Volume 52, Number 6, June 2007
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Lawrence D. Devoe, M.D.
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| Original Articles | |
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Erika B. Johnston-MacAnanny, M.D., Amen Ness, M.D., and Louis Weinstein, M.D.
These data support raising the current recommended level of the 1-hour glucose tolerance test, 135 mg/dL, which suggests the need for further testing, to 144 mg/dL.
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Adolf Gallinat, M.D.
Five-year follow-up results demonstrated that use of the NovaSure endometrial ablation system yields a high and stable rate of amenorrhea and success, reducing the need for hysterectomy for menorrhagia.
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Peter A. Robilio, M.D., Nina M. Boe, M.D., Beate Danielsen, Ph.D., and William M. Gilbert, M.D.
Vaginal breech delivery of the preterm, low-birth-weight infant is associated with a significant increase in neonatal morbidity and mortality as compared to delivery by cesarean section.
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Elliot H. Philipson, M.D., David M. Lang, M.D., Steven J. Gordon, M.D., Janet M. Burlingame, M.D., Stephen P. Emery, M.D., and Mercedes E. Arroliga, M.D.
Most pregnant women who report a history of penicillin allergy can undergo immediate hypersensitivity skin tests and are able to safely receive intrapartum penicillin.
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Glenn Gaunt, M.D., Andrew E. Good, M.D., Renee M. McGovern, C. Robert Stanhope, M.D., and Bobbie S. Gostout, M.D.
Using the polymerase chain reaction, this investigation showed no difference in the prevalence of human papillomavirus in subjects with and without vulvar vestibulitis syndrome.
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David J. Bonilla, M.D., Lindsay Mains, M.D., Rachel Whitaker, M.D., Benjamin Crawford, M.D., Michael Finan, M.D., and Manya Magnus, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Total laparoscopic hysterectomy is strongly associated with decreased morbidity, a shorter hospital stay, and a reduced blood loss and transfusion rate for all uterine weight groups.
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Aristidis Deligiannidis, M.D., Efthimia Parapanissiou, M.D., Panagiotis Mavridis, M.D., George Tabakoudis, M.D., Antigoni Mavroudi, M.D., Theodouli Papastavrou, M.D., and Panagiotis Tabakoudis, M.D.
Low-molecular-weight heparin and low-dose aspirin daily during pregnancy appear to have a favorable effect on pregnancy outcome in selected cases of recurrent pregnancy loss in women with acquired or inherited thrombophilia.
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Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad, Ph.D., Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi, Ph.D., Saeed Kazemi Ashtiani, Ph.D., and Poopak Eftekhari-Yazdi, Ph.D.
It seems that extracellular matrix gel can restore the structural polarization and differentiated state of epithelial cells isolated from the human oviduct and uterus in vitro.
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Srinaree Kaewrudee, M.D., Sanitra Anuwutnavin, M.D., Jaturat Kanpittaya, M.D., Sugree Soontrapa, M.D., and Chuanchum Sakondhavat, M.D.
Hormone therapy, especially when including a progestin, leads to a greater increase in mammographic density and therefore should be used prudently.
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Zeki M. Taner, M.D., Cagatay Taskiran, M.D., Anil M. Onan, M.D., Rifat Gursoy, M.D., and Ozdemir Himmetoglu, M.D.
Trichloroacetic acid is effective in women with external genital warts, especially for mild to moderate cases, and is associated with a high success rate and low morbidity.
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| Case Reports | |
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Ramzi Aboujaoude, M.D., Jesus Alvarez, M.D., Manuel Alvarez, M.D., and Abdulla Al-Khan, M.D.
A case of pregnancy-induced bone marrow aplasia initially presented as idiopathic thrombocytopenia.
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D. Radford Shanklin, M.D., and Jie Zhang, M.D.
A neonate surviving 62 minutes had a 2-vessel umbilical cord with an 8.0-cm segment containing 1 common vessel showing partial arterialization from countercurrent flow.
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Melvin Berlin, M.D., and Scott Berlin, M.D.
Fibromas and fibromyomas are not common but are seen more often than lipomas.
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Zaher O. Merhi, M.D., and Shoshana Haberman, M.D., Ph.D.
Jugular vein thrombosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of syncopal episodes even among women who conceive without assisted reproductive technology.
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Rubina Khilanani, M.D., and Vani Dandolu, M.D.
In this case, iliac vein thrombosis was an unusual presentation of a large uterine leiomyoma.
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Ichchha Madan, M.D., Oz H. Harmanli, M.D., and Vani Dandolu, M.D.
This case of neonatal herpes demonstrated the failure of current management strategies to eradicate this neonatal disease.
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Joyce Fu, M.D., Melinda B. Henne, M.D., Sylvie Blumstein, M.D., and Ruth B. Lathi, M.D.
Two patients with b-human chorionic gonadotropin levels <10 mIU/mL presented with ruptured ectopic pregnancy and hemoperitoneum after being followed for several weeks.
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Gamal H. Eltabbakh, M.D.
A broad ligament retroperitoneal lipoma caused displacement of the pelvic organs and presented as a pelvic mass.
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Ahmet Karamercan, M.D., Ertan Tatlicioglu, M.D., and Zafer Ferahkose, M.D.
To manage a strangulated rectal prolapse that occurs in labor, consideration should be given to perineal rectosigmoidectomy under general anesthesia.
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Marianna Alperin, M.D., Alexander Quaas, M.D., Ph.D., Natasha R. Johnson, M.D., and Mark D. Hornstein, M.D.
Endometrial ablation was an effective treatment for a life-threatening uterine hemorrhage after failed medical therapy and uterine artery embolization.
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Jeffrey M. Goldberg, M.D., and Mohamed A. Bedaiwy, M.D.
What makes this case unique is that it is the only reported one of umbilical endometriosis following laparoscopic treatment of minimal pelvic endometriosis.
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Papa Essilfie, MRCOG, Munawar Hussain, FCPS, and Ian M. Stokes, FRCOG
Small bowel obstruction due to volvulus is an uncommon event and has a nonspecific clinical presentation.
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Allison N. Korell, M.D., Peter A. Argenta, M.D., and Janette H. Strathy, M.D.
In a case of obstructed labor with complex pelvic injuries precipitated by psychiatric illness, aggressive medical and surgical management averted death and minimized morbidity.
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Christine S. Goudge, M.D., Levi S. Downs, M.D., Patricia L. Judson, M.D., and Peter A. Argenta, M.D.
Patients with Bloom syndrome are predisposed to unusual cancers, including malignancies of the genital tract, and should have even common symptoms evaluated thoroughly.
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Joye Lowman, M.D., M.P.H., Robert D. Moore, D.O., and John R. Miklos, M.D.
A patient with a history of pelvic irradiation developed a urethrovaginal fistula after a tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure, but repeat TVT with a porcine interposition graft successfully treated her recurrent stress urinary incontinence.
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Birol Vural, M.D., Sebiha �zkan, M.D., Erc�ment �ift�i, M.D., Harika Bodur, M.D., and ?Izzet Y�cesoy, M.D.
Vaginal passage of necrotic, infected fibroid tissue through a cervical fistula as a complication of uterine artery embolization might have occurred for the first time in this case.
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Mohamad S. Mahmoud, M.D., and Zaher Merhi, M.D.
Management of patients with an apparently healthy twin fetus, complete hydatidiform mole and sickle cell disease crisis should start with optimization of the presumed sickle cell crisis symptoms.
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Maj Scott J. Barnacle, MC, USAF, Col Randal D. Robinson, MC, USA, and Maj Marshall J. Malinowski, MC, USA
In 3 cases, a laparoscopic approach with the harmonic scalpel was used for resection of noncommunicating, rudimentary uterine horns.
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Raymond Hang Wun Li, MBBS, MMedSc, MRCOG, FHKAM (O&G), Wing Hung Tam, MBChB, MRCOG, FHKAM (O&G), Pak Cheung Ng, MD, FRCPCH, FRCP, FHKAM (Paed), Tony Shu Kam Mok, MD, FRCPC, FHKAM (Medicine), Barbara Tam, MBChB, FRCS, FHKAM (Ophthalmology), and Tze Kin Lau, MD, MRCOG, FHKAM (O&G)
Inadvertent use of the Dartmouth chemotherapy regimen in early pregnancy was associated with microphthalmia in the infant.
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| Letters to the Editors | |
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Abimbola J. Aina-Mumuney, M.D., Karin Blakemore, M.D., and Anne Fischer, M.D., Ph.D.
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