The cervix is the lower aspect of the uterus. It is roughly cylindrical in shape, projects through the superior-anterior vaginal wall, and communicates with the vagina through the endocervical canal, which terminates in the external os located at the top of the vagina. Cancer of the cervix may originate from the mucosa of the surface of the cervix or from within the canal. Carcinoma of the uter...

background: spontaneous preterm labor is one of the common obstetrics problems causing several physical, psychological and economical outcomes. although due to these outcomes and the efficacy of cares for decreasing them, preterm labor screening is cost-effective and it is still one of the challenging issues in obstetrics. objective: in this study preterm labor screening by using cervical trans...

background and objective: the aim of this study was to compare the screening performance of a new modified liquid-based cytology method (liquiprep™) with conventional pap smear (cp) in a low risk population, using colposcopy followed by histology as “gold standard”. patients and methods:  this cross-sectional study was performed on random referred specimens to a general gynecological clinic in ...

1.3.1. Histopathologic types (according to World Health Organization/ International Society of Gynecological Pathology classification) All tumors are to be microscopically verified. The histopathologic types are: • Endometrioid carcinoma: adenocarcinoma; adenoacanthoma (adenocarcinoma with squamous metaplasia); and adenosquamous carcinoma (mixed adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma). • Mu...

The aim of this study is to estimate the influence of war in Croatia on the frequency of gynecological cancer (cancer of corpus and cervix uteri and ovary) in the Clinical Hospital Osijek, particularly the relation between the pre-war and post-war period. We analyzed 1455 patients with corpus uteri and cervix uteri cancer and ovarian cancer treated in the Clinical Hospital Osijek in the period ...