A New Approach to an Old Concept for Reducing Shoulder Pain Caused by Gynecological Laparoscopy.

Background: The purpose of this study was to introduce a technique to extract the remaining peritoneal gas in order to improve the post-laparoscopic shoulder pain.

Methods: This study included 12 patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecologic procedures between February and March 2016 in Minimally Invasive Techniques Research Center, Pars Hospital, Tehran, Iran. For complete suction of the air from abdominal cavity, the air was first vacuumed from the pelvic cavity in Trendelenburg position and then the patients were put in anti-Trendelenburg position.

Is ACOG guideline helpful for encouraging pregnant women to do exercise during pregnancy?

To evaluate physical activity of pregnant women before and after ACOG guideline study. Four hundred and eighty-five pregnant women enrolled in this before-after study. They were asked to study ACOG guideline.

Bone biomarkers in patients with chronic traumatic spinal cord injury.

Background Context: Bone loss after spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs because of pathologic changes in osteoblastic and osteoclastic activities due to mechanical unloading. Some biochemical changes in bone metabolism after SCI are described before that were related to bone mineral loss.

Purpose: Our purpose was to determine bone markers' changes and related effective factors in patients with chronic traumatic SCI.