INTRODUCTION Cesarean section scar pregnancy is a rare but serious complication. It occurs in women with previous uterine scar when implantation takes place at the site of this scar. If early diagnosis is missed the woman's future fertility and eve her life are at risk. Earlier reports on the condition suggesting different management approaches have been described. CASE PRESENTATION A 37 year...

OBJECTIVE We examined obstetric and fetal/neonatal outcomes in women with a history of recurrent miscarriage. METHODS We reviewed the obstetric records of all 5,829 nulliparous pregnant women who delivered at #8805;14 weeks' gestation from 2008 through 2013 at our perinatal center. Of these women, 74 had a history of recurrent miscarriage (1.3%). The control population consisted of 4,176 null...

AIMS To determine the frequency with which myometrium is removed during vacuum terminations of pregnancy or dilatation and curettage after miscarriage, and to relate these findings to subsequent placenta accreta or its proxies. METHODS Archival tissues from vacuum termination of pregnancy or dilatation and blunt curettage after miscarriage were examined for the presence of myometrium. The sub...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between leisure time physical exercise during pregnancy and the risk of miscarriage. DESIGN Prospective study with elements of retrospective data collection. SETTING Denmark 1996-2002. POPULATION A total of 92,671 pregnant women enrolled in the Danish National Birth Cohort and interviewed subsequently. METHODS Data on exercise during pregnancy and po...

AIM The aim was to evaluate the place of mean platelet volume (MPV) in predicting spontaneous miscarriage and to identify any differences in its values following miscarriage after biochemical and clinical pregnancy. MATERIAL AND METHOD We retrospectively evaluated the data of 305 spontaneous miscarriages and 168 control subjects. The miscarriage subjects were evaluated in two groups: miscarri...

BACKGROUND We previously found that a normal karyotype in a previous miscarriage is a predictor of subsequent miscarriage. However, the prevalence of recurrent miscarriage caused by an abnormal embryonic karyotype has not yet been reported, since embryonic karyotype is not typically analyzed during conventional examinations. METHODS A total of 482 patients who underwent both embryonic karyoty...

The aim of this study was to assess whether higher plasma formaldehyde concentration existed in women diagnosed with miscarriage and whether it contributed to higher risk of miscarriage in Chinese women.A case-control study was conducted in 118 women with a diagnosed miscarriage at the first trimester and 191 healthy women who delivered at term. Plasma levels of formaldehyde were measured by ga...

BACKGROUND Approximately 16% of clinically confirmed pregnancies end in miscarriage. However, there is frequently no routine follow-up by the primary healthcare team (PHCT) to identify psychiatric morbidity after miscarriage. AIM To explore women's experiences of miscarriage care that may impact on the ability of the PHCT to detect psychiatric morbidity after a miscarriage. DESIGN OF STUDY ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in early pregnancy is associated with miscarriage. METHODS This was a nationwide cohort study identifying all registered pregnancies in Denmark from 1997 to 2010. All births were identified using the Medical Birth Registry, and all records of induced abortion or miscarriage were gathered from the Nati...

Abstract Study question The perturbations in serum levels of soluble forms programmed cell death-1 (sPD-1) and its ligand (sPD-L1) missed miscarriage (MM) are unknown. Summary answer Dysfunction PD-L1 signal has been demonstrated MM as evidenced by a lower circulating sPD-L1 level declined expressions placenta. What is known already Programmed (PD-1) (PD-L1) comprise important immune inhibitory...