Opioid exposure and birth defects

Jun 4, 2017 by in GYNECOLOGY Comments Off on Opioid exposure and birth defects

It was with great interest that I read the report of Broussard and colleagues from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, “Maternal treatment with opioid analgesics and risk for birth…

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A faster nonsurgical solution

Jun 4, 2017 by in GYNECOLOGY Comments Off on A faster nonsurgical solution

Case notes Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) and magnetic resonance (MR)–guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation are increasingly used in clinical practice as nonsurgical treatment modalities for symptomatic uterine fibroids. However,…

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Myasis in uterine prolapse, successful treatment

Jun 4, 2017 by in GYNECOLOGY Comments Off on Myasis in uterine prolapse, successful treatment

We describe the case of an elderly female with total genital prolapse and superinfected uterine myasis. The successful treatment included mechanical extraction of the larvae, antibiotics, and ivermectin (this last…

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Bariatric surgery

Jun 4, 2017 by in GYNECOLOGY Comments Off on Bariatric surgery

We read the study by Sheiner et al in the January issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology with great interest. We congratulate the authors with the important…

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Should patients with cytologic high-grade intraepithelial lesions of the cervix be treated without colposcopic-guided biopsy?

Jun 4, 2017 by in GYNECOLOGY Comments Off on Should patients with cytologic high-grade intraepithelial lesions of the cervix be treated without colposcopic-guided biopsy?

Zuchna et al report underestimation of the severity of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in 47% of cases after colposcopic-guided biopsies in patients with suspected high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (H-SIL) of…

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