introduction: the purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and side effects of two different misoprostol regimens for second-trimester pregnancy termination. methods: 60 consenting women who were at 14 to 28 weeks of gestation with indications for pregnancy termination were randomly assigned to two equal groups to receive either vaginal or oral misoprostol. the dosing regimen was 400µg...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the impact of caesarean delivery on the incidence of selected neonatal outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHODS A 15-year, population-based, cohort study (1988-2002) using the Nova Scotia Atlee Perinatal Database compared neonatal outcomes in term newborns born by spontaneous and assisted vaginal delivery, with newborns born by caesarean delivery, with and without labour, using mu...

OBJECTIVE To determine Ghanaian women's preferred mode of delivery and opinion of caesarean section after caesarean delivery. DESIGN A cross sectional study of women who recently delivered by caesarean section prior to hospital discharge. SETTING Two teaching hospitals in Ghana: Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, and Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra. RESPONDENTS 154 patients who del...

conclusions the present study showed that the 59-item meavdq was a valid and reliable questionnaire for the assessment of women’s attitudes toward medical ethics application in vaginal childbirth. this tool might assist specialists in making a judgment and plan appropriate for women in vaginal delivery management. patients and methods this methodological study was carried out in iran in 2013 - ...

uterine arteriovenous malformations (avms) are relatively rare disorders that can cause life-threatening vaginal bleeding. we describe three childbearing-age females, who had abdominal pain and heavy vaginal bleeding, and were diagnosed as uterine avm by color doppler and angiography. the patients received successful superselective transarterial embolization (tae) with n-butyl cyanoacrylate (nb...