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Volume 2 Issue 1 - 2016

Open Access Article Type: Case Report

The Importance of Initial Evaluation by Trans Vaginal Sonography in Rudimentary Horn Pregnancy: A Case Report and Literature Review

Rudimentary horn pregnancy (RHP) as a rare incidence has been estimated at 1:76,000-1:150,000 pregnancies. It has been also reported that 80-90% of RHP lead to uterine rupture in second trimester.

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Open Access Article Type: Research Article

Maternal Morbidities and Perinatal Outcomes of Delivery in Women with Preterm Prelabor Rupture of the Membranes (PPROM)

Objective: This study was done to evaluate the maternal morbidities and perinatal outcomes of delivery in women with preterm pre-labor rupture of the membranes who delivered before and after 34 week along a period of five years in Al-Arish General Hospital.

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Open Access Article Type: Research Article

Cetrolix Protocol versus Conventional Clomiphene Citrate Protocol in Women with Unexplained Infertility Undergoing Intrauterine Insemination: A Randomised Prospective Study

Objective: The primary goal of this study was to compare the ovulation and pregnancy rates in women with unexplained infertility undergoing intrauterine insemination utilizing an antagonist (cetrolix) protocol versus the commonly used clomiphene citrate regimen.

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Open Access Article Type: Case Report

Pseudomemberanous Colitis following Cesarean Delivery with Adjunctive Intracolonic Vancomycin

Background: Pseudomembranous colitis is a rarely reported condition in obstetrics. The clinical presentation varies from a self-limiting diarrhea to a severe pseudomembranous colitis with toxic megacolon and subsequent death.

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Open Access Article Type: Research Article

Lack of Association between the 4234G/C X-Ray Repair Cross-Complementing 2 (XRCC2) Gene Polymorphism and the Risk of Endometrial Cancer among Polish Population

Objective: One of the major causes of carcinogenesis is loss of genome stability. The double-strand break DNA repair pathway, including X-ray repair cross complementing group 2 (XRCC2) gene, is implicated in maintenance integrity of genome and therefore could affect endometrial cancer (EC) risk.

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Open Access Article Type: Case Report

A Rare Case of Asymptomatic Postmenopausal Tubercular Endometritis in Italy

Introduction: Tuberculosis affects about a third of world population. Genitourinary tuberculosis is one of the most common manifestations of extra pulmonary tuberculosis. Postmenopausal tubercular endometritis is an uncommon condition that usually occurs with abnormal vaginal bleeding.

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Open Access Article Type: Research Article

A Novel Method of Selective Chromopertubation at Office Hysteroscopy

Introduction: Tubal dysfunction is diagnosed as an underlying cause of infertility in more than one third of cases. Laparoscopy dye is the gold standard procedure to detect tubal patency, but hysterosalpingography (HSG) and hystero-contrast-sonography (HyCoSy) is also used.

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Open Access Article Type: Research Article

The Accuracy of Prediction of Birth Weight by Automated Measurement of Fetal Long Bones Using 5D Long Bone versus VOCAL 3D and Conventional 2D Weight Formulae

Objectives: To assess the accuracy of 5D automated measurement of long bones, three dimensional VOCAL measurement of fetal thigh volume in prediction of fetal weight in comparison to the conventional two dimensional Hadlock formulas.

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Open Access Article Type: Research Article

Co2 Laser Treatment for Vaginal Intraepithelial Neoplasia, Assesment of Recurrence

Objective: To assess the response and evolution of vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VAIN) after CO2 laser treatment.
Material and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted from a database of 139 women who had VAIN and were referred for treatment with CO2 laser. The lesions were detected following a hysterectomy. Human papillomavirus (HPV) typification was performed in all cases.

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Open Access Article Type: Case Report

Plavix versus Low Dose Aspirin Impact on Blood Flow of the Uterine Artery in Women with Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriage

Objective: To evaluate Plavix impact on the perfusion of the uterine artery compared to low dose aspirin in women with unexplained recurrent miscarriage.
Patients and Methods: It was a prospective case control study that was carried out at Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital and included women who were presented to the outpatient clinic hospital department due to unexplained recurrent miscarriage. This study was performed over a 2-year period, between January 2014 and January 2016. 105 patients were recruited and divided into two arms.

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Open Access Article Type: Case Report

Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome in Spontaneous Pregnancy

Background: Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is an iatrogenic complication of supraphysiologic ovarian stimulation but infrequently has been described in spontaneous pregnancy.
Aim: To present a case of a woman in spontaneous pregnancy complicated by OHSS.
Results: A 32-year-old gravida 1, para 1 with spontaneous conception, was diagnosed with moderate OHSS at the 11th week of gestation and was managed conservatively. The woman delivered vaginally at term a health female infant.

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Open Access Article Type: Research Article

Second Trimeter Recurrent Pregnancy Loss in Women with History of PCOS

Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is one of the most frustrating and difficult areas in reproductive medicine because the etiology is often unknown. Hyperinsulinemia ascribed to PCOS and insulin resistance (IR) seem to be a contributing factor to RPL.
The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between serum homocysteine level and insulin resistance in PCOS women with a history of send trimester recurrent pregnancy loss.

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Volume 1 Issue 1 - 2015

Open Access Article Type: Review Article

Hospital Acquired Obstetrical Infections

The December 2, 2015 issue of the "American Medical Association Morning Rounds" reminded me to this old dictum. It announced that as a result of coordinated efforts by several national health care agencies, the rate of hospital acquired conditions diminished by 17% during the years of 2010 - 2014.

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Open Access Article Type: Review Article

Adult Granulosa Cell Tumours of the Ovary Seven Case Reports

Background: Ovarian granulosa cell tumours are low-grade malignant sex cord-stromal tumours. They represent 2 to 3% of all ovarian cancers and occur mainly within the adult population.
Aim: to provide an updated overview on ovarian adult granulosa cell tumours.
Patients and Methods: in our retrospective study, we reviewed seven cases of adult granulosa cell tumours that were diagnosed at the pathology department of Mongi Slim hospital over a fourteen-year period (2002- 2015). Clinical and pathRIiological characteristics were retrospectively analyzed.

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Open Access Article Type: Case Report

Gestational Choriocarcinoma in a Jehovah's Witness: A Case Report

Introduction: Due to strong religious faith and beliefs against blood transfusions, Jehovah's Witness patients often pose tight spot for obstetrician-gynecologists. Myelosuppressive effects of chemotherapy in gynecology-oncology settings are additional source of worry.
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old P0+1 Nigerian woman presented with subcostal pains, dyspnea and cough productive of bloody sputum of one month duration. There was no vaginal bleeding.

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Open Access Article Type: Research Article

Endometriosis Seen at Diagnostic Laparoscopy for Women with Infertility

Objective: To determine the prevalence and laparoscopic features of endometriosis in women investigated for infertility using laparoscopy and dye test.
Methods: This was a retrospective survey at Life Institute for Endoscopy, Limited, Nnewi, Nigeria between January 2006 and December 2008.

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Open Access Article Type: Research Article

Prevention of Brachial Plexus Injuries at Birth

Medicine is a fast evolving even if inexact science. Built in ancient times upon insightful observations of Egyptian, Greek and Arabic physicians [1], its progress was spearheaded by European (mainly British, French, German and Austrian) scientists after the middle ages. If the assignment of Nobel prizes is a guideline is this regard, in the last century the leadership was taken over by the United States.

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