Background: The position of each subject area in scientific production can indicate the ability of the scientific performance of that subject field. Since obstetrics and gynecology is one of the most important clinical sciences discipline of medical science, this study aimed to evaluate the scientific production in the field of obstetrics and gynecology before and after the Iran health reform p...

THE ISSUE: Undeniably, the 2 major risk factors for preterm births, the bane of modern obstetrics, are history of spontaneous delivery 37 weeks and transvaginal cervical length 2.5 cm. A multicenter randomized clinical trial has evaluated the role of cerclage for women with these 2 risk factors and concluded that intervention is associated with improved outcomes. Despite the level I evidence fo...

325 SINGLE PORT ACCESS VERSUS CONVENTIONAL LAPAROSCOPIC OVARIAN CYSTECTOMY: COMPARISON OF SURGICAL OUTCOMES Yoon Jung Lee, MD, Myung Joo Kim, MD, Seok Ju Seong, MD, In Hyun Kim, MD, Mi La Kim, MD, Taejong Song, MD, Bo Sung Yoon, MD, Yong Wook Jung, MD, Won-Duk Joo, MD, Hye Sun Jun, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHA Gangnam Medical Center; CHA Daegu Women’s Medical Center, CHA Univ...

Comprehensive Gynecologic Cancer Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea Center for Uterine Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, P...

The Optimality Index-US (OI-US) reflects the use of evidence-based practices in obstetrics. This paper's objective is to apply the OI-US to a "typical" nurse-midwifery service data set to demonstrate its use outside of a research context. The OI-US score for the sample practice was 80%. The OI-US can be used by obstetric and gynecologic nurse clinicians to demonstrate the relationship of variou...