Additional uses of a vaginal fornices delineator
A vaginal fornices delineator was introduced in the mid-90s by a gynecologic surgeon named Charles Koh as a device that would facilitate total laparoscopic hysterectomy. It is also used in…
Mothers’ blood
Mothers’ blood runs thick with a thousand thousand generations of awe-ful trial: knees drawn high, chins to chests, bracing, pushing against trapped breath. Thickened by love loss was mothers’ blood…
Skin incision for cesarean delivery in morbidly obese women
In reference to the recent dialogue generated by Marrs et al in the article associated with complications found on cesarean deliveries on obese parturients and the letter by Gordon and Welch….
Spilled gallstones after laparoscopic cholecystectomy associated with pelvic pain
Case notes A 41 year old gravida 3 para 3 woman presented with heavy cyclic uterine bleeding and a 3 year history of worsening dysmenorrhea progressing to crampy pelvic pain unrelated…
Randomized controlled trial of insulin detemir versus NPH for the treatment of pregnant women with diabetes
Objective We sought to determine if insulin detemir (IDet) is noninferior to insulin neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH) for the treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus…
Detection of intraamniotic inflammation in fresh and processed amniotic fluid samples with the interleukin-6 point of care test
Objective Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM) is responsible for approximately one-third of all preterm deliveries. The most common complication associated with PPROM is intraamniotic inflammation (IAI), either infection related…
