AIM To evaluate the effectiveness of adjunctive pessary therapy after emergency cervical cerclage (ECC) in improving perinatal outcome in cervical insufficiency with fetal membranes protruding into the vagina. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective analysis of patients treated at the 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Warsaw, between 2008 and 2013. The study grou...

BACKGROUND Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common vaginal syndrome among women in their reproductive years. It is associated with an increased risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections and complications like preterm labor. BV is characterized by a high recurrence rate for which biofilms frequently found on vaginal epithelial cells may be a reason. RESULTS Here, we report a contro...

Dear Editor, Symptoms and signs of female urethral diverticulum are diverse, resulting most of the times in delayed diagnosis and mismanagement1. We hereby report a rare clinical manifestation of the disorder presenting with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). A 39-year-old woman presented to our department with a history of stress urinary incontinence for 2 years. There was no history of pelvic...

Dear Editor, Symptoms and signs of female urethral diverticulum are diverse, resulting most of the times in delayed diagnosis and mismanagement1. We hereby report a rare clinical manifestation of the disorder presenting with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). A 39-year-old woman presented to our department with a history of stress urinary incontinence for 2 years. There was no history of pelvic...

Objective To determine if cervical cerclage reduces the rate of spontaneous early preterm birth in cases of dichorionic–diamniotic (DCDA) twin gestation with an ultrasound-detected short cervix. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study of 40 consecutive DCDA twin gestations at Saint Peter’s University Hospital from November 2006 to November 2014 in which cervical cerclage was performed for...