Postgraduate medical education in obstetrics and gynecology in Switzerland in comparison to Germany and Austria: the results of an international survey.

Background: There is frequent academic exchange between Switzerland, Germany and Austria, facilitated by the common language. Additionally, the postgraduate training curricula in obstetrics and gynecology show some similarities. We aimed to compare self-perceived level of ability, availability of simulation training and teaching and feedback culture among residents in obstetrics and gynecology in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.

The impact of gender on the self-confidence of practical and surgical skills among OBGYN residents: a trinational survey.

Introduction: Gender disparities exist in the OBGYN discipline. This study investigates, for the first time, whether gender impacts on the confidence of practical and surgical skills among OBGYN residents, and of being prepared to work as a specialist.

Methods: The gynecological societies of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland established a web-based survey of 30 questions that was sent to all registered OBGYN members-in-training from August to September 2020.

Postgraduate medical education in obstetrics and gynaecology: Where are we now and what do we need for the future? A study on postgraduate training in obstetrics and gynaecology in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

In this study, we aim to assess the current situation of postgraduate medical education in obstetrics and gynaecology in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In addition, we aim to determine transferable advantages amongst the countries. We performed a survey through a digital questionnaire with a total of 40 questions.

Hindbrain Herniation and Banana and Lemon Sign After Open Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair - When Do These Signs Disappear and is Shunting Predictable?

Purpose:  The aim was to describe the sonographic follow-up of hindbrain herniation (HH), the banana and lemon sign after fetal myelomeningocele (fMMC) repair, and the time of disappearance of these signs after the intervention, and to investigate any predictive value for the necessity of shunting during the infant's first year of life. Additionally, the sonographic evolution of the transcerebellar diameter (TCD) before and after fetal intervention was assessed.

Patients And Methods:  The first 50 patients that underwent fMMC repair at Zurich Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy (www.

Open Intrauterine Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair: Changes in the Surgical Procedure and Perinatal Complications during the First 8 Years of Experience at a Single Center.

Introduction: Open fetal myelomeningocele (fMMC) repair is nowadays a therapeutic option in selected cases. We aimed to evaluate changes in maternal and fetal outcome after fMMC repair during the first 8 years of experience at a tertiary referral fetal medicine center in Switzerland. -Materials and Methods: Between 2010 and 2018, fMMC repair and delivery of the neonate via planned cesarean section was performed in 67 cases.

Risk Factors for Preterm Birth following Open Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair: Results from a Prospective Cohort.

Background: Fetal myelomeningocele (fMMC) repair is a therapeutic option in selected cases. This study aimed to identify risk factors for preterm birth (PTB) following open fMMC repair.

Methods: Sixty-seven women underwent fMMC repair and delivered a baby between 2010 and 2018 at our center.

Maternal Complications following Open Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair at the Zurich Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy.

Introduction: Despite undoubtable benefits of open fetal myelomeningocele (fMMC) repair, there are considerable maternal risks. The aim of this study was to evaluate and systematically categorize maternal complications after open fMMC repair.

Methods: We analyzed data of 40 fMMC repairs performed at the Zurich Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy.

Prenatal Sonographic Head Circumference and Cerebral Ventricle Width Measurements Before and After Open Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair - Prediction of Shunting During the First Year of Life.

Purpose:  The aim of this study was to describe the sonographic evolution of fetal head circumference (HC) and width of the posterior horn of the lateral ventricle (Vp) after open fetal myelomeningocele (fMMC) repair and to assess whether pre- or postoperative measurements are helpful to predict the need for shunting during the first year of life.

Patients & Methods:  All 30 children older than one year by January 2017 who previously had fMMC repair at the Zurich Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy were included. Sonographic evolution of fetal HC and Vp before and after fMMC repair was assessed and compared between the non-shunted (N = 16) and the shunted group (N = 14).

Basic reading skills and dyslexia: three decades following right versus left hemispherectomy for childhood-onset intractable epilepsy.

Dyslexia was explored within the framework of three explanations for language functioning following hemispherectomy (i.e., equipotentiality, hemispheric specialization, and crowding hypothesis/hierarchy of specialized functions) and the extent to which these models explain reading performance in S.

Properties of deoxyribonuclease 4 from Aspergillus nidulans.

Deoxyribonuclease 4 from Aspergillus nidulans was purified to over 70% homogeneity. It contains a polypeptide of Mr about 30000, and behaves as a dimer, but with some evidence of dissociation on gel filtration and ultracentrifugation. The pH optimum is 7-9.

Increased DNA polymerase and ATP-dependent deoxyribonuclease activities following DNA damages in mycobacterium smegmatis.

Treatment of growing cultures of Mycobacterium smegmatis with alkylating agents (methyl methanesulphonate, ethyl methanesulphonate, nitrogen mustard, or mitomycin C) or with ultraviolet light resulted in enhanced specific activities of a DNA polymerase and of an ATP-dependent deoxyribonuclease. Similar results had previously been obtained with hydroxyurea and with iron limitation. The three of these treatments which were tested (methyl methanesulphonate, mitomycin C and hydroxyurea) produced strand breaks or alkali-labile regions in the DNA of this organism.