The extracellular matrix of the cervix that comprises collagen, elastin, proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) is thought to have an essential role in cervical relaxation. This study investigated the proportion of collagen and smooth muscle as well as the GAGs in cervices obtained from healthy bitches at different stages of the estrous cycle and bitches with open- and closed-cervix pyomet...

BACKGROUND [corrected] By providing essential information regarding bone mineral density (BMD), Densitometry can predict the mechanical resistance of bone tissue and the risk of fractures. However, fractures frequently occur in the femoral cervix and the spine before the loss of BMD reaches the densitometric threshold of osteoporosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS We studied 46 patients with total hip...

BACKGROUND The plant Launaea procumbens belongs to the family Asteraceae and traditionally used in the treatment rheumatism, kidney, liver dysfunctions and eye diseases. In the present study Phytochemical analysis and fractions of methanolic extract of L. procumbens leaves were tested in vitro for their cytotoxicity. OBJECTIVES Phytochemical analysis and cytotoxic activity of methanolic extra...

OBJECTIVE Our aim was to figure out whether volumetric gray-scale histogram difference between anterior and posterior cervix can indicate the extent of cervical consistency. METHODS We collected data of 95 patients who were appropriate for vaginal delivery with 36th to 37th weeks of gestational age from September 2010 to October 2011 in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea Unive...

The importance of canine reproduction is steadily increasing and little is known about the canine cervix and ovary so far. The aim of this study is to describe the histomorphology of the canine cervix, ovary and to determine its correlation with the stage of oestrous cycle and to circulating concentrations of progesterone (P4) and estradiol17beta (E2) and vaginal cytology respectively. Twenty h...

Pyometra is an uncommon condition in general population and caused by impairment of natural drainage of the cervix as a result of benign or malignant diseases. Spontaneous uterine perforation, a very rare complication of pyometra, carries signifi cant morbidity and mortality and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of other peritonitis. Preoperative diagnosis of perforated pyometr...

10.2217/14750708.5.3.329 © 2 Despite being a largely preventable disease, cervical cancer remains the most common cancer in women in developing countries, where screening is either limited or nonexistent. The health profile of women living in developing countries is dominated by the high prevalence of communicable and infectious diseases (TB, HIV and malaria) and maternal mortality. Diseases su...

Cervical cancer is the leading cancer-related cause of death among women in Nigeria. An estimated 70,700 new cases occur each year, representing one quarter of all female cancers in sub Saharan Africa. The magnitude of the problem has been under recognised and under prioritised compared with the competing health priorities of infectious diseases such as HIV/ AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Stud...

We set out to determine the prevalences of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae by ligase chain reaction as well as to determine the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis by culture in a large and diverse national sample of non-health-care-seeking young women entering the military; we also sought to compare the abilities of three different techniques of collecting specimens (first-void...

Labor is a physiological event involving a sequential, integrated set of changes within the myometrium, deciduas, and uterine cervix that occur gradually over a period of days to weeks. Biochemical connective tissue changes in the uterine cervix appear to precede uterine contractions and cervical dilation, and all of these events usually occur before rupture of the fetal membranes. In other wor...