (TOT) is a newly described procedure for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence. The success of TOT operation along with prolapsed surgery has not been well described. The aim of this study is to determine the complication and success rates of TOT concomitant with pelvic prolapse surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the effectiveness of repeat loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) conization in patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 3 and positive ectocervical margins.
Method: A retrospective study of 56 women who underwent repeat LEEP conization for CIN 3 and positive ectocervical margins.
Results: Final diagnosis after repeat LEEP conization revealed 6 women (10.
Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic regimens and symptomatic response rates in patients with vulvar lichen sclerosus associated with variable degrees of squamous cell hyperplasia (mixed disease).
Material And Methods: Eighty-three women with biopsy-proven vulvar mixed disease were evaluated for this retrospective study. All patients were initially treated with topical fluorinated corticosteroids, and then 2% testosterone propionate in petrolatum or 0.