Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between clinical and imaging with surgical and pathological findings in patients with suspected neuroendocrine tumor of appendix and/or appendix endometriosis. METHODS: Retrospective descriptive study…

OBJECTIVE: Despite the literature on dydrogesterone, studies on dydrogesterone utilization patterns are largely lacking in Indian patients. METHODS: This was a multi-center, retrospective, observational, cross-sectional, and descriptive st…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and compare the sexual function and pelvic floor muscles (PFM) function of women with endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain (CPP) with and without Myofascial Pelvic Pain Syndrome (MPPS). METHODS: Cross-sectional stud…

OBJECTIVE: Included evaluation of the possibility of using the systemic inflammatory indices for preoperative screening for the presence and severity of endometriosis (EM) in comparison to the findings of the exploratory laparoscopy. METHO…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of surgical treatment of deep endometriosis on the metabolic profile, quality of life and psychological aspects. METHODS: Prospective observational study, carried out with women of reproductive age diagno…

OBJECTIVE: To compare Transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-β1) expression in patients with and without adenomyosis. METHODS: A prospective design was performed including 49 patients submitted to hysterectomy. Immunohistochemistry was per…

OBJECTIVE: Dysmenorrhea is the pain related to menstruation; to screen for the symptoms, a working ability, location, intensity of days of pain, and dysmenorrhea (WaLIDD) score was created. The purpose of this work was to culturally adapt a…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether there were differences in the presentation of patients with tubal ectopic pregnancy (EP) during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study of all cases of tuba…

OBJECTIVE: In the present study, our aim was to translate, adapt, and validate the Pelvic Health History Form (a quality of life [QoL] questionnaire) of the International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS) from English to Portuguese. METHODS: The …

OBJECTIVE: To correlate the morphological aspects with pelvic pain in women with deep infiltrating endometriosis. METHODS: A retrospective study with 67 women with deep endometriosis who underwent surgical treatment in a tertiary hospital …

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis causes a decrease in oocyte quality. However, this mechanism is not fully understood. The present study aimed to analyze the effect of endometriosis on cumulus cell adenosine triphosphate ATP level, the number of mi…

OBJECTIVE: Recurrent miscarriage has been linked to hormonal disturbance due to dysregulation of its receptors rather than to the availability of the hormone. We aimed to investigate endometrial expression of progesterone and estrogen recep…

Isthmocele is a discontinuation of the myometrium at the uterine scar site in a patient with a previous cesarian section (CS). The cause of isthmocele appears to be multifactorial. Poor surgical technique, low incision location, uterine ret…

OBJECTIVE: To review the current state of knowledge on the impact of the surgical treatment on the sexual function and dyspareunia of deep endometriosis patients. DATA SOURCE: A systematic review was conducted in accordance with the Meta-A…

OBJECTIVE: It is well known that female infertility is multifactorial. Therefore, we aimed to compare the effects of thyroid dysfunction, vitamin deficiency, and microelement deficiency in fertile and infertile patients. MATERIALS AND METH…

OBJECTIVE: Female sterilization is a surgical procedure that aims women to permanently stop the use of conception. The benefits, risks and cost-effectiveness are important issues. The purpose of this study was comparing the applicability, c…

Objective To assess the association between two colposcopic indices, the Swede score and the 2011 International Federation of Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy (IFCPC) Nomenclature as well as to determine the efficacy of the Swede score wit…

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease that affects women of reproductive age, causing pain and the possibility of infertility. Endometriosis was associated to low life quality and research shows the impact of endometriosis …

OBJECTIVE: To comparatively evaluate the outcome of treatment with 150 versus 200 units (U) of botulinum toxin in achieving pain-free intercourse and relieving muscle contraction in order to allow gynecological examination. METHODS: In thi…

Endometriosis-related pain and morbidity are assumed to cause substantial impact on quality of life. Due to its chronicity, the disease is expected to be clinically managed in a long-term individualized plan, considering easy access, cost-e…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of surgical treatment of deep infiltrative endometriosis (DIE) on pelvic floor dysfunction (urinary incontinence [UI], pelvic organ prolapse [POP], fecal incontinence [FI)] or constipation, and sexual func…

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the available evidence of TAP Block in efficacy in laparoscopic or robotic hysterectomy. DATA SOURCES: We searched databases and gray literature for randomized controlled trials in which transversus abdominis plane …

OBJECTIVE: The present study aimed to understand patient perception of the adverse effects of contraceptives to improve health care and adherence to treatment. METHODS: An online questionnaire was available for women in Brazil to respond t…