Stier et al bring focus to the growing incidence of squamous cell cancer of the anus (SCCA) in women over the last 4 decades, which has doubled from 1975 through 2008….
I grew up in a medical family, now comprised of 6 physicians, 1 nurse, and an aunt who was an obstetrician-gynecologist. I was always drawn to medicine. Part of me…
Background The Obstetrics Adverse Outcomes Index was designed to measure the quality of perinatal care and includes 10 adverse events that may occur at or around the time of delivery….
Background In 2012, yoga was practiced by 20 million Americans, of whom 82% were women. A recent literature review on prenatal yoga noted a reduction in some pregnancy complications (ie,…
Materials and Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study of all patients who delivered between January 2008 and January 2013 at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The study was…
Materials and Methods We conducted a RCT to investigate the effects of stylette use on catheter insertion outcomes. The trial was approved by the local institutional review board (number 13-46E)….
Background The relative roles of the mother and fetus in signaling for labor remain poorly understood. Objective We previously demonstrated using gene knockout (KO) mice that Escherichia coli -induced preterm delivery…
Background Extremely preterm birth of a live newborn before the limit of viability is rare but contributes uniformly to the infant mortality rate because essentially all cases result in neonatal…
Background The number of robotically assisted hysterectomies is increasing, and therefore, the opportunities for trainees to become competent in performing traditional laparoscopic hysterectomy are decreasing. Simulation-based training is ideal for…
Background Gestational trophoblastic diseases include premalignant (partial and complete hydatidiform moles) and malignant entities referred to as gestational trophoblastic neoplasia. Use of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics prognostic…
