Is There Any Effect of Change in Pre-Wash and Post-Wash Semen Parameters on the Success of Intrauterine Insemination?

(1) Background: We aimed to investigate the effect of change in pre-wash and post-wash semen parameters on intrauterine insemination (IUI) success in a homogenous study group. (2) Methods: IUI cycles conducted at an infertility clinic were included in this study. Patient records were examined retrospectively.

Prophylactic ligation of uterine arteries at its origin in laparoscopic surgical staging for endometrial cancer.

Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the surgical outcomes between patients who were staged laparoscopically for early-stage endometrioid-type endometrial cancer (EC) between those who underwent prophylactic ligation of uterine arteries (UAs) prior to pelvic lymphadenectomy and the patients who were operated with standard procedure.

Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in women diagnosed with early-stage and low/intermediate-risk endometrioid-type EC. The control group included patients who underwent standard laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy and the study group concerned patients who underwent prophylactic ligation of UA prior to pelvic lymphadenectomy.

Does Uterine Manipulator Type Affect Surgical Outcomes of Laparoscopic Hysterectomy?

Objectives: Many surgeons use uterine manipulator (UM) during laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH). In this study, we aimed to compare the outcomes of LH operations performed by using partially reusable UM with the articulated system (artUM) and disposable (dUM) UM without articulation.

Materials And Methods: A total of 99 patients underwent the LH operation.

The effect of adenomyosis on the outcomes of laparoscopic hysterectomy.

Objective: The presence of adenomyosis (ADS) may increase complication rates associated with laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) due to an increased weight of the uterus, increased vascularization of the uterus, impaired myometrial tissue, and presence of additional gynecological pathologies such as leiomyoma or endometriosis. The aim of the present study was to evaluate perioperative and early postoperative parameters in patients with or without adenomyotic lesions.

Material And Methods: The study included patients who underwent LH in a university hospital.

Corrigendum to "The Treatment of Giant Periurethral Condyloma in Pregnancy Using an Ultrasonic Thermal Scalpel: A Case Report and New Single Session Treatment Option".

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Evaluation of Estrogen, Progesterone, and GCDFP-15 Expression in Uterine Leiomyomas.

Approximately, one fourth of women have leiomyomas. Leiomyomas are benign tumors that originated from smooth muscle cells. Estrogen is claimed to relate as a cause but exact mechanism has not fully understood.

The treatment of giant periurethral condyloma in pregnancy using an ultrasonic thermal scalpel: a case report and new single session treatment option.

Multiple large polypoid lesions with exophytic appearance occurring in anal and perineal region as a result of human papilloma virus (HPV) infection are referred to as giant condyloma acuminatum (GCA). The conventional treatment of these lesions involves the use of surgical excision, laser, electrocautery, and/or application of trichloroacetic acid. A 28-year-old primigravid patient at 22 weeks of pregnancy presented to the hospital complaining of vaginal bleeding and palpable mass in the vulva.

Addition of parity to the risk of malignancy index score in evaluating adnexal masses.

Objective: The aim of our study was to evaluate the individual contribution of parity when incorporated as another parameter into the four risk of malignancy indices (RMI 1-4) to differentiate noninvasive benign lesions from invasive malignant ovarian lesions.

Materials And Methods: After calculating RMI 1-4 for each patient included in this study, the resulting RMI scores were further multiplied by the parity score (P) of each patient to calculate the RMI parity (RMIP) score.

Results: A cutoff value of 300 for RMIP 1 yielded 95.

Effect of reproductive characteristics, body mass index, and anterior/posterior vaginal compartment defects on the short-term success of abdominal sacrocolpopexy.

Objective: Vaginal vault prolapse is caused by the loss of apical support in the cardinal-uterosacral ligament complex. Abdominal sacrocolpopexy (ASCP) is one means of repairing vaginal vault prolapse. In the present study, we investigated the effects of reproductive factors, body mass index (BMI), and anterior or posterior vaginal compartment defects on short-term outcomes of ASCP.

Identification of Clostridium septicum in a tubo-ovarian abscess: a rare case and review of the literature.

Introduction: Tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) is a conglomerated mass of pelvic organs including the tube, the ovary, and the bowel. The most commonly isolated organisms from TOAs are Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Bacteroides species.

Reliability of colposcopy in Turkey: correlation with Pap smear and 1-year follow up.

Background: A cytologic reading of a Papanicolaou (pap) smear followed, if the result is positive, by a colposcopic search for abnormal cells is the most common screening method for cervical cancer used worldwide. We aimed to present the correlation of smear and colposcopic findings with 6- to 12-month follow-up results and related factors in women who underwent colposcopy in Turkey.

Materials And Methods: The study population consisted of women who attended the gynecology department and were referred for colposcopic evaluation in 2011-2012.

Endometrial curettage in abnormal uterine bleeding and efficacy of progestins for control in cases of hyperplasia.

Background: Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is the most important symptom of endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial curettage (EC) is the gold standard diagnostic procedure. We present the results of patients who underwent EC for AUB and the efficacy of progestin administration in those with endometrial hyperplasia.

Materials And Methods: A total of 415 female patients who presented to Duzce Public Hospital in 2011-2012 for AUB and who underwent EC were included.

Irisin in idiopathic foetal growth restriction.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to compare maternal serum and cord blood irisin levels in females whose pregnancies were or were not complicated by idiopathic foetal growth restriction.

Methods: A total of 30 subjects participated. The study group consisted of 15 female patients who were referred to our perinatology clinic for delivery because of foetal growth restriction developing in the third trimester.

Mean platelet volume, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-lymphocyte ratio in severe preeclampsia.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to compare the changes in the values of leukocytes, neutrophils, lymphocytes, mean platelet volume (MPV), and systemic inflammatory response (SIR) markers (neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio/ platelet-lymphocyte ratio) in patients with severe preeclampsia (PE) of healthy pregnant and non-pregnant women.

Material And Methods: Hematological parameters including MPV and SIR markers [neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR)] were compered between the between three groups comprising of women with severe PE, healthy pregnant women and healthy non-pregnant women.

Results: MPV and PLR did not show statistically significant differences between the three groups (p=0.

Increased adhesion formation after gelatin-thrombin matrix application in a rat model.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of gelatin matrix and thrombin-based hemostatic sealant agents (gelatin-thrombin matrix) on postoperative adhesion formation in the rat uterine horn model.

Methods: A total of fourteen female Wistar-Albino rats were used in our postoperative adhesion formation model. Both uterine horns were exposed by midline incision with sterile technique and each uterine horn was traumatized by bipolar electrocautery.

The correlation between immunohistochemical expression of MMP-2 and the prognosis of epithelial ovarian cancer.

Objectives: The Objectives: The goal of the study was to evaluate the correlation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) expression with tumor spread, metastasis, survival and recurrence in early and advanced-stage Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC).

Material And Methods: Medical records of patients, hospitalized at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Izmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital between 2003 and 2008, were reviewed. Patient age, tumor size, localization, histologic type and tumor grade, stage, metastasis status, patient outcomes and follow-up data were obtained from the records of the obstetrics and gynecology clinic, as well as during face-to-face or telephone interviews.

Which one is safer - performing a laparoscopic hysterectomy with a tissue fusion device involving diagnostic cystoscopy or traditional abdominal hysterectomy with ureteral dissection?

Introduction: It still remains an unanswered question whether, in the absence of gynecological malignancy and under elective conditions, to perform abdominal hysterectomy (AH), offering a safer approach, or to perform a laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) procedure.

Aim: We aimed to compare LH operations performed with a tissue fusion device accompanied by intraoperative diagnostic cystoscopy with traditional AH operations involving bilateral ureteral dissection.

Material And Methods: The integrity of the ureters, ureteral peristalsis and the diameter of the ureters were examined during AH by inspection.

Decorin: a possible marker for fetal growth restriction.

The aim of this study was to compare decorin (DCN) levels between pregnancies complicated by idiopathic fetal growth restriction (FGR) and uncomplicated pregnancies and to determine the relationship between DCN levels and clinical parameters. The study population consisted of two groups: control group consisted of 13 women with uncomplicated singleton pregnancies in the third trimester. Study group consisted of 14 singleton pregnancies complicated by idiopathic FGR who were admitted to the hospital for delivery in the third trimester of pregnancy.

Clinical symptoms and diagnostic tools that are related to infertility and hydrosalpinx formation in women with advanced stage endometriosis complicated by endometrioma.

Objectives: The study included patients suffering from stage III-IV endometriosis complicated by an endometrioma (OMA). We investigated the association between age, presence of dysmenorrhea/dyspareunia, preoperative CA 125 level, size of OMA on ultrasonographic exam and infertility as well as the risk of intraoperative detection of hydrosalpinx that was not suspected on pre-operative assessment.

Materials And Methods: The study included patients with stage III-IV endometriosis complicated by OMA who underwent a laparoscopic or open surgery due to pre-diagnosis of infertility or adnexal mass.

Evaluation of the outcomes of laparoscopic hysterectomy for normal and enlarged uterus (>280 g).

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate intraoperative and postoperative outcomes of laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) with routine intraoperative cystoscopy (CYS) for enlarged uterus (>280 g).

Methods: The patients, who underwent LH procedure in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Düzce University Faculty of Medicine between July 2012 and July 2013, were included in this study. Perioperative outcomes were compared between patients with and without enlarged uterus.

Should cut-off values of the risk of malignancy index be changed for evaluation of adnexal masses in Asian and Pacific populations?

Background: The risk of malignancy index (RMI) for the evaluation of adnexal masses is a sensitive tool in certain populations. The best cut off value for RMI 1, 2 and 3 is 200. The cut off value of RMI-4 to differentiate benign from malignant lesions is 450.

Can reproductive characteristics predict bladder cancer in women with haematuria?

Background: Among women with haematuria, defining individuals under high risk for bladder cancer based on reproductive factors prior to cystoscopy would be of great benefit in the management of this condition. The aim of this study was to compare age and reproductive factors such as menopausal status, parity, age at first delivery and age at the last delivery between women who have haematuria with or without bladder cancer.

Materials And Methods: A total of 463 patients underwent diagnostic cystoscopy in Duzce University Faculty of Medicine between 1 June 2008 and 1 June 2013.

Recurrent spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation in a virgin girl.

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) develops due to the release of vasoactive mediators induced by excessively luteinized and enlarged ovaries. Most OHSS cases are iatrogenic subsequent to ovulation induction. We report the first case of recurrent OHSS developed during normal menstral cycle in a virgin girl, diagnosed with ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging.

Investigation of prognostic significance of CD109 expression in women with vulvar squamous cell carcinoma.

Objective: The goal of this study was to investigate the between cluster of differentiation 109 (CD109) expression and tumor diameter, invasion depth, tumor grade, presence of lymph-node metastasis, and overall survival in patients with vulvar squamous cell carcinoma, which is the most common type of vulvar cancer.

Method: Twenty-six patients who underwent an operation for vulvar cancer between 1999 and 2009 in our clinic were included in this study. Immunohistochemical staining was performed on formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue.

Inherited thrombophilia with recurrent pregnancy loss in Turkish women--a real phenomenon?

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and the role of hereditary thrombophilia caused by Factor V Leiden (G1691A), prothrombin G20210A or methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T gene mutations in recurrent pregnancy loss.

Material And Methods: One hundred and nine patients, who were admitted to the 3rd Obstetrics and Gynecology Outpatient Clinic in Goztepe Training and Research Hospital between 2006 and 2008, were included into the study The study group consisted of fifty-seven patients with a history of 3 miscarriages before 20 weeks of gestation and the control group consisted of forty-seven patients with at least one live birth without any history of miscarriage or pregnancy complications. The maternal blood was evaluated for Factor V Leiden (G1691A), prothrombin G20210A and MTHFR C677T gene mutations.