a 35 year-old woman at 7-week gestational age was referred to our hospital. the patient was diagnosed with the heterotopic interstitial pregnancy by transvaginal ultrasonography after receiving in vitro fertilization (ivf) and embryo transfer. laparoscopic excision and curettage was successfully performed at 8.4-gestational age under general anesthesia and the patient was discharged 2 days afte...

introduction: neonatal jaundice has a significant prevalence, and in severe cases, causes permanent neurological sequela. many studies have carried out on neonatal jaundice and its predisposing and exacerbating factors. on the other hand, delivery method (cesarean vs vaginal) has been suggested as a predisposing factor for many of neonatal complications in many studies. the aim of this study is...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the reproductive outcome and the mode of delivery in subsequent pregnancies after instrumental vaginal delivery in theatre or caesarean section at full dilatation. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Two urban hospitals with a combined total of 10 000 deliveries a year. PARTICIPANTS A cohort of 393 women with term, singleton, cephalic pregnancies who needed oper...

We report one case of posterior fossa intracranial haemorrhage in a full-term Malay baby boy following vacuum assisted delivery. The patient, a term baby boy was delivered by a vacuum extraction and later developed signs of increased intracranial pressure 72 hours after birth. Computed tomography (CT) of the brain showed a posterior fossa intracranial haemorrhage with acute obstructive hydrocep...

This paper analyses US national birth certificate data on approximately 4 million births annually to create a new category—mothers at “no indicated risk”—and then examines the growth of primary caesareans in these women from 1991 to 2001. No indicated risk denotes mothers with singleton, full term ( ≥ 37 weeks), vertex presentation births who were not reported to have any medical risk factors a...