OBJECTIVE To present a new gestational-age-specific percentile curve for symphysis-fundus (SF) height and to determine the effects of maternal and fetal covariates. DESIGN A population-based register study. SETTING Antenatal clinics in Västra Götaland County, Sweden, between 2005 and 2010. POPULATION A total of 42 018 women with ultrasound-dated singleton pregnancies who delivered at Sahl...

OBJECTIVE  To create international symphysis-fundal height standards derived from pregnancies of healthy women with good maternal and perinatal outcomes. DESIGN  Prospective longitudinal observational study. SETTING  Eight geographically diverse urban regions in Brazil, China, India, Italy, Kenya, Oman, United Kingdom, and United States. PARTICIPANTS  Healthy, well nourished pregnant wome...

The contrasting effects of estrogen upon the pubic symphysis and long bones in mice is well known.'0 `` "' At the time new bone was forming in the long bones the number of reticular fibers increased in the marrow.' Because observations were made only after 30 days following implantation of estrone, it was not possible to determine whether these fibers were associated with the formation of new t...

This is a preliminary report on a method of pelvic osteotomy which we have found of value in the treatment of ectopia vesicae. The operation involves complete division of both iliac bones from crest to greater sciatic notch, together with the sacro-tuberous ligaments. A few days later fibrous tissue is removed from the pubic symphysis, the bladder is buried, and the divarication of the recti an...

The authors present a brief overview of tibiofibular diastasis and the mechanisms of injury associated with it. This type of injury is frequently misdiagnosed or improperly treated. Two case studies are presented with specific emphasis placed on the use of a transyndesmotic bolt in the reduction of the tibiofibular diastasis. The authors have found this to be more beneficial in the treatment of...

Osteitis pubis has been reported following pelvic surgery, childbirth and in athletes. We describe a case involving an elderly woman, in which none of the predisposing factors were present. Difficulties in diagnosis, with particular reference to the elderly, are highlighted.