Objective To determine whether women having day-case laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy are more or less satisfied with the length of hospital stay compared with women who stayed overnight after the procedure….
Objective The objective was to examine the use of a tailor-made DNA microarray containing probes representing the vaginal microbiota to examine bacterial vaginosis. Study Design One hundred one women attending…
Objective To evaluate urinary symptoms before and after colorectal resection for endometriosis using validated questionnaires. Study Design We randomly assigned 52 patients with colorectal endometriosis to undergo laparoscopically assisted or…
Objective We sought to investigate whether oral antibiotics are necessary, after 48 hours of clinical improvement, in uncomplicated septic abortion. Study design In a randomized double-blind clinical trial, 56 women…
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) remains one of the main challenges in maternity care. Improvements have to start from a better definition of IUGR, applying the concept of the fetal growth…
We report an update on obstetric patient safety efforts and results in the nation’s largest obstetric health care delivery system. The application of principles advocated by the Institute of Medicine…
In this issue of the Journal, Hamilton et al address an important question: how can the results of observational data be presented in such a way that they are useful…
Many women of childbearing age are prescribed opioids for continual or intermittent pain relief. Approximately half of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, and as many as 86%…
