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Maturitas
January 2025
Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Division of Gynecology, Urogynecology Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address:
Objective: Many postmenopausal women suffering from vulvovaginal atrophy are looking for non-hormonal treatments. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy has emerged as a novel and promising approach for gynecological applications. PRP is an autologous blood product rich in growth factors used to stimulate tissue regeneration.
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January 2025
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America.
Background: Aromatase inhibitors (AI) reduce hormone receptor-positive breast cancer recurrence risk by about 50%. However, half of AI-treated postmenopausal women report new or worsened musculoskeletal symptoms (AIMSS), and 20% discontinue therapy prematurely. Acupuncture is effective for reducing symptoms, but many women are not able to access acupuncture therapy.
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December 2024
Department of Urology, Hasheminejad Kidney Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background: Labial adhesion (LA) is a total or partial labial fusion mostly seen in pre-pubertal children and is rare in premenopausal and postmenopausal periods. This review aimed to evaluate risk factors for labial fusion and the recurrence rate following surgical intervention in postmenopausal women.
Methods: According to PRISMA guidelines, international databases including Embase, World Cat, Web of Science, Scopus, Dimension, Open Grey, Cochrane, Google Scholar, and also PubMed gateway for PMC and MEDLINE were searched.
Int Urogynecol J
January 2025
Department of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Atlantic Health System, 435 South Street, Suite 370, Morristown, NJ, 07960, USA.
Introduction And Hypothesis: The objective of our study was to evaluate the need for antibiotic prophylaxis for urinary tract infection (UTI) prevention before Onabotulinum toxin A injection for overactive bladder (OAB). We hypothesize that the lack of antibiotic prophylaxis might not be inferior to administering prophylaxis.
Methods: This was a multi-centered, nonblinded, randomized controlled trial conducted between August 2022 and September 2024.
BMC Ophthalmol
January 2025
Department of Ophthalmology, Wuhu Eye Hospital, 378 Santan Road, Yijiang District, Anhui Province, Wuhu, 241002, China.
Background: Epiphora and secondary ocular surface damage are increasingly impairing the quality of life of people, particularly elderly women. We aimed to investigate the changes in tear cytokine and lactoferrin levels in postmenopausal women with primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction (PANDO) complicated with obstructed meibomian gland dysfunction (OMGD) and preliminary explore the pathological mechanisms of OMGD in patients with PANDO.
Methods: The prospective study involved 43 and 41 postmenopausal women with and without PANDO, respectively.
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