Care for women with prior preterm birth
Iams and Berghella’s recent article in the August 2010 issue on the care of women with prior preterm birth was comprehensive and helpful. They comment on the association of preterm…
Endoscopic treatment of a transmigrated intrauterine device to colonic wall: a case report
We report an asymptomatic 23-year-old female patient who was diagnosed to have a transmigrated intrauterine device (IUD) during a routine gynecological examination. After the IUD had been located within the…
Informed consent cannot be obtained for use of vaginal mesh
I was interested to read the Clinical Opinion “Use of vaginal mesh in the face of recent FDA warnings and litigation.” The authors stress the importance of documenting informed consent,…
A Grimm situation
Case notes A 17-year-old primigravida at the end of her first trimester was referred for evaluation of a well-defined, firm, mobile mass in the epigastric region. She had a recent…
Coping with changes in health care
It is not our imagination that 2010 was a tsunami in health care. I do not pretend to have answers to the health care question and what will happen, but…
One small step and one giant leap for noninvasive prenatal screening: an editorial
It is likely that, soon after amniocentesis became accepted widely for the prenatal diagnosis of fetal chromosome and certain structural abnormalities, clinicians and researchers took interest in developing technologies that…
Hysteroscopic transcervical resection
Cesarean section defect had been found to be one of the causes of prolonged bleeding in women with previous cesarean delivery. Lin’s hysteroscopy (TCR)-metroplasty method had focused on 4 predisposed…
Discussion: ‘Hydrothermal ablation: does it avoid hysterectomy?’ by Kopeika et al
In the roundtable that follows, clinicians discuss a study published in this issue of the Journal in light of its methodology, relevance to practice, and implications for future research. Article…
Hydrothermal ablation: does it avoid hysterectomy?: Kopeika et al
The article below summarizes a roundtable discussion of a study published in this issue of the Journal in light of its methodology, relevance to practice, and implications for future research….
Success of uterus-preserving treatments for abnormal uterine bleeding, chronic pelvic pain, and symptomatic fibroids: age and bridges to menopause
Objective The purpose of this study was to determine whether age at first uterus-preserving treatment (UPT) predicts symptom resolution among women with common pelvic problems. Study Design We conducted an…
