OP35.07: Isolated idiopathic polyhydramnios: to karyotype or not?

Perinatal Outcome in Idiopathic Polyhydramnios.

OBJECTIVES To study perinatal outcome in idiopathic polyhydramnios. METHODS Case-control study was conducted in 500 pregnant women with idiopathic polyhydramnios (study group) and 500 normal pregnant women (control group) attending the outpatient department of SHKM Medical College, Haryana. Perinatal outcomes were recorded in both the groups. RESULTS Out of 500 cases with idiopathic polyhyd...

Idiopathic polyhydramnios and postnatal abnormalities.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the proportion and type of fetal anomalies that are associated with polyhydramnios and to examine whether in cases with idiopathic polyhydramnios during the course of pregnancy and fetal anomalies only diagnosed after birth, antenatal characteristics differ. METHODS This was a retrospective study involving all pregnancies with polyhydramnios defined by a deepest pool ...

Idiopathic Recurrent Polyhydramnios: A Rare Case Report

Polyhydramnios occurs in 1-2% of pregnancies and may be idiopathic in more than half of the cases. The diagnosis of idiopathic polyhydramnios can be made only in the absence of maternal diabetes, fetal anomalies, aneuploidies, multiple gestation, Rh incompatibility, placental tumours and non-immune hydrops. Rarely, idiopathic polyhydramnios may be recurrent in future pregnancies and sometimes n...

Folic Acid Supplementation: to Advise or not to Advise?

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis – to operate or not? A debate article

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) represents a rare condition with a potentially detrimental impact on young patients. Despite vast clinical research and published treatment guidelines and algorithms, the optimal therapeutic choice for these patients remains highly controversial. While advocates of early surgery emphasize the benefits of surgical deformity correction with regard to physical...