OBJECTIVE This study aims to assess the success rate of inhibiting preterm uterine contraction with tocolytic agents to delay delivery for at least 48 hours and risk factors of failure inhibition. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between January 2013 and July 2014, medical records of all singleton pregnant women between 24 0/7 and 33 6/7 weeks of gestation with the diagnosis of preterm labor (with cervi...

To clarify the role of leucocytes in human cervical ripening and dilatation, cervical biopsies were obtained from six non-pregnant women, eight women undergoing early termination of pregnancy, 18 pregnant women undergoing elective Caesarean section at term (both with and without a ripe cervix as determined by Bishop score) and 11 women after term vaginal delivery. Leucocytes were localised by i...

The intrauterine device (IUD) is the most widely used reversible forms of contraception in the world [1]. Given its excellent efficacy and long-acting properties, IUD remains the most simple, cost-effective contraceptive method that is widely used in China. Ideally, the IUD should be removed soon after the menopause, however, many women with an IUD fail to remove it following the menopause for ...

non-ipregnant cervix in vitro have a tendency to contract in response to PGF2,, and to relax with PGE2.9 It is therefore possible that PGE2 is less likely to cause or allow such damage to occur, though it must be said that these experiments have not been performed using strips of pregnancy cervix in vitro, nor have such observations been made in vivo. That cervicovaginal fistulae have also been...

The objective of this study was to compare the course of parturitions induced with sole oxytocin with those induced with the combination of intracervical prostaglandin E2 jelly and oxytocin. For this purpose 13 mares in advanced pregnancy were allocated to the groups pretreated with either intracervical PGE2 (experimental group) or saline (control group) two hours before intravenous oxytocin (5...

Obstetrical problems adversely affect the reproductive efficiency of bovines. Uterine torsion, the rotation of uterus on its longitudinal axis is observed frequently in dairy cattle and buffaloes confined for long periods mostly during parturition and less commonly during gestation. Both maternal and foetal causes are attributed to the aetiology of uterine torsion. A four year old primiparous f...

Relaxin and estrogen reduced the resistance to dilatation of the mouse cervical canal. Relaxin was stored in, and secreted from , the ovaries of pregnant mice. The corpus luteum of gravid women just at delivery contained 25-50 GPU/g of relaxin, while the placenta, amniotic fluid and serum had no relaxin activity. Luteinizing hormone, luteotropic hormone and oxytocin effected elongation of the i...

Purpose. To show the feasibility of emergency late second trimester cerclage with advanced cervical dilatation and bulging of amniotic membranes. Setting. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Douala General Hospital. Method. This is a retrospective study of case files of patients who underwent emergency late second trimester cerclage with advanced cervical dilatation, some with bulgin...

AIM To investigate the relationship between neuron density of the superior cervical sympathetic ganglia and pupil diameter in subarachnoid hemorrhage. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study was conducted on 22 rabbits; 5 for the baseline control group, 5 for the SHAM group and 12 for the study group. Pupil diameters were measured via sunlight and ocular tomography on day 1 as the control values. Pup...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of oral misoprostol with vaginal misoprostol as a cervical priming agent prior to first trimester vacuum aspiration. DESIGN Randomised study. SETTING Scottish teaching hospital. POPULATION Primigravid women at gestations up to 91 days requesting surgical abortion under the 1967 Abortion Act. METHODS Sixty-four women were randomised to receive misop...