Objective: to analyze the association between good obstetric practices and types of delivery. Methods: a cross-sectional study, carried out with 207 pregnant women admitted two reference maternity hospitals, whose data were collected through questionnaire chart analysis analyzed by Pearson’s chi-square test. Results: it was observed that parturients vaginal delivery oriented about relaxation te...

BACKGROUND Each year, more than forty million abortions are occurred whole of the world. Misoprostol is a prostaglandin analogue with a strong uterotonic effect. The present study aimed to compare the efficacy of Misoprostol in first trimester abortion through two sublingual and vaginal routes of administration. METHODS This randomized clinical trial was conducted on 52 consecutive women in f...

Aims: To report personal experience of NDVH in 158 cases. Methods: All patients requiring hysterectomy for benign gynecological disorders who did not have any uterine descent were recruited for this study. NDVH was performed in cases where the uterus was mobile, with size not exceeding 20 weeks gestation, and with adequate vaginal access. Morcellation techniques like bisection, myomectomy, wedg...

OBJECTIVE Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) is a safe natural molecule that exerts a selective immunomodulating activity with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. This randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) tested the effect of the vaginal administration with ALA or Progesterone, in subchorionic hematoma resorption in women with threatened miscarriage. PATIENTS AND METHODS 400 mg of vagina...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome of an innovative, minimally invasive sling technique with autologous tissue in women with concomitant incontinence and anterior vaginal wall prolapse (AVWP). MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-six women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or mixed urinary incontinence and AVWP were randomly assigned into two groups: In Group A (26 patien...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of the vaginal and sublingual administration of the synthetic prostaglandin misoprostol with the currently used oral administration route in second-trimester medical abortion. METHODS This was a prospective randomized trial of medical abortion with misoprostol after mifepristone priming at 14-24 weeks of gestation. From 2009 to 2013, recruited women received ...

Cent Eur J Urol 2013; 66: 329 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art20 Urinary tract infections (UTI) are a common problem in postmenopausal women. The incidence is higher in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and very often it can be manifested by asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) only. The prevalence of ASB is usually correlated with the length of DM and long–term complications, rather than metabolic parame...

BACKGROUND Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common condition that is associated with preterm birth and acquisition of complex communities of vaginal bacteria that include several fastidious species. Treatment of BV in pregnancy has mixed effects on the risk of preterm delivery, which some hypothesize is due to variable antibiotic efficacy for the fastidious bacteria. Both oral and intravaginal met...

Background. Immediate postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device (IPPIUCD) is a lucrative postpartum family planning method which provides effective reversible contraception to women in the delivery setting. Our aim was to study the clinical outcomes of IPPIUCD insertions and compare them as a factor of route of insertion (vaginal versus caesarean). Methods. This is a retrospective analytical...