CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne

ne sont pas nécessairement celles de l'Association médicale canadienne et de ses filiales.

ou ses concédantsUne femme nullipare de 29 ans s'est présentée au service d'urgence en raison d'une exacerbation aiguë de ses douleurs chroniques et de sa constipation.Elle a signalé une augmenta tion progressive de ses douleurs abdominales…

BACKGROUND: Maternal chronic conditions are implicated as risk factors for congenital anomalies, but few studies have assessed reproductive conditions such as endometriosis. Given the association between endometriosis and infertility requir…

Lower rates of minimally invasive procedures predispose patients to complications. [1][1] Providers should ensure that all patients receive high-quality care and are aware of all treatment options. Providers should consider access to medica…

[For a first-person account of endometriosis, see www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.230215][1] KEY POINTS Endometriosis is a chronic condition defined by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside of the uterus, which can lead to est…

KEY POINTS In the mid-2010s, vaginal energy devices (such as fractional CO2 lasers, erbium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet lasers [Er:YAG], diode lasers or radiofrequency ablation) emerged as a new potential treatment for genitourinary sydro…

[Voir la version anglaise de l’article ici: www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.220466][1] Une femme de 34 ans, en bonne santé, s’est présentée à notre clinique de gynécologie pour le traitement d’un polype cervical. Ses médicaments compren…

[See related article at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.220637][1] I’ve always had quite a bit of period pain, but I didn’t talk to people about it. In my early 20s, the pain around ovulation became unbearable. I also started having pel…

A healthy 34-year-old woman presented to our gynecology clinic for treatment of a cervical polyp. Medications included a combined oral contraceptive pill (OCP) and ibuprofen for heavy menstrual bleeding and longstanding dysmenorrhea. She ha…

BACKGROUND: Hysterectomy, the most common gynecological operation, requires surgeons to counsel women about their operative risks. We aimed to develop and validate multivariable logistic regression models to predict major complications of l…

Adenomyosis is a benign gynecological disorder characterized by aberrant development of endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium, causing inflammation and neuroangiogenesis.[1][1],[2][2] Adenomyosis often coexists with other gyne…