OBJECTIVE To summarize the proceedings of the Advances in Uterine Leiomyoma Research: 2nd NIH International Congress, which was convened on February 24-25, 2005 by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. DESIGN Scientific information was presented at a 2-day conference, which was a collaborative effort of agencies across t...

PostPartum HemorrHage is tHe leaDing Cause oF maternal DeatH WorlDWiDe More than half a million women die every year of complications related to pregnancy or childbirth. Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH)— unchecked uterine bleeding occurring after childbirth—is the leading cause of maternal deaths worldwide. PPH usually occurs unexpectedly and can lead to death in under two hours if untreated. In man...

Uterine infection is one of the reproductive diseases that can have disturbing postpartum uterine health in cattle. Therefore, identification of resistant genotypes to uterine infection is important. Lactoferrin (LF) is one of the major antimicrobial compounds in the normal uterine discharges of cows. We hypothesized that allelic diversity in LF gene may contribute to susceptibility or resistan...

Background: Gynecologic conditions including uterine fibroids, adenomyosis and endometriosis lead to significant impairment in women’s’ lives and significant expen- Abstracts of the 12th Royan International Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine International Journal of Fertility & Sterility (IJFS), Vol 5, Suppl 1, Summer 2011 24 ditures of health care dollars. However, many women have symptoms l...

background: increasing serum levels of uric acid (sua) after menopause in women brought up a hypothesis that estrogenic effect may protectively regulate sua. estrogenic effect is a major etiology of uterine fibroids and fibrocystic breast disease. the study aimed to explore sua among patients suffering from these diseases to enhance the hypothesis. methods: overall , 1349 female participants we...

Uterine fibroids (leiomyoma), the benign tumors of the uterine wall, are very common cause of morbidity in reproductive age women usually in the form of excessive vaginal bleeding, chronic pelvic pain, miscarriage and infertility. These tumors are the leading indication for hysterectomy in the United States. Uterine fibroids are about 4 times higher in blacks compared to whites and constitute a...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency, predisposing factors and maternal and foetal outcome of uterine rupture. METHODS This descriptive case series was conduced at the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro from January 2008 to December 2008. All cases of ruptured uterus, who were either admitted with this complication or who develo...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether a history of cesarean section was a risk factor for abnormal uterine bleeding in patients with uterine leiomyomas, and to identify other risk factors for this symptom. METHODS We analyzed retrospectively, the medical records of patients who underwent hysterectomies due to the presence of uterine leiomyomas during a 6-year period (2009 and 2014) at Etlik Zubeyde...

Caesarean section (CS) is increasing globally, and women with prior CS are at higher risk of uterine rupture in subsequent pregnancies. However, little is known about the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of uterine rupture in women with prior CS, especially in developing countries. To investigate this, we conducted a secondary analysis of the World Health Organization Multicountry Survey o...

fibroids are the most common benign tumors of the uterus during female reproductive age. uterine artery embolization (uae) using embolic particles (pva, gelfoam) to occlude the uterine arteries, have been reported as a relatively safe, effective, and durable nonsurgical alternative to hysterectomy in diminishing fibroid-related symptoms. to block the arterial blood supply to the fibroid complet...