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Women's health remains inadequately served due to the historical predominance of males as the biological reference in medical research, leading to persistent sex-based gaps in the understanding, diagnosis, and management of disease. As heal…

Microfluidic technologies are transforming wearable and implantable biomedical devices by enabling precise, real-time analysis and control of biofluids at the microscale. Integrating soft, biocompatible materials with advanced sensing and f…

Endometriosis, a chronic debilitating disease affects 1 in 7-10 girls and women, who have symptoms of severe chronic pain and subfertility and significantly impacts the overall quality of life. Currently, no effective early diagnostic metho…

BackgroundThis study investigated the association of intra-abdominal adhesions with the risk of peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter complications.MethodsIndividuals undergoing laparoscopic PD catheter insertion were prospectively enrolled fro…

Introduction and importanceIn children, acute recurrent pancreatitis is attributed to pancreato-biliary anomalies, hereditary pancreatitis and cystic fibrosis. Pancreatic divisum is a common congenital ductal anomaly that leads to recurrenc…

Abstract Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS CoV-2) infection is frequently associated with a wide range of persistent symptoms, now referred to as post-COVID-19 condition, or Long COVID. The objectives of this study were…

Chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) is a functional pain disorder characterized by ongoing pain in the apparent absence of clinically identifiable causes. The prevalence of functional pain disorders demonstrates the importance of adequate m…

Cesarean section endometriosis (CSE) can be caused by the iatrogenic deposition of endometrial cells, glands, and stroma during any time of the surgical procedure. It can be asymptomatic or, more frequently, resulting in chronic pain. Our a…

Heterotopic pregnancy (HP) is a rare, potentially life-threatening complication of an intrauterine pregnancy with a simultaneous ectopic pregnancy. There is a higher incidence with assisted reproduction techniques (ART) and radiology can be…

ObjectiveSoft-tissue lesions are common and often benign. Owing to the rarity of soft-tissue sarcomas (STSs), evidence has shown that patients are increasingly referred urgently onto the 2-week wait pathway, which may have a detrimental imp…

IntroductionPosterior Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is a rare anomaly in which the left renal vein passes behind the aorta which compresses it against the vertebral column, restricting the venous drainage of the left kidney.Presentation of case…

A 27-year-old woman, gravida 3, para 1, at 9 weeks gestation, initially presented with clinical and ultrasonographic features suggestive of a missed spontaneous abortion for which surgical evacuation was performed. A diagnosis of ectopic pr…

A Caucasian lady in her 30s presented with repeated miscarriages following a previous caesarean section. Following ongoing pain and bleeding, and inconclusive imaging, a scan undertaken after her second miscarriage suggested a possible comm…

Experience with depot forms of hormonal preparations suggests that severe adverse reactions are infrequent and immediate hypersensitivity reactions are rare. We report a case of recurrent anaphylaxis to a depot form of GnRH analogue requiri…

10% of maternal deaths, and the reported mortality is as high as 80% in some series.2 Amniotic fluid embolism may occur after diagnostic amniocentesis, but this is uncommon. It is more likely to occur after hypertonic saline or dextrose is …