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Complications of Fluid Overload from Resectoscopic SurgeryExcess absorption of liquid distending media is one of the most frequent complications of operative hysteroscopy. Although most women recover uneventfully, we are seeing cases of permanent morbidity or death resulting from this complications.
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Pelvic Pain: the True EmergenciesPelvic pain in this category indicates a problem that if not treated urgently will cause serious harm or death. One serious cause of acute pelvic pain is a ruptured tubal (ectopic) pregnancy. Many women with a tubal pregnancy will continue to have menstrual-like bleeding, so they do not consider this possibility.
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Interstitial CystitisOBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom International Pelvic Pain SocietySimsbury Connecticut - April/May, 1999
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A New Contraceptive Option: A Focus on the Transdermal Contraceptive SystemAnd my task for this afternoon is to review for you a new contraceptive option and what I’d like to do first is show you my disclosure statement and then I will go into the first part of discussion, talk about why I think there’s a need for this new contraception option and then go in much greater depth in discussing it.
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Another Hairy Issue: Dealing with Hair LossThe scalp hair lives between two and five years. However some women aren't so lucky. It is scary and frightening to be able to look into the mirror and see your scalp when you started out with a nice thick head of hair.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Within a Cesarean Delivery ScarThis is a confirmed case of scar ectopic pregnancy. Yesterday, I carried out this exam in an emergency room, without much time to perform an adequate sonogram, the patient did not feel good with “cramps” but no signs of bleeding.
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Hysteroscopy and Fluid ManagementOBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom the 31st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists (AAGL)
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S.I.G.N. for Hysteroscopic SurgeryIf we consider how the management of our patient's medical problems has changed throughout the years, it is easy to despair at the well-meaning intentions of our predecessors. Though we still cannot be complacent about many of the current treatment options for patients, a new era of evidence based practice as opposed to the intuitive based practice of former times has evolved. Evidence based practice is not a panacea, but it can provide us with an insight into the advantages and disadvantages of existing therapies, and expose their weaknesses thus encouraging further research.
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"The Female Pelvic Floor Function, Dysfunction and Management According to the Integral Theory"An interview with Peter Petros, MD, author of "The Female Pelvic Floor Function, Dysfunction and Management According to the Integral Theory"
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Procedure videosTotal Laparoscopic Hysterectomy using a new hand activated advanced bipolar device, the HALO™ PKS™ Cutting Forceps
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Transvaginal Ultrasonography, Sonohysterography, Hysterosalpingography And Operative HysteroscopyTransvaginal Ultrasonography, Sonohysterography, Hysterosalpingography And Operative Hysteroscopy In Predicting Endometrial Hyperplasia
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Contemporary Procedures: Endometrial Ablation for Dysfunctional Uterine BleedingOBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom American Association of Gynecological LaparoscopistsSan Francisco, California - November 2001
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Complications of Fluid Overload from Resectoscopic SurgeryExcess absorption of liquid distending media is one of the most frequent complications of operative hysteroscopy. Although most women recover uneventfully, we are seeing cases of permanent morbidity or death resulting from this complications.
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Hypogonadotophic Hypogonadisms: Lessons to understand development, to improve fertility treatmentFor the past 40 years the rogress made in the field of reproductive physiology has been dramatic. Among key discoveries the understanding of the hormonal control of the Hypothalamic Pituitary Gonadal axis has been flabbergasting.
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Overcoming the dangers of ovarian hyperstimulationOBGYN.net Conference Coveragefrom the 19th Annual Meeting of ESHRE - Madrid, Spain
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The Use of VaperTrode® Vaporization Electrode in Operative HysteroscopyFor the gynecologist, the introduction of the resectoscope revolutionized the management of submucous myomata that cause uncontrollable uterine bleeding, infertility and pregnancy wastage, and the con-servative control of persistent and excessive uterine bleeding unrelated to uterine filling defects.
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Laser Surgery for EndometriosisTo interpret the literature describing the results of surgery for endometriosis, a clear understanding of the evolution and limitations of the various techniques is necessary. Up to the end of the 1970’s, minimal and mild endometriosis was destroyed endoscopically by heat application (endothermia) and by unipolar or bipolar coagulation. Treatment of more severe endometriotic disease was mostly radical by hysterectomy, often leaving some rectovaginal endometriosis which has not been fully recognised before 1989.
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Infertility Treatment in ChinaOBGYN.net Conference CoverageOBGYN.net visits China-OBGYN.net in a meeting underwritten by InSightecMarch 2006
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What a Normal Pap Smear Means!Who should have a Pap Smear?Any woman who is sexually active or is at least 18 years old should have a Pap smear. Cervical cancer is most commonly caused by HPV (Human Papilloma Virus).
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Osteoporosis Ask The ExpertQuestions this month have been answered by:R. Wayne Whitted, MD., MPH, OBGYN.net Editorial Advisor
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Pelvic Pain and the Pelvic Floor - Diagnosis and TreatmentOBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom IPPS - Simsbury, Connecticut - April/May, 1999
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The Incontinence Solution: Answers for Women of All AgesThis book is written to give understandable answers to women suffering from Incontinence. It explains the condition and gives realistic options to those suffering from this embarrassing condition. I read it and learned much from it.
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FDA Contraindicates Migraine Treatments for Pregnant WomenThe US Food and Drug Administration has announced that the children of mothers who took medications including or related to valproate sodium during pregnancy show decreased IQ scores, and that these drugs are now contraindicated for pregnant women.
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Hysteroscopic SterilizationAround 153 million women around the world have chosen to be sterilized for contraceptive purposes, of these 138 million are in the developing countries. 1 Approximately fifty percent of all female sterilization is performed during the puerperal period or a cesarean section, and the other fifty percent is called “interval sterilization” when there has been no pregnancy for the previous six weeks.
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Complications of Fluid Overload from Resectoscopic SurgeryExcess absorption of liquid distending media is one of the most frequent complications of operative hysteroscopy. Although most women recover uneventfully, we are seeing cases of permanent morbidity or death resulting from this complications.
