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Anorectal complications of vaginal delivery

Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 1989
The incidence of anorectal complications following vaginal delivery was studied in 20,500 women. One thousand forty (5 percent) of all normal vaginal deliveries resulted in episiotomy with third- and fourth-degree extension or a fourth-degree perineal tear. Of these fourth-degree lacerations, 101 patients (10 percent) experienced wound disruption after
K S, Venkatesh, P S, Ramanujam, D M, Larson, M A, Haywood   +3 more
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Nanocarriers For Vaginal Drug Delivery

Recent Patents on Drug Delivery & Formulation, 2019
Background:Vaginal drug delivery approach represents one of the imperative strategies for local and systemic delivery of drugs. The peculiar dense vascular networks, mucus permeability, and range of physiological characteristics of the vaginal cavity have been exploited for therapeutic benefit.
Zeenat, Iqbal, Fahima, Dilnawaz
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Vaginal microbicides and their delivery platforms

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 2014
HIV type 1 infection, despite having fallen by one-third over the past decade, remains a global health concern affecting millions of individuals worldwide. A focal point in contemporary research aimed at global HIV prevention has been the development of safe and efficacious coitally dependent and coitally independent anti-HIV microbicides to curb ...
Osmond J, D'Cruz, Fatih M, Uckun
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Vaginal delivery in a paraplegic patient

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1957
I N ORDER to clarify all factors inherent in pregnancy and its complications, expulsion of the fetus, and relief of pain, during the past quarter century medical research has focused its attention on the study of the female genital tract. A thorough understanding of the musculature and topographic location and specific function of each neuropathway to ...
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The end of vaginal breech delivery

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2006
Sir, G Burke1 asks: ‘Is it worth doing 60 or 160 more caesareans, which nowadays cost nothing in terms of maternal mortality, morbidity or economically, to avoid one baby’s death?’ Regarding the Netherlands for the 5 years after the Breech Trial (2001–05), the answer is as follows: • Three hundred and twenty extra planned caesarean sections are needed ...
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Genital burns and vaginal delivery

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1995
AbstractObstetric complications may result from burn scarring in the genital area. Women in developing countries typically squat around cooking fires, and burns are common. This recent case in Nepal describes obstructed labor in a young woman whose genital area had extensive scarring from a cooking fire injury.
R, Pant, V, Manandhar, F, Wittgenstein, J A, Fortney, C, Fukushima   +4 more
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Engineering drug delivery systems to overcome the vaginal mucosal barrier: Current understanding and research agenda of mucoadhesive formulations of vaginal delivery

Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 2022
Bhavana Valamla, Pradip Thakor, Rashmi Phuse, Mayur Dalvi, P. Kharat, Ankaj Kumar, Dilip Panwar, S. B. Singh, Pastorin Giorgia, N. Mehra   +9 more
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Vaginal operative deliveries in Italy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 1994
Objective. To analyze the trends in vaginal operative deliveries in Italy.Design. Analysis of information on all deliveries after the 28th week of gestation. Routinely collected by the Italian Central Institute of Statistics using a standard form.Setting. National data on all Italian deliveries in the period 1981‐85.Subjects. All deliveries occurred in
F. Parazzini, I. Cortinovis, S. Restelli, R. Bortolus, L. Tozzi   +4 more
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Brow Presentation with Vaginal Delivery

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1968
SummaryA series of 53 brow presentations (0.14% of all deliveries) occurring in a 10‐year period at National Women's Hospital, Auckland, is presented. Of these, 43% were in nulliparae. Cephalo‐pelvic disproportion, present in about one‐third of the patients, was the only notable aetiological factor. The method of delivery was spontaneous in 7 patients,
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Vaginal epithelial drug delivery.

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022
Lana Matteucci, A. Holmes
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