Analysis of the prevalence, risk factors, and clinical characteristics of osteoporosis in patients with essential hypertension.

Background: The present study investigated the prevalence of osteoporosis (OP) among patients with essential hypertension (EH) in the Changchun community and analysed the correlation between EH and OP.

Methods: The study included 425 subjects with EH and 425 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Bone mineral density (BMD) and serum creatinine (CR) levels were measured, and the subjects' current EH and OP statuses were surveyed to analyse the correlation between EH and OP.

Comparison of the Dinoprostone Vaginal Insert and Dinoprostone Tablet for the Induction of Labor in Primipara: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

This retrospective study aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of Prostin E2 and Propess for the induction of labor (IOL) in nulliparous women between January 2018 and October 2021. The inclusion criteria were nulliparous, singleton, >37 weeks’ gestation, cephalic presentation with an unfavorable cervix (Bishop score ≤ 6), no signs of labor, and use of one form of dinoprostone (Prostin E2 or Propess) for IOL. The cesarean section (C/S) rate and induction-to-birth interval were the main outcome measures.

Iatrogenic Parasitic Myoma with Two Recurrence Times after Subsequent Myomectomy: A Rare and Complicated Case Report.

Increasing number of parasitic myoma (PM) cases due to specimen morcellation during minimally invasive surgery have been reported. The patient was a 46-year-old woman receiving laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy due to fibroids. She was diagnosed as having PM and had two recurrences after subsequent myomectomies.

Safety and efficacy of contained manual morcellation during laparoscopic or robotic gynecological surgery.

Objective: To assess the safety and efficacy of contained manual morcellation (CMM) with a tissue pouch during minimally invasive robotic or laparoscopic surgeries.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study included women who underwent robotic or laparoendoscopic single-site surgery at a tertiary referral center between February 2014 and April 2017. The specimen was postoperatively contained, sliced into one or more long strips, and then pulled out.

Trends of Opportunistic Salpingectomy.

Background And Objectives: This study analyzed the trends of opportunistic salpingectomy (OS) accompanied by hysterectomy in a 9-year follow-up period at a single institute.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 1184 women at Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital from 2007 to 2015 who underwent hysterectomy performed with or without OS. Parameters including patient age, operating time, surgical approach, length of hospital stay, and perioperative complications were evaluated.

High success rate and considerable adverse events of pelvic prolapse surgery with Prolift: a single center experience.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze short-term outcomes of pelvic prolapse surgery using Prolift transvaginal mesh in a teaching hospital.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-four patients who received prolapse surgery with Prolift were followed up for 7-26 months. Assessment included pre- and postoperative Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POP-Q) stage, and Urogenital Distress Inventory (UDI)-6, and Incontinence Impact Questionnaire (IIQ)-7 scores.

Parathyroid adenoma with hypertensive crisis and intracerebral hemorrhage mimicking hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets syndrome.

Background: Hyperparathyroidism is seldom encountered during pregnancy. Moreover, when the disease does occur, it is typically masked until late pregnancy or after delivery.

Case: A previously healthy multiparous woman presented with sudden-onset severe preeclampsia with hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets syndrome at 37 weeks of gestation.

Laparoscopic management of tubal ectopic pregnancy.

Objectives: To study the surgical morbidity associated with laparoscopic management of tubal ectopic pregnancy compared with that of open laparotomy.

Methods: A retrospective study in an academic tertiary obstetrics and gynecology referral center was conducted from 2005 through 2007. Forty-nine patients who had pathology-confirmed tubal ectopic pregnancies were divided into 2 groups, laparoscopy (n=38) and laparotomy (n=11).

Detection and typing of minimal human papillomavirus DNA in plasma.

Objective: For clinical study of minute human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA such as those in plasma, a sensitive method that can detect a broad spectrum of HPV type is needed.

Method: A nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method which utilized a consensus primer set nested to the widely utilized MY09/MY11 primer set was developed. The HPV genotype was determined by restriction digestion of the PCR product followed by agarose gel electrophoresis.