Obstetrics and gynecology

Aromatase inhibitors have been used for the treatment of breast cancer, ovulation induction, endometriosis, and other estrogen-modulated conditions. For women with breast cancer, bone mineral density screening is recommended with long-term …

Aromatase inhibitors have been used for the treatment of breast cancer, ovulation induction, endometriosis, and other estrogen-modulated conditions. For women with breast cancer, bone mineral density screening is recommended with long-term …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis and the risk of breast cancer. Previous research on endometriosis and breast cancer has reported mixed results. METHODS: Our prospective cohort stud…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of surgically confirmed endometriosis in women undergoing laparoscopic or abdominal hysterectomy, including those with and without preoperative indications of chronic pelvic pain or endometriosis, and t…

Xia, Wei Ting MD; Cai, Yao Yao MD; Yang, Si Meng MD; Wu, Xue Qing MD; Quinn, Martin J. MD, LLM Author Information

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether psychotherapy with somatosensory stimulation is effective for the treatment of pain and quality of life in patients with endometriosis-related pain. METHODS: Patients with a history of endometriosis and chron…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the long-term risks associated with salpingo-oophorectomy with ovarian conservation at the time of benign hysterectomy. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, ClinicalTrials.gov, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials…

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether risk of severe maternal morbidity at delivery differed for women who conceived using assisted reproductive technology (ART), those with indicators of subfertility but no ART ("subfertile"), and those who had nei…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between a universal cystoscopy policy at the time of benign hysterectomy and the detection of urologic injuries. METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort study at a tertiary care academic center where …

Despite variations worldwide and within the U.S. population, median age at menarche has remained relatively stable-between 12 years and 13 years-across well-nourished populations in developed countries. Environmental factors, including soci…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between patient characteristics and the probability of undergoing any uterine-sparing procedure (endometrial ablation, myomectomy, and uterine artery embolization) compared with hysterectomy as the firs…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate sensitization, myofascial trigger points, and quality of life in women with chronic pelvic pain with and without endometriosis. METHODS: A cross-sectional prospective study of women aged 18-50 years with pain suggest…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether weight change since age 18 years, current body mass index (BMI), and BMI at age 18 years are associated with fecundity. METHODS: Our study included 1,950 women in the Nurses' Health Study 3 (2010-2014), a pro…

OBJECTIVE: To identify characteristics associated with long-term survival for patients with epithelial ovarian cancer using the California Cancer Registry. METHODS: A descriptive analysis of survival of all California residents diagnosed w…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze factors associated with 30-day readmission among women who underwent hysterectomy for uterine cancer and benign indications. METHODS: We used the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project database to perform a coh…

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether add-back therapy with norethindrone acetate or norethindrone acetate plus conjugated equine estrogens is superior to maintain bone health in adolescents and young women using gonadotropin-releasing hormone agoni…

Department of Reproductive Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Department of Reproductive Medicine, Repromed, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Financial Disclosure The authors did not report any potential…

Human Development and Health Unit, University of Southampton, United Kingdom and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Human Development and Health Unit, University of So…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate intramuscular ketorolac compared with placebo saline injection for pain control with intrauterine device (IUD) placement. METHODS: We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial between July 2012 a…

Most menopausal women experience vasomotor symptoms with bothersome symptoms often lasting longer than one decade. Hormone therapy (HT) represents the most effective treatment for these symptoms with oral and transdermal estrogen formulatio…

Carolina Women's Research and Wellness Center, Durham, North Carolina Financial Disclosure The author did not report any potential conflicts of interest. Dr. Lukes is a current PI on an AEGEA clinical trial for endometrial ablations, and ga…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is rare in postmenopausal women. We report a case of invasive pelvic endometriosis in a postmenopausal woman requiring a supralevator pelvic exenteration for palliation of symptoms and for tissue diagnosis. CASE: …

OBJECTIVE: To assess national trends in ectopic pregnancy incidence among assisted reproductive technology users and identify risk factors associated with ectopic pregnancy. METHODS: We identified 553,577 pregnancies reported to the Nation…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate trends of monozygotic twinning after single embryo transfer and its association with patient and treatment factors. METHODS: Our retrospective cohort study included 28,596 pregnancies after fresh, nondonor single emb…

OBJECTIVE: To define the incidence of unexpected gynecologic malignancies among women who underwent hysterectomy for benign indications. METHODS: We conducted a data analysis of hysterectomy cases from a quality and safety database maintai…