Showing papers in "European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology in 2008"

TL;DR: The relative effect of the maternal and fetal characteristics were found to be very similar to that reported in previous studies.

TL;DR: The role of infections, particularly co-infections, as causes of the impairment of sperm quality, motility and function needs further investigation.

TL;DR: Although perineal pain affected 92% of mothers, it resolved in the majority within 2 months of delivery, and Obstetric anal sphincter injury is associated with more perneal pain than other perineAL trauma.

TL;DR: Oxidative stress is present in both SGA and LGA newborns, with a concomitant alteration in maternal oxidant and antioxidant status only in intrauterine growth restriction.

TL;DR: Serum of subjects with endometriosis contains significantly higher levels of interleukin-6, monocyte chemotactic protein-1, and interferon-gamma than control women and provides a promising serum marker for the nonsurgical prediction of endometRIosis.

TL;DR: The goal of this study was to define the risk factor(s) of ovarian cancer development in a Japanese population with ovarian endometrioma, and whether the predisposition toward ovarian cancer is limited to endometioid and clear cell carcinoma.

TL;DR: HPV vaccine acceptance seems to be dependent on vaccine acceptance in general, even more than on knowledge of HPV and its causal relation with cervical cancer, however, parents requested more information about cervical Cancer, HPV, and HPV vaccination, before the HPV vaccine is introduced.

TL;DR: Some clinical and biochemical characteristics were apparent in PCOS patients in the population, and ethnic differences may be considered when studying the clinical and metabolic features of PCOS in China.

TL;DR: LNG-IUS treatment of non-atypical hyperplasias is likely to reduce the number of hysterectomies performed in this subgroup, and Beneficial effects are observed by the majority within 1 year.

TL;DR: In the second trimester operative management of the amniotic sac was associated with improved perinatal outcomes including improved live-born rate, increased birth weight and prolonged pregnancy.

TL;DR: Perinatal and neurodevelopmental outcome in small-for-gestational-age fetuses with normal umbilical artery Doppler is suboptimal, which may challenge the role of umbilicals arteries to discriminate between normal-SGA and growth-restricted fetuses.

TL;DR: The results provide evidence for an alternative modality to restore the normal vaginal flora using specific probiotic strains administered orally.

TL;DR: SSV is an effective, simple and inexpensive alternative for human ovarian tissue cryopreservation and no statistically significant destructive effect of SSV or slow-freezing for primordial follicles and stromal cells was found using the TUNEL assay.

TL;DR: European middle-aged women experience the menopause as a process that brings about mood and sexual changes able to impair their personal life, however, cultural values and health beliefs influence perception of sexuality at the time of the menopausal transition and will also influence the need for treatment.

TL;DR: MRgF US can safely be used to non-invasively treat symptomatic uterine fibroids and avoid the need for surgical intervention in the short term and with large treatment volumes, MRgFUS also results in significant fibroid shrinkage in a relatively short time.

TL;DR: This study provides total and differential leukocyte counts' mean+/-S.D., minimal and maximal values, and the 3rd, 5th, 10th, 50th, 90th, 95th, and 99th percentiles for entire pregnancy and for each trimester separately, which should prove useful for diagnostic and research purposes.

TL;DR: It is suggested to associate aspirine and corticosteroids in further pregnancies, a regimen that was successful in the experience but must be confirmed by other studies, for the alleviated inflammatory immunologic response recently obtained by a weekly use of maternal intravenous immunoglobulins.

TL;DR: Observations are a very strong argument in favour of the crucial role played by tubal regurgitation and the peritoneal fluid in the physiopathology of endometriosis.

TL;DR: The combination of abnormal uterine artery Doppler and low placental volume at 11-14 weeks achieves better results than does either test alone in the prediction of pre-eclampsia.

TL;DR: Office-based hysteroscopic polypectomy is a safe and feasible procedure and should be addressed in patients with endometrial or isthmic polyps < or = 2 cm in diameter, and the procedure limits in terms of patient procedure compliance are size of polyps and operating time, independent from menopausal status and previous vaginal delivery.

TL;DR: Teenage primigravid women are more likely to have a spontaneous vaginal delivery, without compromising the maternal or neonatal outcome.

TL;DR: According to the review of the patients in this study and of the literature, early detection and complete surgical resection are important for long-term survival and it seems that adjuvant chemotherapy or concurrent chemoradiation therapy have roles in treating this malignancy.

TL;DR: There is a high prevalence of severe nausea and vomiting among relatives of hyperemesis gravidarum cases in this study population, and this study provides strong but preliminary evidence for a genetic component to extreme nausea and vomit of pregnancy.

TL;DR: Histopathological classification appears to be the strongest prognostic factor in this disease.

TL;DR: Being male carries an increased risk of spontaneous but not iatrogenic preterm birth, and the reasons behind this remain obscure.

TL;DR: It is suggested that increased MMPs and altered beta-catenin may play a role in the pathogenesis of endometriosis, an interesting finding in view of the fact that both these diseases are capable of invasion and metastasis, but have different biological behavior.

TL;DR: Lactate in arterial umbilical cord blood might be a more direct and accordingly more correct indicator of fetal asphyxia at delivery than pH and SBE (or ABE) and its potential as a predictor of neonatal outcome needs to be evaluated in future studies.

TL;DR: Tranexamic acid does not seem to be a useful adjunct in myomectomy if given according to the described protocol in this study, and the first in the literature evaluating the effectiveness of tranexamic Acid use on peri- and postoperative bleeding in gynecological surgery.

TL;DR: Coping appears to be of major importance to the psychological consequences of endometriosis, and significant positive correlations were found between coping and depression/anxiety, and between pain severity and subjective psychosocial impairment.