Volume 51, Number 6, June 2006

  Editorial
445
Lawrence D. Devoe, M.D.
 
 
 


  Original Articles
447
Gloria A. Bachmann, M.D., Raymond Rosen, Ph.D., Vivian W. Pinn, M.D., Wulf H. Utian, M.D., Ph.D., Charletta Ayers, M.D., M.P.H., Rosemary Basson, F.R.C.P.(UK), Yitzchak M. Binik, Ph.D., Candace Brown, M.S.N., Pharm.D., David C. Foster, M.D., M.P.H., John M. Gibbons, Jr., M.D., Irwin Goldstein, M.D., Alessandra Graziottin, M.D., Hope K. Haefner, M.D., Bernard L. Harlow, Ph.D., Susan Kellogg Spadt, Ph.D., C.R.N.P., Sandra R. Leiblum, Ph.D., Robin M. Masheb, Ph.D., Barbara D. Reed, M.D., M.S.P.H., Jack D. Sobel, M.D., Christin Veasley, M.A., Ursula Wesselmann, M.D., Ph.D., and Steven S. Witkin, Ph.D.
Vulvodynia is a prevalent and highly distressing disorder, with major consequences for interpersonal and psychologic well-being.
 
 


457
Veronica Gomez-Lobo, M.D., Anna Burgansky, M.D., Leona Kim-Schluger, M.D., and Richard Berkowitz, M.D.
A questionnaire revealed that women awaiting liver transplantation had worse urinary incontinence and were as likely to be sexually active as women after transplantation.
 
 


463
Waralak Yamasmit, M.D., Surasith Chaithongwongwatthana, M.D., M.Sc., and Jorge E. Tolosa, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Routine administration of prenatal vitamin K to epileptic women exposed to enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy can prevent hemorrhagic disease of the newborn.
 
 


467
Dennis D. Dykstra, M.D., Ph.D., and James Presthus, M.D.
Treatment of provoked vestibulodynia with botulinum toxin type A resulted in a significant reduction in pain for 3 months.
 
 


471
Pablo C. Argeles, M.D., M.P.H., Patrice M. Weiss, M.D., Craig A. Koller, M.Ed., Sharon Kimmel, M.H.A., Ph.D., and L. Wayne Hess, M.D.
Preinterview and postinterview scores significantly correlated with each other and with the rank order list except for top-ranked candidates.
 
 


475
Gary Ventolini, M.D., Michael S. Baggish, M.D., and Peggy M. Walsh, R.N.
The recurrence rate of symptomatic vulvovaginal candidiasis colonized by non-albicans species after fluconazole therapy was 50.4% at 6 months and 54.2% at 12 months.
 
 


479
Alexander Olawaiye, M.D., James A Shelton, M.S., and Matthew Withiam-Leitch, M.D., Ph.D.
In 1 resident training program there was no evidence of gender bias against male residents undergoing training in vaginal deliveries.
 
 


484
Helena Lam, F.H.K.C.O.G., Wing-cheong Leung, F.H.K.C.O.G., Chi-peng Lee, F.H.K.C.O.G., and Terence Tsi-hei Lao, F.H.K.C.O.G.
Amniotic fluid index has a significant inverse correlation with adverse outcome in postdate pregnancies.
 
 


489
Fusun Duzcan, M.D., Ph.D., Zafer Aybek, M.D., Emre Tepeli, M.D., Vildan Caner, Ph.D., Gokhan Ozan Cetin, M.D., Hulya Aybek, M.D., and Huseyin Bagci, Ph.D.
A study of the sex chromosome aneuploidy rate in somatic cells demonstrated that men with oligozoospermia have an elevated risk for sex chromosome aneuploidies.
 
 


493
Somjate Manipalviratn, M.D., Vichuda Ahnonkitpanit, M.Sc., Pranee Numchaisrika, B.Sc., Doenthip Chompurat, B.Sc., Jiraporn Pansatha, M.Sc., and Somchai Suwajanakorn, M.D.
Failed-to-fertilize oocytes after intracytoplasmic sperm injection seem to be able to resume embryonic development after electrical activation.
 
 


500
Alexander Greenstein, M.D., Idan Militscher, M.A., Juza Chen, M.D., Haim Matzkin, M.D., Joseph B. Lessing, M.D., and Liora Abramov, M.D.
Hyperoxaluria is reportedly associated with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome, but this study found that only 2.5% of women with the syndrome benefited from evaluation and treatment of hyperoxaluria.
 
 


  Case Reports
503
Eric Flisser, M.D., and Frederick Licciardi, M.D.
A subchorionic hematoma threatening an intrauterine gestation, noted with ultrasound diagnosis of a heterotopic in vitro fertilization pregnancy, resolved after laparoscopic salpingectomy.
 
 


507
Rema Prabhakaran Nair, M.D., Thara Somanathan, M.D., and Paul Sebastian, M.S.
Since uterine leiomyosarcomas have a high incidence of distant metastasis, even at early stages, careful palpation of the incision site should be included in the routine follow-up of these patients.
 
 


510
Serkan Kahyaoglu, M.D., Inci Turgay, M.D., Egemen Ertas, M.D., and Sertac Batioglu, M.D.
Clinical phenotypes of different mutations on the Y chromosome may allow Swyer syndrome patients to have fertility potential with oocyte donation in the future.