Safety and acceptability of tubal ligation procedures performed by trained clinical officers in rural Uganda. [PDF]
, 2013 OBJECTIVE: To assess safety associated with tubal ligation performed by trained clinical officers (COs) in rural Uganda. METHODS: Between March and June 2012, 518 women in 4 regions of Uganda were recruited into a prospective cohort study and followed at
Chowdhury +13 more
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Is It a “Colon Perforation”? A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 BackgroundIntrauterine devices (IUDs) are commonly used as a contraceptive method. IUD migration and colon perforation are rare but serious complications occurring sometimes years after insertion.CaseA 42-year-old woman with complaints of slight ...
Shuangshuang Lu +22 more
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Antipode, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract The perceptions and representations of whiteness around motherhood, family, and black sexuality reproduce the logic of what Hortense Spillers calls “captive flesh”, controlling understandings about femininity, motherhood, and gender. This debate is guided by the politics of the racial neoliberal agenda that works to control the urban ...
Danielle Pereira de Araújo
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Surgical Removal of an Extrauterine Device Migrating to Appendix
Case Reports in Medicine, 2016 Intrauterine devices (IUDs) remain highly effective reversible family planning methods in developing countries. We aimed to report one of the complications of extrauterine and intrauterine devices.
Gulsum Uysal +4 more
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Comprehensive Study on Denoising of Medical Images Utilizing Neural Network Based Auto-Encoder [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Fetal motion discernment utilizing spectral images extracted from accelerometric data incident on pregnant mothers abdomen has gained substantial attention in the state-of-the-art research. It is an essential practice to avoid adverse scenarios such as stillbirths and intrauterine growth restrictions. However, this endeavor of ensuring fetus safety has
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Perception about Intrauterine Devices, Prior to and After Placement—Prospective Survey
Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022 Background: Intrauterine devices are effective long-lasting contraceptive methods with a high rate of satisfaction among users. This study aimed at determining women’s perception of intrauterine contraception, before and after its placement, and ...
Andreia de Vasconcelos Gaspar +2 more
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Complications associated with intravesical migration of an intrauterine device [PDF]
Obstetrics & Gynecology Science, 2020 The intrauterine device (IUD) is the most common method of reversible contraception in women. However, IUD can perforate the uterus and also migrate into pelvic or abdominal organs.
Athar Rasekhjahromi +3 more
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Deep Learning-based Quality Assessment of Clinical Protocol Adherence in Fetal Ultrasound Dating Scans [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 To assess fetal health during pregnancy, doctors use the gestational age (GA) calculation based on the Crown Rump Length (CRL) measurement in order to check for fetal size and growth trajectory. However, GA estimation based on CRL, requires proper positioning of calipers on the fetal crown and rump view, which is not always an easy plane to find ...
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Case Study: Fetal Breathing Movements as a Proxy for Fetal Lung Maturity Estimation [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Premature births can lead to complications, with fetal lung immaturity being a primary concern. Currently, fetal lung maturity (FLM) requires an invasive surfactant extraction procedure between the 32nd and 39th weeks of pregnancy. Unfortunately, there is no non-invasive method for FLM assessment.
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Differential Effects of the Hormonal and Copper Intrauterine Device on the Endometrial Transcriptome. [PDF]
, 2020 The contraceptive effectiveness of intrauterine devices (IUDs) has been attributed in part to a foreign body reaction in the endometrium. We performed this study to better understand mechanisms of action of contraceptives of by studying their effects on ...
Averbach, Sarah +6 more
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