Volume 55, Number 2, April2010

  Editorial
91
Lawrence D. Devoe, M.D.
 
 
 


  Original Articles
93
Lieschen H. Quiroz, M.D., Alvaro Mu�oz, Ph.D., Stuart H. Shippey, M.D., Robert E. Gutman, M.D., and Victoria L. Handa, M.D.
The odds of pelvic organ prolapse increased almost 10-fold with a single vaginal birth, but the marginal impact of additional births was small.
 
 


99
Laurence A. Cole, Ph.D., and Laura L. Laidler
The USA hCG Reference Service has stumbled on 4 cases of inherited human chorionic gonadotropin in testing 405 women for persistent low concentrations of human chorionic gonadotropin.
 
 


103
Patrick J. Culligan, M.D., Jennifer Lewis-Priestley, Ph.D., Linda Blackwell, R.N., and Susan B. Tate, M.D., M.Sc.
Preoperative urethral retroresistance pressure measurements did not predict tension-free vaginal tape sling outcomes.
 
 


108
David M. Haas, M.D., M.S., Kathleen Wunder, M.D., James G. Wolf, M.A., and Scott C. Denne, M.D.
While women�s health care workers are generally supportive of research in pregnancy, a discrepancy exists between what they would encourage others to do and what they would do.
 
 


115
Mitchell S. Cappell, M.D., Ph.D., Steven R. Fox, M.D., and Navakanth Gorrepati, M.D., M.P.H.
Colonoscopy may be strongly considered during the second trimester for strong indications.
 
 


124
Keisha Y. Dyer, M.D., M.P.H., Jesus R. Alvarez, M.D., Charbel G. Salamon, M.D., Joseph J. Apuzzio, M.D., Manuel Alvarez, M.D., and Abdulla Al-Khan, M.D.
The incidence of respiratory distress syndrome among African American neonates was higher in those who received dexamethasone vs. betamethasone.
 
 


129
Joyce N. Barlin, M.D., Robert E. Bristow, M.D., Anna M. Murillo, M.D., Marianna Zahurak, M.S., Emanuela Veras, M.D., and Ritu Salani, M.D., M.B.A.
Postconization endocervical curettage is a reliable predictor of residual or recurrent disease, and gynecologic oncologists are more likely than general gynecologists to perform hysterectomy.
 
 


134
Israel Wagman, M.D., Ishai Levin, M.D., Rita Kapustiansky, M.D., Alon Shrim, M.D., Ami Amit, M.D., Benny Almog, M.D., and Fuad Azem, M.D.
Endometrial thickness is improved by letrozole as compared to clomiphene citrate in frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles.
 
 


139
Charlie C. Kilpatrick, M.D., Ioannis Alagkiozidis, M.D., Francisco J. Orejuela, M.D., Lubna Chohan, M.D., and Lisa M. Hollier, M.D., M.P.H.
In diabetic women who present with abscess of the vulva, aggressive inpatient management is suggested, and antibiotic coverage for abscess of the vulva should cover methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
 
 


143
Gary Steinman, M.D., Ph.D.
The prediction of preterm labor in twin pregnancies may be more effectively determined by the placenta/myometrial surface ratio.
 
 


147
Rachelle Schwartz, D.O., and Jos� Prieto, M.D., M.P.H.
This retrospective chart review suggests that the greatest strength of screening cervical length in twins lies in its negative predictive value for preterm delivery.
 
 


151
Alamtaj Samsami Dehaghani, M.D., Tarlan Zamanpour, M.D., Sirous Naeimi, M.Sc., Safoura Sameni, B.Sc., Minoo Robati, M.D., and Abbas Ghaderi, Ph.D.
In this study, transforming growth factor β1 gene polymorphisms at positions −509 (C/T) and −800 (G/A) failed to correlate with gestational trophoblastic disease.
 
 


157
Sarah Averbach, M.D., Jacqueline Moro Wendt, M.D., Deborah K. Levine, M.A., Susan S. Philip, M.D., M.P.H., and Jeffrey D. Klausner, M.D.
The goal of this pilot program, Plan B Online Prescription Access, is to provide easy access to prescriptions for emergency contraception via the Internet.
 
 


161
Ronald Hirth, M.D., Edward Zbella, M.D., Mark Sanchez, M.D., and Jose Prieto, M.D., M.P.H.
This retrospective chart review found a significant difference in the live birth rates in patients undergoing in vitro fertilization vs. microtubal reanastomosis.
 
 


  Case Reports
166
Nisar A. Wani, M.D., Feroze Shaheen, M.D., Tasleem Kousar, D.M.R.D., and Tariq Gojwari, M.D.
This noninvasive technique elegantly demonstrates the uterine arteriovenous malformations and should be performed to diagnose and to determine the true extent of the malformation, particularly when Doppler ultrasound is inconclusive.
 
 


171
Michel E. Rivlin, M.D., G. Rodney Meeks, M.D., and Warren L. May, Ph.D.
The incidence of vaginal incision dehiscence is significantly higher after total laparoscopic or robotic hysterectomy than after total abdominal or vaginal hysterectomy
 
 


175
Joseph Magley, M.D., Carolyn Moyers, D.O., Karen S. Ballard, D.O., and Sean Tedjarati, M.D.
Pathologic changes in the cervical epithelium caused by recurrent chronic lymphocytic leukemia can mimic dysplastic cellular changes.
 
 


  Letters To The Editors
179