Pregnancy outcomes following gabapentin use: Results of a prospective comparative cohort study

Fertility outcomes following obstetric fistula repair: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND Obstetric fistula (OF) is a maternal morbidity associated with high rates of stillbirth, amenorrhea, and sexual dysfunction. Limited data exists on the reproductive outcomes of women in the years following a fistula repair. The objective of this study is to describe the fertility outcomes and family planning practices in a population of Malawian women 1-4 years after fistula repair. ...

Embryo transfer in days 2 to 4 following intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a prospective cohort study

  Background: Improvement of assisted reproductive technique (ART) results in higher pregnancy rates from positive Beta HCG to take home baby statistics. Despite developments in culture media allowing blastocyst stage transfer, some centers apply second, third and sometimes fourth day post injection for embryo transfer. This study aimed to compare their reproductive outcomes.   Methods : This p...

Does ethnicity affect survival following colorectal cancer? A prospective, cohort study using Iranian cancer registry

  Background:The present study compared the differences between survivals of patients with colorectal cancer according to their ethnicity adjusted for other predictors of survival.   Methods: In this prospective cohort study patients were followed up from definite diagnosis of colorectal cancer to death. Totally, 2431 person-year follow-ups were undertaken for 1127 colorectal cancer patients on...

Reproductive Outcomes Following Ectopic Pregnancy: Register-Based Retrospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND We aimed to compare reproductive outcomes following ectopic pregnancy (EP) versus livebirth, miscarriage, or termination in a first pregnancy. METHODS AND FINDINGS A retrospective cohort study design was used. Scottish national data on all women whose first pregnancy occurred between 1981 and 2000 were linked to records of a subsequent pregnancy. The exposed cohort comprised women ...

The Association Between Pre-Pregnancy Body Mass Index and Gestational Weight Gain on Pregnancy Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study