BACKGROUND Symptomatic cervical intervertebral disc herniation (IDH) presenting as neck pain accompanied by arm pain is a common affliction whose prevalence continues to rise, and is a frequent reason for integrative inpatient care using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Korea. However, studies on its long term effects are scarce. METHODS A total 165 patients with cervical IDH a...

abstract background: cervical cancer is the most common female genital tract malignancy and is the major cause of death from gynecologic cancer worldwide. the majority of cervical cancers develop through a series of gradual, precancerous lesions. screening asymptomatic women with regular pap smears allows diagnosis of the readily treatable preinvasive phase. we performed this study to determine...

The leading cause of mortality among women has been identified as breast and cervical cancer in Nigeria. objective the study symptoms predisposing factors associated with participants. A cross-sectional design convenience sampling technique was used to recruit 460 between age 18-60 years at a southwestern Nigerian university. Chi-square analysis revealed that bleeding per vagina after intercour...

Letters Laparoscopic removal of abdominal cervical suture Editor, Cervical incompetence is diagnosed in 0.1-1% of all pregnancies and in 8% of women with repeated (two or more) mid-trimester pregnancy loss. 1 Cervical cerclage should be offered to patients with three or more pregnancies ending before 37 weeks gestation 2 as there is a strong body of clinical evidence suggesting that cervical ce...

BACKGROUND Acute cervical adenitis can evolve into suppurative cervical lymphadenitis and may sometimes be associated with infection of the retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal spaces (i.e., retropharyngeal and poststyloid parapharyngeal abscesses). This study aimed to describe the clinical presentation of acute cervical lymphadenitis and infections of the retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal space...

Letters Laparoscopic removal of abdominal cervical suture Editor, Cervical incompetence is diagnosed in 0.1-1% of all pregnancies and in 8% of women with repeated (two or more) mid-trimester pregnancy loss. 1 Cervical cerclage should be offered to patients with three or more pregnancies ending before 37 weeks gestation 2 as there is a strong body of clinical evidence suggesting that cervical ce...

Objective: Women with Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) are four times as likely to have high-risk human papilloma virus (HRHPV). TV is more common in HIV-infected women and associated with HIV transmission. This study aimed to describe the association between TV and HRHPV in HIV-infected women undergoing cervical cancer screening. Methods: We reviewed the records of 329 HIV-infected women presenting ...

The activity of type A right atrial vagal receptors was recorded from the right cervical vagus in cats anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital, immobilized with gallamine, and with their chests open. Nerve impulses initiated by receptor activation were recorded simultaneously with instantaneous right atrial pressure and dimensional changes under various hemodynamic conditions. Atrial volume chan...

introduction: subjective uterine cervical fibroma is one of the reasons for gynecological surgery in this report , a unusual procedure is presented which is more cultural than medical. the treatment is given, which is more a cultural other than medical reasons. case report: the patient presented 26 yrs old virgin. who has anemia and also risk of bleeding. these fibroids can usually be removed t...