Every year, residency program directors and departments of obstetrics and gynecology go through the time-consuming and labor intensive but important process of screening, interviewing, and ranking applicants for their residency…
It was not that many years ago that there was an active debate about whether gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) was an actual disease that warranted treatment. Oh how the pendulum…
THE ISSUE: Gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with increased neonatal morbidities and higher cesarean delivery rates; women with gestational diabetes mellitus are at increased risk for type II diabetes mellitus…
Although described as a postpartum complication, uterine inversion may also occur in nonpregnant women. We report a case of nonpuerperal uterine inversion, because of a large exteriorized submucous myoma in…
I am writing to comment on the clinical opinion presented in the August 2010 issue “Use of vaginal mesh in the face of the recent FDA warnings and litigation.” I…
Case notes A 47-year-old patient was referred to our Vulvar Diseases Clinic for severe vulvovaginal burning, dyspareunia, and postcoital bleeding. These symptoms had been present for several months and coincided…
With great interest I reviewed the research article by Grimm et al, and have tried to analyze their data from the perspective of clinical applicability. The use of traction should…
Using Journal Citation Reports: Science Edition (2008) and the Social Sciences Citation Index database Brandt et al report the 100 most frequently cited journal articles in obstetrics and gynecology over…
We read with interest the paper by Parer and Hamilton, evaluating interobserver agreement between experts and a computer system on fetal heart rate (FHR) tracing interpretation, using a 5-level classification…
We report a case of a woman in whom uterine arterial embolization was performed using absorbable gelfoam particles for control of refractory postpartum hemorrhage. Ten days after delivery, the woman…
