Rectovaginal fistula causes distressing symptoms and usually caused by obstetric trauma in developing countries especially in Sub Saharan Africa. The index case is reported to highlight the rare situation, where a 20 years old newly married woman developed low rectovaginal fistula following her first time coitus.

Background: Postpartum period is an important and interesting period in the life of the nursing mothers. It is a medically neglected period that receives relatively less attention than pregnancy and delivery. Aim: To describe the postpartum practices of women in Enugu, South East Nigeria. Subject and Methods: This was a cross sectional study of women attending the postnatal care clinic at the U...

BACKGROUND Primary care physicians are frequently faced with the challenge of evaluating primary amenorrhea in adolescent girls. Approximately 15% of these women have abnormal genital examination, with Müllerian agenesis being the second most frequent cause. We report two cases of adolescents with Müllerian agenesis that presented to a tertiary adolescent medicine center with primary amenorrhea...

An interesting case of atresia of the vagina and cleft p alate is described, with menstruation occurring through a fistula. Normal saline was used for distension of the upper vagina, without any successful results. Therefore, the McIndoe operative technique with amnion graft was utilized. Eight months after the operation, the patient has a normal menstrual cycle, a good caliber neovagina a...

The block to pregnancy in newly mated female mice caused by the proximity of a strange male (`Bruce effect') occurs in a greater number of females when the male belongs to a different strain from the female (alien male) than when he belongs to the same strain (strange male) (Bruce, 1960; Parkes & Bruce, 1961). The difference between strains implies that the uniformity of odour or `spectrum of o...

One of the most bizarre acts of medical malpractice took place over a hundred years ago, and happens to be one of the best documented. This is because the two doctors involved – a surgeon and a physician – corresponded at length about it, and the physician’s letters have been preserved. The case has important lessons for doctors, because it contains so many elements that still put patients at r...

Vaginal HIV transmission accounts for the majority of new infections worldwide. Currently, multiple efforts to prevent HIV transmission are based on pre-exposure prophylaxis with various antiretroviral drugs. Here, we describe two novel nanoformulations of the reverse transcriptase inhibitor rilpivirine for pericoital and coitus-independent HIV prevention. Topically applied rilpivirine, encapsu...

BACKGROUND Young people are a group of population with sexual risk-taking behaviors. Despite efforts to inform them it is common for them to adopt risk conducts during their stay at University. The aim of this research was to assess knowledge, attitudes and experiences on sexual health and contraceptives and factors related to risk behaviors in university students. METHODS A cross- sectional ...

The Rockefeller University Press $30.00 J. Cell Biol. Vol. 208 No. 6 807–819 www.jcb.org/cgi/doi/10.1083/jcb.201409025 JCB 807 *A. Tian and Q. Shi contributed equally to this paper. Correspondence to Jin Jiang: [email protected] Abbreviations used in this paper: ACI, after clone induction; Ci, Cubitus interruptus; EB, enteroblast; EE, enteroendocrine cell; Hh, Hedgehog; ISC, intestin...

Bajakah kalalawit (BK) secara empiris digunakan sebagai obat tradisional untuk meningkatkan daya tahan seksual. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis pengaruh pemberian ekstrak dari batang BK terhadap aktivitas seksual tikus putih ( Rattus norvegicus ) jantan dengan parameter pendekatan, menunggang, dan kawin. Desain penelitian yaitu rancangan acak lengkap 5 perlakuan induksi selama 3 hari. Bat...