background:   objective: to determine and compare uteroplacental circulation and obstetrics complications in pregnant women with pcos treated with metformin, aspirin and control group.   materials and methods: 105 pregnant women with pcos were enrolled in this study after assessing uterine artery pulsatility index (pi) with doppler ultrasonography at 12 weeks of gestation. the patients were div...

BACKGROUND In Japan, the number of obstetrics facilities has steadily decreased and the selection and concentration of obstetrics facilities is progressing rapidly. Obstetrics services should be concentrated in fewer hospitals to improve quality of care and reduce the workload of obstetricians. However, the impact of this intensification of services on access to obstetrics hospitals is not know...

The effect of medical errors and unsafe systems of care has had a profound effect on the practice of obstetrics and gynecology. From 1975 to 2000, medical malpractice costs for obstetrician–gynecologists have risen nearly four-fold higher than that of other medical costs. In addition, it has been estimated that defensive medicine may cost society $80 billion per year. Most importantly, many obs...

1 Alev Özer, Hilal Sakallı, Bülent Köstü, Şakir Aydoğdu Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Hospital, Kahramanmaras, Turkey MATERNAL-NEONATAL OUTCOMES IN PLACENTA PREVIA ANALYSIS OF MATERNAL AND NEONATAL OUTCOMES IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLACENTA PREVIA AND IN PREVIA-ACCRETA COEXISTENCE PLASENTA PREVİANIN FARKLI TİPLERİNDE VE PREVİA-AKRETA BİRLİKTELİĞİNDE M...

Importance Research in obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) increasingly relies on "big data" and observational study designs. There is a gap in practitioner-relevant guides to interpret and critique such research. Objective This guide is an introduction to interpreting research using observational data and provides explanations and context for related terminology. In addition, it serves as a g...

In the United States, according to almost every measure, we do not have enough trained maternity care providers to meet the need. Family physicians are the logical choice to help provide that care, particularly in underserved settings. Advanced training through family medicine obstetrics fellowship programs has proven successful in preparing physicians to provide the full scope of maternity car...

Background: Comparison of obstetric and neonatal outcomes of twin pregnancies conceived by assisted reproduction technology (ART) with those of spontaneously conceived (SC). Materials and Methods: In this prospective cohort study, all dichorionic twin pregnancies following fresh IVF/ intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) or ICSI cycles (n=320) and (SC) (n=170) in nulliparous women in Royan I...