Food webs involving plants, herbivorous insects and their predators account for 75% of terrestrial biodiversity (Price 2002). Within the abundant arthropod community on plants, myriad ecological and social interactions depend on the perception and production of plant-borne mechanical vibrations (Hill 2008). Study of ecological relationships has shown, for example, that termites monitor the vibr...

We here report the case of a 32-year-old primigravid patient presenting at 28 weeks of amenorrhea in a typical clinical state of retroplacental hematoma complicated by intrauterine fetal death. Obstetric ultrasound performed in the operating room confirmed intrauterine fetal death. Fetal biometry assessed that fetal growth corresponded with the number of weeks of pregnancy and that there was no...

Uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) are seen in up to 4% of pregnancies, and most commonly present with pain in pregnancy, which can be due to red degeneration or torsion. Most cases previously have been managed with open resection. We report the case of a 35-y-old primagravida woman, presenting with acute lower abdominal pain at 11 wk gestation. Ultrasound demonstrated an 8-cm fibroid only. She demo...

Background Caesarean delivery can be associated with considerable postoperative pain. While the benefits of transversus abdominis plane (TAP) and ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric (II-IH) nerve blocks on pain after caesarean delivery via Pfannenstiel incision have been demonstrated, no enough investigations on the comparison of these blocks on pain after caesarean delivery have been conducted in our...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the effect of obesity on surgical outcomes in patients who underwent gynecologic surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS In total, we evaluated 132 patients who underwent total abdominal hysterectomy with or without salpingo-oophorectomy for benign gynecologic procedures at our tertiary referral gynaecology clinic. RESULTS The non-morbid obese group [body mass ...

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BACKGROUND Postoperative surgical site infection (SSI) can be considered a frequent complication of hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN). Since 2007, our center used routinely a gentamicin-containing collagen sponge (GCCS) when closing the wound. The effect of GCCS on SSI is not elucidated clearly. In this retrospective cohort study, we assessed the effects of GCCS on SSI after ...

Caesarean section is a common operation and the best postoperative outcomes are desired. Surgical techniques have been devised or modified to reduce operative and post operative discomfort. Many studies have evaluated or compared the Joel-Cohen abdominal incision with Pfannenstiel incision and found the former to be superior for various reasons such as less postoperative febrile morbidity, less...

Introduction. Pediatric surgeons often practice pediatric gynecology. The single-incision single-instrument (SISI) technique used for appendectomy is applicable in gynecologic surgery. Methods. We retrospectively analyzed the records of patients undergoing pelvic surgery from 2008 to 2013. SISI utilized a 12 mm transumbilical trocar and an operating endoscope. The adnexa can be detorsed intraco...

BACKGROUND Experimental studies suggest pre-emptive administration of analgesics is effective but clinical evidence is less convincing. METHODS Forty-one patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy were allocated randomly in a double-blind fashion to receive sufentanil 50 micrograms via a lumbar epidural catheter before or at the end of surgery. RESULTS Sufentanil consumption from a patient-...