83 results match your criteria: "Etlik Zuebeyde Hanım Women's Health Education and Research Hospital[Affiliation]"

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between abdominal scar characteristics and the severity of intra-abdominal adhesions with repeat cesarean deliveries.

Methods: A total of 208 women with at least one previous cesarean delivery at or beyond 37 weeks of gestation who were admitted for repeat cesarean delivery were enrolled in this study. Scars were categorized as depressed, flat or elevated according to their appearance, and hyperpigmented or the same color as the surrounding skin according to their pigmentation status.

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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy of reproductive-aged women that manifests itself with a variety of features. For this reason, three different diagnostic criteria have been introduced. For adults, the National Institutes of Health Conference (NIH) criteria, which consists of hyperandrogenism and oligo-anovulation, is the most widely used.

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Objective: High sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is a serum marker for acute inflammation and/or infection. The diagnostic value of serum levels of this protein has been investigated among patients with preterm delivery, premature rupture of the membranes (PROM) and preeclampsia. In this study, the predictive value of hs-CRP for successful labour induction in patients with PROM has been evaluated.

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Objective: The impacts of an episiotomy on a woman's sex life and ability to relax the pelvic musculature remain largely unknown. The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of an episiotomy on the development of postpartum dyspareunia and anal incontinence.

Materials And Methods: A total of 200 patients participated in the present study.

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Objective: To investigate the role of endothelin receptors in ovarian ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in rats using the endothelin receptor antagonist bosentan.

Study Design: Group 1: sham operation; Group 2: sham operation and bosentan 60 mg/kg; Group 3: bilateral ovarian ischaemia; Group 4: 3-h period of ischaemia followed by 3h of reperfusion; Groups 5 and 6: bosentan 30 and 60 mg/kg, respectively, with bilateral ovarian ischaemia applied 30 min later; the bilateral ovaries were removed after 3h of ischaemia; Groups 7 and 8: 3h of bilateral ovarian ischaemia was applied, with bosentan 30 and 60 mg/kg, respectively, administered 2.5h after the induction of ischaemia; following the 3-h period of ischaemia, 3h of reperfusion was applied, after which the ovaries were removed.

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Background: To investigate the impact of ovarian transposition (OT) on survival rates of the patients with stage Ib squamous cell cervical cancer.

Materials And Methods: Ninety-two subjects who underwent a radical hysterectomy including oophorectomy were evaluated. For nineteen (20.

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Objective: To explore the accuracy of sentinel lymph node (SLN) dissection in predicting regional lymph node status by using either only Technetium-99m-labelled (Tc-99m) or in combination with a blue dye in patients with squamous cell cancer of vulva.

Material And Methods: Twenty-one patients who had T1 (≤2 cm) or T2 (>2cm) tumors that did not encroach into the urethra, vagina or anus were included in the study. For the first twelve patients, Tc-99m was used for SLN identification, and the combined technique was used in subsequent patients.

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