Background Perinatal regionalization is a system of maternal and neonatal risk-appropriate health care delivery in which resources are ideally allocated for mothers and newborns during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and…
Background The laborist model of obstetric care represents a change in care delivery with the potential of improving maternal and neonatal outcomes. Objective We evaluated the effectiveness of the laborist…
Background The incidence of endometrial cancer increases with age and is associated with medical comorbidities such as obesity and diabetes. Although a few cohort studies of <500 patients showed an…
Background Midurethral slings have become the preferred surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence. Midline transection of midurethral sling for dysfunctional voiding is an effective treatment and also has a low…
Introduction Chronic pelvic pain is defined as continuous or intermittent pain in the lower abdomen or pelvis lasting for at least 3-6 months, which is differentiated from dysmenorrhea and pain…
Background Although alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking are common behaviors in reproductive-age women, little is known about the impact of consumption patterns on ovarian reserve. Even less is known about…
Background Borderline ovarian tumors are generally diagnosed in young women. Because of the young age of patients at first diagnosis and at recurrence, and given the good prognosis of borderline…
Background The current health care system has an urgent need for tools to measure quality. A wide range of quality indicators have been developed in an attempt to differentiate between…
Background Human papillomavirus and Chlamydia trachomatis share the same route of sexual transmission and possess similar risk factors, indicating that coinfection may act synergistically in the induction of epithelial cell…
Background Vulvodynia is a chronic vulvar pain disorder and fibromyalgia is a chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain disorder, both of unknown etiology. Association of these conditions is well documented. Intravaginal algometer…
