Endodontic retreatment practice trends among dental surgeons: A survey-based research.

Aim: Root canal treatment procedures are considered "the bread and butter" for routine clinical practice. Although retreatments have been primarily performed by endodontists (ENs), many senior practitioners and dentists who are root canal enthusiasts do opt for undertaking endodontic retreatment procedures. This survey helps us understand the practice trends and attitude of dentists undertaking endodontic retreatment procedures in and around Mumbai city.

Resection of Unresectable Stage IVB Thyroid Cancer Encasing the Carotid Artery.

Stage IVB thyroid cancer includes carotid encasement or infiltration of the prevertebral fascia and mediastinal vessels. Stage IVB disease is considered unresectable due to grave consequences of attempting resection. We report a rare case of carotid artery engulfment being resected uneventfully without carotid resection.

An insight into dentin desensitizing agents--in vivo study.

Aims: It is widely accepted that dentin hypersensitivity is an uncomfortable condition, which affects the function and quality of life. This study determines the difference in efficacy of four desensitizing agents.

Subjects And Methods: An in vivo study was conducted to compare four dentin desensitizing agents on 40 patients.

Protective potential of casein phosphopeptide amorphous calcium phosphate containing paste on enamel surfaces.

Background: Dental caries remains the most common dental disease facing mankind. Prevention of initiation and interruption in progression of early lesions are the desirable modes of caries management. There is a scope for agents, which may be used to enhance anti - caries activity.

Oxidative stress markers and antioxidant levels in normal pregnancy and pre-eclampsia.

Objective: To compare the levels of 3 oxidative stress markers (glutathione peroxidase [GPX], superoxide dismutase [SOD], and malondialdehyde [MDA]) and 2 antioxidants (vitamin C and lycopene) in healthy and pre-eclamptic pregnant women.

Methods: Circulating levels of GPX, SOD, MDA, vitamin C and lycopene were measured in 50 healthy pregnant women and 50 women with pre-eclampsia (PE) (41 with mild PE and 9 with severe PE) attending the antenatal clinic or admitted to the maternity ward of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Results: The levels of GPX, SOD and MDA were significantly higher in women with PE than in controls, and the increase was higher in women with severe PE (P<0.

Sublingual misoprostol versus oxytocin infusion to reduce blood loss at cesarean section.

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of sublingual misoprostol administered immediately after delivery of the neonate at cesarean section, with intravenous oxytocin infusion in prevention of uterine atony and thereby reducing blood loss at cesarean section.

Methods: One hundred women with singleton term pregnancy undergoing elective or emergency lower segment cesarean section under spinal anesthesia were included in this study. They were randomly allocated to receive either misoprostol 400 mug sublingually or intravenous infusion of 20 units of oxytocin soon after delivery of the neonate.

Acute promyelocytic leukemia: an unusual cause of fatal secondary postpartum hemorrhage.

Introduction: Postpartum haemorrhage can rarely be associated with an underlying coagulation or haematological disorder. We wish to discuss a case of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) presenting as secondary postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), its clinical and pathological features and maternal outcome.

Case Report: We describe a 28-year-old woman who presented with secondary PPH accompanied by bleeding from gums, marked pallor, hematemesis, ecchymotic and purpuric spots all over the body, 8 days post-partum.

Cervical priming with sublingual misoprostol vs. 15-methyl-prostaglandin F2alpha prior to surgical abortion.

Objective: To compare the efficacy and tolerability of sublingual misoprostol with those of intramuscular 15-methyl-prostaglandin F2alpha (15-M-PG F2alpha) for cervical dilation prior to vacuum aspiration (VA) in first-trimester pregnancy termination.

Methods: Sixty pregnant women requesting pregnancy termination between the 9th and 12th week were randomized to receive 400 microg of sublingual misoprostol or an intramuscular injection of 125 microg of 15-M-PG F2alpha 2 h prior to vacuum aspiration. Baseline cervical dilation prior to vacuum aspiration was measured using Hegar's dilators.

Metformin therapy in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objective: To determine the clinical, biochemical, hormonal, and ultrasonographic effects of 6 months of metformin therapy in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and compare with pretherapy parameters.

Method: 50 Indian women with PCOS, 25 unmarried and 25 married, infertile women, were enrolled in this prospective clinical study. After a baseline workup, including body mass index (BMI), waist hip ratio (WHR), Ferriman Gallwey hirsutism scoring, menstrual pattern, levels of fasting insulin, lipids, oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), serum gonadotropins, estradiol (E2), testosterone, androstenedione, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS), patients were given 1000 gm of metformin for 6 months and then reevaluated.

Sublingual misoprostol versus methylergometrine for active management of the third stage of labor.

Objective: To compare the efficacy and side effects of sublingual misoprostol and intravenous methylergometrine for active management of third stage of labor.

Method: One hundred twenty low risk pregnant women at term with spontaneous onset of labor were included in the study. The women were randomized to receive either two tablets of misoprostol (200 microg/tablet) sublingually or 1 ml of methylergometrine (200 microg) intravenous injection, after the delivery of the anterior shoulder of the baby.

A randomized comparison of sublingual and vaginal misoprostol for cervical priming before suction termination of first-trimester pregnancy.

This randomized trial compares the efficacy and side effects of sublingual and vaginal misoprostol for cervical priming before first-trimester pregnancy termination. One-hundred pregnant women between 6 and 12 weeks of gestation opting for termination of pregnancy by suction evacuation were included in this study. The women were randomly allocated into two groups.

Sublingual misoprostol before first trimester abortion: a comparative study using two dose regimens.

Unlabelled: Various methods have been described for preoperative cervical priming prior to vacuum aspiration (VA) in first trimester pregnancy termination, to facilitate cervical dilatation and shorten the abortion procedure. Recently misoprostol a prostaglandin E1 analogue has been shown to be effective in facilitating cervical dilatation prior to VA. Misoprostol offers several advantages over the other prostagland in analogues including stability at room temperature, ease of administration and minimal side effects.

Heterotopic cervical and intrauterine pregnancy in a spontaneous cycle.

Early diagnosis and successful management of a case of viable heterotopic cervical and intrauterine pregnancy (IUP) conceived spontaneously is presented. The clinical presentations, treatment modalities and outcome of heterotopic cervical pregnancy (CP) reported in the literature are reviewed.

Sublingual misoprostol for preabortion cervical ripening in first-trimester pregnancy termination.

The objective of this prospective randomized placebo-controlled study was to determine the efficacy of sublingual misoprostol in facilitating cervical dilatation before surgical abortion in first trimester pregnancy. Sixty healthy pregnant women between 6 and 11 weeks of gestation opting for voluntary medical termination of pregnancy at All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital were included in this study. Women were randomized to two groups, the study group (n = 30) received 400 micro g of sublingual misoprostol and the control group (n = 30) received placebo, 2 h prior to surgical abortion.