OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of second-line conservative surgery on in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcome in comparison with IVF without second-line surgery in infertile women with ovarian endometrioma recurrence after primary conservative surgery. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, 121 consecutive IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles that were performed after second-line s...

Background: In reproductive age and low-parity women, pelvic organ prolapse is an uncommon case. Although this condition isn’t harmful, giving appropriate treatment important while considering women needs. This case report covers about the management of Purandare hysteropexy in a 32 years old woman with stage III cesarean section history. Case: Conservative surgical therapy, hysteropexy, was pe...

Superior mesenteric artery syndrome is a rare condition that causes a proximal small intestinal obstruction due to contraction of the angle between the superior mesenteric artery and the aorta. Scoliosis surgery is one of the 15 reasons for superior mesenteric artery syndrome, which can present with acute or chronic manifestations. Although conservative treatment is usually possible, surgical t...

Aim: To compare the early cholecystectomy versus conservative management in mucocele gall bladder. Study design: Retrospective study Place and duration of study: Department General Surgery, Ward-2, JPMC/Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi from 1st October 2020 to 30th September 2022. Methodology: One hundred patients suffering cholelithiasis with bladder were included. The divided into two...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the short-term outcomes and pregnancy rate after a laparoscopic approach to fertility preservation in patients with borderline ovarian tumors (BOTs). METHODS Clinic-pathologic variants of patients with BOTs who underwent conservative surgery at the Tianjin Central Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology between January 2009 and July 2015 were retrospectively analyzed. ...

OBJECTIVE To assess oncologic outcome of patients treated by conservative radical surgery for tumors below 5 cm from the anal verge. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Standard surgical treatment of low rectal cancer below 5 cm from the anal verge is abdominoperineal resection. METHODS From 1990 to 2003, patients with a nonfixed rectal carcinoma at 4.5 cm or less from the anal verge and without extern...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to elucidate the clinical characteristics of patients with spinal epidural abscess (SEA) and demonstrate the risk factors, treatments and neurologic outcomes. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records and radiologic images of 35 patients admitted to our department with SEA between March 1987 and April 2011. While we performed decompressive lami...

Adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) is an annoying postoperative complication. Though the diagnosis can be made easily, the role of conservative management in children is controversial. Hence a study was conducted to determine the role of conservative management, and to identify the factors that can predict / influence the outcome of conservative treatment in children with ASBO. Children ad...

BACKGROUND The liver is one of the most frequently damaged organs when abdominal trauma occurs. Currently, a conservative management constitutes the treatment of choice in patients with hemodynamic stability. The aim of this study is to evaluate the results of an operative and conservative management of 143 patients with liver injury treated in a single institution. METHODS A retrospective st...

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