Expectant management leads to successful vaginal delivery following intrauterine fetal death in a woman with an incarcerated uterus. Management of intrauterine fetal death in the second or third trimester of pregnancy in women with an incarcerated uterus is challenging. We report a case of successful vaginal delivery following intrauterine fetal death by expectant management in a woman with an ...

AIM To determine the frequency of cervical cytologic abnormalities in patients who were diagnosed as having CIN 1 and had undergone either cryotherapy or expectant management. METHODS A retrospective medical record review of 87 patients with colposcopic cervical biopsy-proven CIN 1, was undertaken including age, parity, menstruation status, cervical cytology reports, colposcopic findings, and...

OBJECTIVES To compare the effectiveness, safety of immediate induction with PGE(2) gel and expectant management in terms of maternal and fetal outcome in term PROM. METHODS 100 women were randomized to group A, immediate induction and group B expectant management. RESULTS Spontaneous vaginal deliveries were more in group B. CS and operative vaginal deliveries were more in group A. CONCLUS...

Expectant management of fetal death complicated by placenta previa occurring during midtrimester trimester may induce fetal/placental atrophy and decrease uterine blood flow to facilitate vaginal delivery. Our experience with these cases suggests that about 4 weeks of expectant management should be considered as a management strategy.

BACKGROUND A subset of women with a tubal ectopic pregnancy can be safely managed expectantly. Expectant management involves a degree of disruption with hospital visits to determine serum β-hCG (β-human chorionic gonadotrophin) concentration until the pregnancy test becomes negative and expectant management is considered complete. The length of time required for the pregnancy test to become neg...

Miller et al. ( 1 ) found that among men with lower-risk prostate cancer, 55% may have been overtreated (most of them by radiation therapy), whereas 45% underwent “ appropriate ” expectant management or androgen deprivation therapy. It is indeed noteworthy that so many of the lower-risk cases were treated by curative therapy rather than expectant management or androgen deprivation therapy. Howe...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether in vitro fertilization with preimplantation genetic screening (IVF/PGS) is cost effective compared with expectant management in achieving live birth for patients with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). DESIGN Decision analytic model comparing costs and clinical outcomes. SETTING Academic recurrent pregnancy loss programs. PATIENT(S) Women with unexp...

INTRODUCTION Incomplete miscarriage is often treated with surgical evacuation in Sri Lanka. Expectant management, which is an alternative treatment, was assessed for efficacy and safety in a local setting. METHODS Randomised clinical trial of two treatment groups of expectant and surgical management with 71 and 69 participants, respectively, was done at the University Gynaecology Unit of the ...

OBJECTIVE This study was to compare pregnancy outcomes between cerclage and expectant management in wemen with a dilated cervix. DESIGN Retrospective multicenter cohort study. SETTING Five hospitals of Catholic University Medical Center Network in Korea. POPULATION A total of 173 women between 14 0/7 and 29 6/7 weeks' gestation with cervical dilation of 1 cm or greater by digital examinat...

OBJECTIVE Our aim was to compare the outcomes of expectant management of pregnancy or immediate delivery in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) between 24+0 and 32+0 weeks of pregnancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study conducted at a tertiary medical center. Patients who were diagnosed as having PPROM between 24+0 and 32+0 weeks of gestation ...