We were exited to read the article by Carolyn Johnston et al. published in a recent issue of Gynecologic Oncology Reports. (Johnston et al., 2017). After the introductory paragraph the authors describe, in the following six sections of the manuscript, their views on different gynecologic oncology training programs in different parts of the world. The information for this study, the authors ment...

OBJECTIVES To review the responses of advance directives signed by Jehovah's Witness patients prior to undergoing surgery at a gynecologic oncology service. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective chart review of gynecologic oncology patients undergoing surgery at a bloodless surgery center from 1998-2007 was conducted. Demographic, pathologic, and clinical data were recorded. The proportion of patients...

recent years due to the request of patients and the increase in the cost of inpatient health services [1]. Patients who undergo ambulatory surgery usually receive general anesthesia or local anesthesia with sedation. Studies have reported that these types of anesthesia can impair cognitive and psychomotor performance [2-4]. The impairment of cognitive and psychomotor performance may threaten th...

HYPOTHESIS Replacing a 24-hour regimen with a 1-dose antibiotic prophylaxis for elective surgery would not increase rates of surgical site infection and would decrease costs. DESIGN AND SETTING Before-after trial in a tertiary, private general hospital in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. PATIENTS Surgery was performed on 6140 consecutive patients from February 2002 through October 2002 (p...

OBJECTIVES The objective was to describe rates of dating aggression and related high-risk behavior among teens presenting to the emergency department (ED) seeking gynecologic care, compared to those seeking care for other reasons. METHODS Female patients ages 14-18 years presenting to the ED during the afternoon/evening shift of a large urban teaching hospital over a 19-month period were appr...