A systematic review and metaanalysis were performed through electronic database searches to estimate the effect of uterine closure at cesarean on the risk of adverse maternal outcome and on uterine scar evaluated by ultrasound. Randomized controlled trials, which compared single vs double layers and locking vs unlocking sutures for uterine closure of low transverse cesarean, were included. Outc...

Purpose: To evaluate the accuracy of sonographic measurements of the lower uterine segment (LUS) thickness at term in predicting uterine scar defects in women with previous Cesarean delivery (CD). Methods: Eighty-nine pregnant women who underwent CD between 37 and 41 weeks of gestation from 2013 to 2015 were enrolled in this study and divided into two groups. Group A consisted of women with pre...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the visibility of cesarean section (CS) scars by transvaginal sonography (TVS) in pregnant women, to apply a standardized approach for measuring CS scars and to test its reproducibility throughout the course of pregnancy. METHODS In this observational cohort study, 320 consecutive pregnant women with a previous cesarean delivery were examined to assess scar visibility b...

♦Corresponding Author: Gayatri Ravikumar, MD Department of Pathology, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, India Tel: +91-80-26065053 Email: [email protected] Abstract Background: This study assesses the expressions of estrogen and progesterone receptors in endometrioid carcinomas of the endometrium and their association with established clinicopathological prognostic parameters. Me...

141 In-Vitro Contractions of Pregnant Rat Myometrium Pretreated with Oxytocin: Comparison of Various Combinations of Uterotonic Agents Abstract Type: Original Research Mrinalini Balki, M.B., B.S., M.D.; Magda Erik-Soussi, M.Sc.; John Kingdom, M.D.; Jose CA Carvalho, M.D., Ph.D. Mount Sinai Hospital, University of TorontoType: Original Research Mrinalini Balki, M.B., B.S., M.D.; Magda Erik-Souss...

Belachew, J. 2015. Retained Placenta and Postpartum Haemorrhage. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1077. 59 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9182-6. The aim was to explore the possibility to diagnose retained placental tissue and other placental complications with 3D ultrasound and to investigate the impact of previ...

BACKGROUND The development of the in vitro cell culture model has greatly facilitated the ability to study gene expression and regulation within human tissues. Within the human uterus, the upper (fundal) segment and the lower segment may provide distinct functions throughout pregnancy and during labour. We have established primary cultured human myometrial cells, isolated from both upper and lo...

1. Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Mailing address: Richard C. Semelka, MD. UNC Department of Radiology. 101 Manning Drive CB#7510 – 2001 Old Clinic Bldg. Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510, USA. E-mail: [email protected]. destruens is a locally invasive (myometrium) manifestation of complete HM that represents 13% of cases of GTD. Two perce...

Objective: Preterm labor is defined as labor prior to 37 weeks of gestation. There are no FDA approved drugs available to treat spontaneous preterm labor. Uterine smooth muscle is unique in that it relaxes in a cGMPindependent manner in the presence of nitric oxide (NO). However, NO-mediated relaxation in tissues from mothers who deliver preterm is blunted. S-nitrosation of cysteines via NO act...