Ceska gynekologie

OBJECTIVE: The verification of the predicive part of the vaginal ultrasonography in diagnostics of cancer of endometrium with the help of comparison of vaginal sonography finding (through the mediation EMI--endometrium/myometrium index) wit…

THE AIM: To study serum antibodies against annexin V and against other phospholipids in women with fertility failure. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Institute of Imunology and Alergology, Inst…

INTRODUCTION: In recent years novel gynecological diagnostic methods have emerged. One of them is transvaginal hydrolaparoscopy (THL). This method allows endoscopic visualization of the organs within the women pelvis accessed through the po…

OBJECTIVE: To find the differences of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) levels in follicular fluid in different indications to treatment with IVF + ET program. DESIGN: Pilot study. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1st Facu…

OBJECTIVE: Case presentation of bladder endometriosis during 2nd trimester imitating urinary bladder tumour. SETTING: Mother and Child Care Institute, Prague. III. Medical School of Charles University, Prague. CASE REPORT: 25-years old pa…

OBJECTIVE: Analysis of the issue of laparoscopy on the intra and post-operative immune changes. SUBJECT: Review article. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Regional Hospital Kladno. SUBJECT AND METHOD: Review of published …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to analyze the incidence, causes and management in women with chronic pelvic pain and to evaluate the role of laparoscopy. DESIGN: A prospective non-randomized clinical trial on 86 women with chronic pe…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate our clinical results and reproductive outcome after laparoscopic surgery for ovarian endometriosis in infertile women. DESIGN: Analytic retrospective study. SETTING: Institute for the Mother and Child Care, Prague, …

OBJECTIVE: To determine serum levels of TNF-alpha (tumor necrosis factor alpha) as a prediction of endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective clinical case control study. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Department of Patholo…

OBJECTIVE: To find out any relationship between presence of P450 aromatase and estrogen (ER) and progesterone (PR) receptors in eutopic endometrium of women with and without endometriosis and in estrogen-dependent gynecologic lesions (endom…

OBJECTIVE: Detection of IgA and IgG antibodies against Chlamydia trachomatis in various biological materials in patients with fertility disorders. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical Facu…

OBJECTIVE: Case report of a successful treatment of ovarian endometriosis by laparoscopic ovariopexy in infertile women. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Institute for Postgraduate Medical …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the expression pattern of some novel matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in cycling endometrium. DESIGN: Experimental study. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Palacky University Medical School and …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of laparoscopic CO2 laser ablation of peritoneal endometriosis in the treatment of pelvic pain with a long-term follow-up. To differentiate the effect of surgery on different types of pelvic pain. DESIGN: …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the presence and intensity of apoptosis in lesions of peritoneal endometriosis. To consider the role of different intensity of apoptosis in the progression of the disease and in the manifestation of clinical symptoms.…

OBJECTIVE: A comparison of surgical and medical approaches to the therapy of menorrhagia. DESIGN: A review article. SETTING: Obstetrics and Gynaecological Department of the Masaryk Hospital in Ustí nad Labem. SUBJECT: A comparison is mad…

OBJECTIVE: Our aim was quantify and compare the clinical outcome and surgical inflammatory response and tissue trauma between the total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) and laparoscopically-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH). DESIGN: Clin…

OBJECTIVES: To analyze the laparoscopic findings in women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP). To verify the possible predictive value of the anamnestic factors for the laparoscopically established diagnosis. DESIGN: A retrospective clinical tr…

OBJECTIVE: The radical laparoscopic treatment of the aforementioned pathology has made it possible to eliminate recurrent pelvic pain of the 24 years old patient. SUBJECT: Case report. METHODS AND RESULTS: 24 year old, nulligravid patient…

OBJECTIVE: Objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of endometrial ablation in patients with persistent uterine bleeding who are unresponsive to conservative therapy. DESIGN: Prospective clinical study. SETTING: Department …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the initiation of estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) in the postoperative period increases the incidence of symptom recurrence following laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) and/without bilateral salpingo-oophorect…

OBJECTIVE: Laparoscopic excision of deep endometriosis of rectovaginal septum and evaluation of technical capabilities of Diomed laser. DESIGN: Prospective pilot study. SETTING: Department of Gynaecology and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Na…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate our first experience with thermal balloon therapy of abnormal uterine bleeding. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague. METHODS…

Ovarian endometriotic cysts with adhesions and rectovaginal endometriosis are absolute indications for laparoscopic surgery. Peritoneal minimal endometriosis is considered a relative indications for surgery by many experts. The discussion i…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the regulation of perimenstrual MMP-1 expression in human endometrium. DESIGN: In vitro study utilizing epithelial-stromal co-cultures. SETTING: Cell Biology Unit, International Institute of Cellular and Molecula…