Alternative sources of stem cells Embryonic stem (ES) cells are totipotent but have been shown to form tumors in immunodeficient mice. ES cells grow as teratocarcinomas in vivo and frequently acquire…
Posterior vaginal wall prolapse is one of the most common prolapses encountered by gynecological surgeons. What appears to be a straightforward condition to diagnose and treat surgically for physicians has…
Related article, page 371 On Dec. 23, 2015, the Division of Vital Statistics of the National Centers for Health Statistics reported that the 2014 national twin birth rate reached an…
Related article, page 371 Traditionally, obstetricians have taken an apparently easy way out and used the presentation combination of twins to decide how to deliver them. Generally, vertex-vertex twins were always…
Related article, page 376 In this issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Manuck et al report the results of a carefully-done analysis describing the characteristics associated with response…
I read with great interest the interesting study examining preterm birth rate in the United States using 2 separate methods of gestational age (GA) assignment: GA calculated by the last…
I read the paper by Rath et al with interest. The authors determined the burnout rate and associated factors among gynecologic oncologists using a cross-sectional study design. A total of 1086…
