Przeglad menopauzalny = Menopause review

INTRODUCTION: Heavy menstrual bleeding leads to depletion of iron stores, with subsequent iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA). To evaluate the efficacy and safety of ferric carboxymaltose (FCM) in treatment of ID/IDA cause…

Vaginal approach remains one of the safest and easiest surgical procedures to treat many gynaecological pathologies such as cervico-vaginal fibroids or vaginal septum. These classical procedures are, however, hindered by the disruption of t…

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder with a prevalence of six to ten percent in women of childbearing age. As long as the aetiology of endometriosis is not fully understood and the disease has no definitive treatment, an examina…

INTRODUCTION: To detect the morphological parameters of ovarian masses and the accuracy of the risk of mali-gnancy index (RMI) in diagnosing ovarian malignancy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 264 women in 3 groups (reproductive, premenopausal, and …

Free radicals and oxidant molecules are part of our organism in a stable balance. However, when addressing female infertility, questions about their role in oocyte quality arise. This review outlines the major alterations of redox homeostas…

INTRODUCTION: The paths of medically assisted reproduction represent the most important scientific progress to cope with the inability to achieve spontaneous conception (SC) and to reach desired parenthood. Couples undergoing assisted repro…

INTRODUCTION: To evaluate sildenafil citrate as an adjuvant to clomiphene citrate (CC) for ovulation induction (OI) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 595 infertile PCOS women were randomly ass…

The incidence of ectopic pregnancy (EP) is about 1.3-2.4%. Approximately 6% of maternal deaths in the first trimester occur following ruptured EP. A 35-year-old lady, G4, P3, pregnant 7 weeks + 2 days, presented with left iliac pain, after …

IntroductionThe aim was to evaluate whether adding specific educational medical illustrations may help gynecologists to better understand the limits of parametrial resection in radical hysterectomy from type A to type C2. Study Design: rand…

Utero-cutaneous fistula is an extremely rare condition characterized by an abnormal communication between the anterior wall of the uterus and the abdominal wall. The causes include multiple caesarean sections, incomplete hysterorrhaphy, mis…

Abdominal and pelvic pain with an associated pelvic mass is a very common emergency situation. There is always a management dilemma for most emergency physicians regarding these patients. A 46-year-old postmenopausal woman was admitted to o…

INTRODUCTION: Ovarian cancer remains the most lethal gynecological cancer. Assessment of gynecological and lifestyle-related risk factors is essential to reduce the occurrence and the mortality rate of the disease. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Su…

In recent decades many potential serum biomarkers have been assessed in the diagnosis of ovarian cancer. Except cancer antigen 125 (CA125) and human epididymis protein 4 (HE4), none of them have been applied to everyday clinical practice. B…

INTRODUCTION: Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich (HWW) syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by uterus didelphys with blind hemivagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis. It is one of the rare anomalies of the genitourinary system and is us…

Endometriosis is described as the presence of both endometrial glandular and stromal cells outside the uterine cavity. A major characterization of this disease is ectopic implantation of endometrial cells with increased migration. It is one…

INTRODUCTION: The highest risk of intraoperative ureteral trauma is associated with hysterectomy, performed most frequently in postmenopausal women. The overall incidence of ureteral injuries varies in different studies between 0.5% and 10%…

Urogenital aging is a common process affecting all women in the post-menopausal period of their life, and it is substantially due to oestrogen deprivation after ovarian function cessation. These changes can lead to a progressive, chronic, a…

INTRODUCTION: Abdominal-pelvic mass, ascites and pleural effusion are suggestive of malignant metastatic ovarian cancer. This triad is also present in a rare benign condition called Meigs syndrome. Rarely this condition is associated with a…

Menopause is one of the most important events in the female reproductive life cycle, being a transition from the reproductive to the nonreproductive stage. It is a milestone that may have a negative influence on quality of life and one that…

INTRODUCTION: Growing interest has focused on the relation between chronic endometritis (CE) or asymptomatic inflammation of the endometrium and recurrent miscarriage (RM).The aim of the study was to assess the relation between CE and RM an…

INTRODUCTION: To evaluate the safety and efficacy along with the impact on uterine and fibroid vascular indices of 2 repeat 12-week courses of ulipristal acetate (UPA) among Indian women. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Ninety-four premenopausal wom…

INTRODUCTION: To evaluate the surgical outcome, and quality of life (QoL) 12-months after Le Fort colpocleisis (LFC), and sacrospinous fixation (SSF) in older postmenopausal women. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Eighty-six (86) post-menopausal wome…

INTRODUCTION: Dysmenorrhoea is a significant interdisciplinary problem that requires intensified activities of specialists, mainly in the fields of health sciences, gynaecology, and pharmacology. AIM OF THE STUDY: The aim of the study is t…

INTRODUCTION: Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is one of the most common reason for visits to gynecologists. Endometrial biopsy is a routine procedure in gynecological practice to detect the etiology of AUB and to exclude precancerous and ca…

Interstitial cystitis or bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a chronic pelvic pain syndrome related to the urinary bladder. The ideal treatment should match as much as possible with the pathophysiologic causes of the IC/BPS, but the scarcely …