Obliterative surgery for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse: A patient survey on reasons for surgery selection and post-operative decision regret and satisfaction [PDF]
Objectives: To identify patient-reported reasons for selecting obliterative surgery for the purpose of predicting decision regret and satisfaction. Methods: We created a deidentified database of patients who underwent an obliterative procedure for ...
Brooks, Hannah M. +3 more
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Effects of exercise during pregnancy in women with short cervix: Secondary analysis from the Italian Pessary Trial in singletons [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate effects of exercise during pregnancy in asymptomatic singleton pregnancies without prior spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB) but with short transvaginal ultrasound cervical length (TVU CL).
Arduino, Bruno +10 more
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Incarcerated Vaginal Pessary: A Rare Complication
Objective: A patient with uterine prolapse (procidentia uteri) received a vaginal pessary, which became incarcerated in the vaginal wall. Case Report: A 70-year-old female patient had been treated for uterine prolapse by insertion of a ring-shaped ...
So-Jung Liang +3 more
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Arabin-pessary or McDonald Cerclage in Cervical Shortening? [PDF]
Objective The aim of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of Arabin pessary and McDonald cervical cerclage on preterm delivery. Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis of data from patients who underwent either Arabin pessary or ...
Aytaj Jafarzade +4 more
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Midtrimester transvaginal ultrasound cervical length screening for spontaneous preterm birth in diamniotic twin pregnancies according to chorionicity [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To compare the mean transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) cervical length (CL) at midtrimester screening for spontaneous preterm birth in asymptomatic monochorionic diamniotic versus dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies STUDY DESIGN: This was a ...
Anastasio, Hannah +7 more
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Background Transvaginal sonographic cervical length assessment identifies pregnant women at risk for preterm birth, and the subsequent placement of a cervical pessary may reduce this risk.
William Schnettler +2 more
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Methods to induce labour:A systematic review, network meta-analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To compare the clinical effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of labour induction methods. METHODS: We conducted a systematic review of randomised trials comparing interventions for third‐trimester labour induction (search date: March 2014 ...
Alfirevic, Zarko +7 more
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A Single-Arm, Proof-Of-Concept Trial of Lopimune (Lopinavir/Ritonavir) as a Treatment for HPV-Related Pre-Invasive Cervical Disease [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the most common female malignancy in the developing nations and the third most common cancer in women globally. An effective, inexpensive and self-applied topical treatment would be an ideal solution for treatment of ...
A Kwara +48 more
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Neglected Pessary in Patient With Pelvic Organ Prolapse: A Case Report
Objective: To report the neglected pessary in a patient with pelvic organ prolapse. Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is one of the most important medical challenges in women especially elderly.
Zinat Ghanbari +6 more
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