Comparison of chromosomal abnormality rates in ICSI for non-male factor and spontaneous conception.

Objective: To compare cytogenetic data of first-trimester missed abortions in intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for non-male factor-mediated and spontaneous pregnancies.

Methods: Using karyotype analysis, we conducted a retrospective cohort trial of missed abortions following ICSI for non-male factor and spontaneous pregnancies. Patients experienced missed abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Preeclampsia due to fetal non-immune hydrops: mirror syndrome and review of literature.

Objective: Mirror syndrome (Ballantyne's syndrome) refers to the association of fetal hydrops and maternal preeclampsia. The aim of this study was to determine the relation and incidence between fetal hydrops and preeclampsia in our clinic.

Methods: A retrospective review of patients associated with fetal hydrops and findings with preeclampsia was used.

Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of saline infusion sonohysterography, transvaginal sonography and hysteroscopy in postmenopausal bleeding.

Objective: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS), saline infusion sonohysterography (SIS) and hysteroscopy (HS) with respect to pathological diagnosis in the detection of uterine cavity abnormalities associated with abnormal uterine bleeding among postmenopausal women.

Methods: Being a prospective, investigator-blind trial, the present study was conducted on 137 postmenopausal women, with abnormal uterine bleeding, admitted to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Istanbul Bilim University, Florence Nightingale Hospital and Fertigyn Woman Health and IVF Center. After TVS, all patients underwent SIS using Cook Soft 500 IVF transfer catheter and HS, consecutively.

Laparoscopic surgery of interstitial (cornual) pregnancy, a case report.

We report a successful laparoscopic management of an interstitial pregnancy of a 24- year-old single woman, treated by cornuostomy. The patient was first managed with methotrexate treatment. After the 2.

Opinions concerning male and female sterilisation in Turkey.

Background: Vasectomy is well accepted in some countries, but uncommonly used in others. The failure of family planning programmes may be the result of men failing to play a role in contraception. This study was carried out to determine the attitudes of women and men regarding male and female sterilisation.

Effects of hormone replacement therapy on glucose and lipid profiles and on cardiovascular risk parameters in postmenopausal women.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on carbohydrate and lipid metabolisms and cardiovascular risk parameters in healthy postmenopausal women.

Methods: Forty women receiving and 38 women not receiving HRT were included and baseline and sixth month blood pressure, weight, body mass index, waist/hip ratio, blood lipid profile, inflammatory markers (homocysteine, C-reactive protein (CRP) and fibrinogen), hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and insulin, and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) results were evaluated.

Results: The mean age was 52.

Prevention of complications in laparoscopic hysterectomy: experience with 1120 cases performed by a single surgeon.

Study Objective: The aim of this study is to describe a safe technique without any ureteral, bladder, and major vessel injuries in laparoscopic hysterectomy with a CO2 laser technique.

Design: Prospective study (Canadian Task Force classification II-3).

Setting: Centre Hospitalier Interrégional Edith Cavell, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Endoscopic Laser Surgery Center, Bruxelles, Belgium; and Kadir Has University, Metropolitan Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Combining 2nd-trimester maternal serum homocysteine levels and uterine artery Doppler for prediction of preeclampsia and isolated intrauterine growth restriction.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of a combined 2nd-trimester maternal serum homocysteine and uterine artery Doppler screening at 20 weeks of gestation for complications of pregnancy: preeclampsia, isolated intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), placental abruption, and stillbirths.

Methods: Consecutive singleton pregnancies without previous risk factors who had homocysteine measured as part of a serum-screening program for trisomy 21 had uterine artery Doppler performed. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, odds ratio, and positive and negative likelihood ratios for the subsequent development of preeclampsia, isolated IUGR, placental abruption, stillbirth, and preterm delivery were calculated for the following methods (1) homocysteine cut-off level 6.

Mood scores in relation to hormone replacement therapies during menopause: a prospective randomized trial.

There is lack of studies in literature about the long-term effects of hormone replacement therapies and cholesterol levels on mood scores in menopause. In the present study we have investigated whether serum lipid levels affect mood scores in menopause and evaluated the long-term effects of the combined hormone replacement regimens (HRT) on depressive symptoms in postmenopausal women. In this prospective-randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study, 286 women in menopause were divided into four groups according to therapeutic regimens they received; 1) Conjugated equine estrogen (CEE) of 0.