This paper presents a realtime threedimensional surgical navigation system using Integral Videography (IV) with intra-operative ultrasound data acquisition for minimally invasive heart surgery. We used a trans-vaginal ultrasound transducer with volume data acquisition rate of 5 volumes/second. Experiments using a human hand as phantom showed that the online IV image frame rate is around 2 frame...

Obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal anomaly (OHVIRA) syndrome is a rare urogenital anomaly. Patients typically present at puberty, shortly after menarche with increasing pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea and pelvic mass. There may be a known history of unilateral renal agenesis. Diagnosis can usually be established by ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging. Resection of the vaginal septum is ...

Aim of study: To evaluate the effectiveness of using uterine artery color Doppler and location of intrauterine copper device by three dimensional transvaginal ultrasound in relation to abnormal vaginal bleeding and pain. Methods: Three dimensional transvaginal ultrasound examinations were carried out to 180 women 3-6 months after IUD insertion. Seventy six women were suffering from pain (groupI...

The study uniquely described the clinical value of transabdominal ultrasonography for monitoring features characterizing the estrous cycle in female cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). The reproductive tracts of 21 female, nulliparous, and relatively aged (median: 11 and interquartile range: 9.25-14 years) captive cheetahs resident on two sites in Namibia were assessed by transabdominal ultrasound. Su...

BACKGROUND The risk of cross-infection from shared ultrasound probes in endorectal and vaginal ultrasonography due to low-level disinfection (LLD) is difficult to estimate because potential infections are also sexually transmitted diseases, and route of contamination is often difficult to establish. In France, the widely used standard for prevention of infections is through the use of probe cov...

Background: Subamniotic hemorrhage is a rare lesion with abnormal ultrasonographic findings that caused by placental abruption. We report the case of patient abruption who presented antepartum bleeding in whom ultrasound subamniotic were detected. This resulted early diagnosis, leading to favorable clinical outcome this patient. Case: A primigravid 35-year-old woman visited emergency room due v...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the correlation between assessment of postvoid residual urine by transabdominal ultrasound and catheterization in patients after radical or transvaginal hysterectomy. MATERIAL AND METHOD A cross-sectional study was conducted and 46 patients were enrolled after they had radical and transvaginal hysterectomy. After surgery, urinary catheter was indwelled. After catheter re...

BACKGROUND Cervical ripening during pregnancy resembles an inflammatory process. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), particularly MMP-8, have been linked to inflammatory processes. We studied the concentrations of, and factors associated with, MMP-8 in the lower genital tract fluids in the first and second trimesters. METHODS In a prospective population-based cohort study, vaginal and cervical ...

The aim of the study was to compare the 2 management protocols for postterm pregnancy; elective induction of labour at 42 weeks' gestation and continuing the pregnancy with fetal monitoring while awaiting spontaneous labour. A retrospective observational study compared a cohort of 360 pregnancies where labour was induced with 486 controls. All pregnancies were postterm (>294 days) by an early u...

BACKGROUND Vaginal prolapse of a large uterine fibroid is a rare phenomenon in a woman who delivered vaginally recently, given that this fibroid might have obstructed labor. The author presents a case report of a vaginally prolapsed large pedunculated submucosal uterine myoma in a woman with a recent uncomplicated vaginal delivery. CASE PRESENTATION A 25-year-old black African woman had four ...