This 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.
OBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom the 31st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists (AAGL)
If 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.
An interview with Peter Petros, MD, author of "The Female Pelvic Floor Function, Dysfunction and Management According to the Integral Theory"
Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy using a new hand activated advanced bipolar device, the HALO™ PKS™ Cutting Forceps
Transvaginal Ultrasonography, Sonohysterography, Hysterosalpingography And Operative Hysteroscopy In Predicting Endometrial Hyperplasia
OBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom American Association of Gynecological LaparoscopistsSan Francisco, California - November 2001
Excess 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.
For 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.
OBGYN.net Conference Coveragefrom the 19th Annual Meeting of ESHRE - Madrid, Spain
For 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.
To 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.
OBGYN.net Conference CoverageOBGYN.net visits China-OBGYN.net in a meeting underwritten by InSightecMarch 2006
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).
Questions this month have been answered by:R. Wayne Whitted, MD., MPH, OBGYN.net Editorial Advisor
OBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom IPPS - Simsbury, Connecticut - April/May, 1999
This 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.
The 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.
Around 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.
Excess 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.
a. Deficiency: Iron, Folic A., Vitamin B12 b. Hemorrhagic: APH, Hookmworm c. Hereditary: Thalassemia, Sickle, H. Hemolotyic Anemia d. Bone Marrow Insufficiency: Aplastic Anemia e. Infections: Malaria, TB f. Chronic Renal Diseases or Neoplasm
OBGYN.net Conference CoverageFrom First Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility Prague CZECH REPUBLIC - October, 1999
On October 6, 2000 the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) announced that it was initiating a national policy for coverage of biofeedback treatments of urinary incontinence (UI). This is a significant development both for physicians already using biofeedback and for those contemplating adding conservative therapies to their practice.