The review by Dziadosz et al brings a very relevant immunological discussion to the forefront of obstetrics. The authors describe the limitless clinical advantages of amniotic fluid’s versatile stem cell population. With…
Drs Gimovsky and Berghella report an open randomized trial of second-stage labor management where delivery is effected at 3 hours compared to 4 hours in nulliparous women with epidural analgesia….
Food environment research is in its infancy; although it is growing, valid and reliable methods for assessment are lacking. The methods used in the discussed article have several limitations and…
I read with both interest and dismay the article, “Consistently inconsistent, the posterior vaginal wall,” in which Drs Hale and Fenner describe symptoms of posterior vaginal wall prolapse, describing dyssynergic…
Problem: uterine artery variations during laparoscopic ligation at its vascular origin During a hysterectomy, the uterine artery (UA) is traditionally ligated at the level of the internal cervical os. However,…
Introduction Induction of labor is becoming an increasingly common practice in obstetrics, now making up approximately 20% of all births. Induction of labor in the setting of an unfavorable cervix…
Objective Total pelvic exenteration (TPE) is a radical procedure involving en bloc resection of the pelvic viscera. The procedure may be performed as primary treatment for gynecologic malignancies or as…
Materials and Methods A multiinstitution deidentified electronic health record database, EPM: Explore (Explorys Inc, Cleveland, OH), was utilized to perform a retrospective cohort study to assess the impact of pregnancy…
