Petra M. Casey

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether anticoagulation therapy is associated with an increased risk of complications after initiation of intrauterine contraception (IUC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed records of women receivin…

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether implementation of the Pregnancy Reasonably Excluded Guide (PREG) in a primary care gynecology clinic improves access to contraceptive procedures and affects the number of urine human chorionic gonadotropin (h…

BACKGROUND: Many women have heavy menstrual bleeding during perimenopause that may interfere with overall quality of life and contribute to sexual dysfunction. We aimed to determine whether sexual function in women improves after endometria…

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to estimate dysplasia rate in histologically evaluated endocervical polyps and to compare histological and clinical characteristics of dysplastic (D) polyps with those displaying representative benign changes. M…

Many clinicians encounter cervical lesions that may or may not be associated with cytologic abnormalities. Such abnormalities as ectropion, Nabothian cysts, and small cervical polyps are quite benign and need not generate concern for patien…