Caesarean scar pregnancy is one of the rarest forms of ectopic pregnancy. Transvaginal ultrasound and color flow Doppler provides a high diagnostic accuracy. A delay in diagnosis and treatment can lead to uterine rupture, major hemorrhage, hysterectomy and serious maternal morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis can offer treatment options of avoiding uterine rupture and hemorrhage, thus prese...

OBJECTIVE To explore the influencing factors for curative effect of maxillofacial fractures. METHOD Retrospective analysis of the 86 patients for maxillofacial fractures from Jan. 2008 to Dec. 2010 in our hospital, to observe data, sex, type, reason, associated injury, methods of treatment, and so on. RESULT The success rate of curing was 95.35%. The length of stay for the 86 patients was f...

Introduction In 1917 Sir William Osler, in his Oration to the Medical Society of London, referred to the 20,000 syphilitic stillbirths which Sir Arthur Newsholme estimated then occurred annually in this country, and the numerous cases of eye, ear, bone, and joint, and-above all-nervous and mental disease which are due to congenital syphilis. In 1928 and again in 1930 Colonel Harrison referred t...

BACKGROUND Post-term pregnancy, a pregnancy exceeding 294 days or 42 completed weeks, is associated with increased perinatal morbidity and mortality and is considered a high-risk condition which requires specialist surveillance and induction of labour. However, there is uncertainty on the policy concerning the timing of induction for post-term pregnancy or impending post-term pregnancy, leading...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To identify and describe the process of fatherhood during the partner's pregnancy among expectant, first-time fathers. BACKGROUND Pregnancy seems to be a demanding period for expectant fathers, and this period is a part of their transition to fatherhood. Blogs can be seen as personal diaries and offer an alternative method of collecting data as they are an arena for sharin...

INTRODUCTION Our study aims to compare neonatal and maternal outcomes between expectant (or conservative) and aggressive (or immediate) management in cases with severe preclampsia remote from term. METHODS This is a comparative study conducted at Al-Batool Teaching Hospital in Mosul City, Iraq, from April 2003 to August 2004. A total of 74 singleton pregnancies complicated by severe preeclamp...

A Randomized Trial of Induction Versus Expectant Management1 (ARRIVE) trial provoked a flurry comment and related studies,2–9 but the bemusing results less obvious implications this seminal study warrant additional review. This state-of-the-art randomly allocated more than 6000 low-risk nulliparous women at 39 weeks’ gestation showed that adverse perinatal outcome rates were lower after labor i...

BACKGROUND Expectant fathers consider the second-trimester obstetric ultrasound examination as an important step towards parenthood, but are ill prepared for a detection of a fetal anomaly. Inductive research is scarce concerning their experiences and needs for support. Consequently, the aim of this study was to explore the emotional and cognitive experiences, during the time of diagnosis and d...

Ectopic pregnancy (EP) refers to blastocyst implantation outside the uterine endometrium. EP is major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Treatment options include surgery, medical therapy with methotrexate, or expectant management. Methotrexate primary regimen used in cases early, unruptured ectopic pregnancies. Most side effects methotrexate are minor, including nausea, vomiting, abdom...