Fetal lung maturity testing
I agree with the recent article by Towers et al about the use of fetal lung maturity (FLM) testing in select patients and express similar concern about the American Congress of…
GYNECOLOGY
Ultrasound-guided instrumental removal of the retained placenta after vaginal delivery
The standard treatment for retained placenta is manual extraction, in which a hand is introduced inside the uterus to cleave a plane between the placenta and the uterine wall. For…
Utility of a comparability score for reporting studies using whole population data
We read with interest the article on the use of a comparability scoring system in reporting observational studies that was published in February in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The…
Power analysis for the MEXPRE study
Our monthly Maternal-Fetal Medicine journal club recently discussed the recent article by Vigil-De Gracia et al with much interest. During our review, we noted that the sample size calculation was described…
Diagnostic markers for hyperemesis gravidarum: a systematic review and metaanalysis
Methods for Review Search strategy The search strategy ( Appendix ) was composed by one of the authors (M.N.N.) in collaboration with a clinical librarian. We searched PubMed and Embase…
Accuracy of ultrasound for the prediction of placenta accreta
Objective Ultrasound has been reported to be greater than 90% sensitive for the diagnosis of accreta. Prior studies may be subject to bias because of single expert observers, suspicion for…
Septate uterus
Case notes A 70-year-old woman (gravida 3, para 1) was referred for hysteroscopy because of an ultrasonographic suspicion of thickened endometrium ( Figure 1 ). She did not complain of…
Postoperative outcomes of MR-invisible stage IB1 cervical cancer
Objective Tumor volume is a significant prognostic factor of cervical cancer. It is still unknown about outcome of biopsy-proven IB1 cervical cancer, which is invisible on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging…
