Cephalad-caudad versus transverse blunt expansion of the low transverse hysterotomy during cesarean delivery decreases maternal morbidity: a meta-analysis.

Objective: Cesarean delivery is the most prevalent surgical procedure worldwide, reaching approximately 29.7 million cases in 2015. It is directly associated with an increased risk of maternal and neonatal morbidity rates in the absence of malpresentation.

Laparoscopic Cervical Cerclage: Do Not Catch the Wrong Needle, or What to Do Next if It Happens!

Study Objective: To present a technique to correct the misplacement of tape during laparoscopic cervical cerclage. Catching and introducing the wrong needle resulted in a knot formed around the right adnexa.

Design: Step-by-step demonstration of the mistake and the technique to correct it.

Acute pancreatitis in pregnancy: an overview.

Acute pancreatitis is rare in pregnancy but it is associated with increased incidence of maternal and fetal mortality. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of upper quadrant abdominal pain with or without nausea and vomiting. The commonest identified causes of acute pancreatitis in pregnancy are gallstones, alcohol and hypertriglyceridemia.

A case of sebaceous carcinoma arising within a benign ovarian cystic teratoma.

Background: Mature cystic teratoma, also known as dermoid cyst, is the most common germ cell tumor of the ovary. Malignant change in a component of a mature ovarian teratoma is rare, occurring in less than 2% of cases, with squamous cell carcinoma corresponding to 80% of such neoplasms. Pure sebaceous carcinoma is exceedingly rare, with only 6 reported cases thus far.