Objective Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for preeclampsia. Cytotrophoblast (CTB) invasion is facilitated from the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin by urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA), regulated by plasminogen activator…
Objective We report on trends in resident-performed vaginal hysterectomies before and after the establishment of a female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Study Design…
Objectives To investigate changes in urinary nerve growth factor (uNGF) in women with symptomatic detrusor overactivity (DO) following peripheral nerve evaluation (PNE) for sacral neuromodulation vs controls. Study Design There…
Objective This planned secondary analysis of the Outcomes Following Vaginal Prolapse Repairs and Midurethral Sling trial assessed whether treatment knowledge differed between randomized groups at 12 months and whether treatment…
Materials and Methods This retrospective cohort study included all patients who had their first endometrial ablation from January 2007 through June 2009 at Women and Infants Hospital. We excluded women…
Materials and Methods Study design We utilized ACS-NSQIP, which captures >240 patient variables from >460 participating institutions. Outcomes, including VTE, within this database are tracked for 30 days within the…
Objective Our first objective was to compare peri- and postoperative adverse events between robotic-assisted laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (RSC) and conventional laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (LSC) in a cohort of women who underwent these…
Two references cited in a July 2013 article (Geller EJ, Matthews CA. Impact of robotic operative efficiency on profitability. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2013;209:20.e1-5) require correction, as follows: 18. Sarlos…
Materials and Methods Approval was obtained from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Institutional Review Board (#10-00715XM) for a randomized, controlled, blinded study to assess the impact of the GOLE…
Objective The objective of the study was to examine the effects of nicotine, an α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist, on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory responses in rats during pregnancy. Study Design…
