Objective: To find out whether initiating external cephalic version (ECV) earlier in pregnancy increase the rate of successful ECV procedures, and be more effective in decreasing the non cephalic presentations at birth and also cesarean section rate. Methodology: This interventional study was conducted in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology st Mardan Medical Complex from first July 2010 to ...

Considering the significance of in time diagnosis of fetal occlusive uropatthy and with regard to successful reports on intrauterine treatment of this condition in other countries, in this study one such case was examined in Shaheed Akbarabadi hospital. The patient was a 18 years woman and his husband was her relative with a family history of Prune-belly syndrome. At 24th week of pregnancy, th...

introduction maternal and fetal characteristics can be effect on optimism which vary among different cultures and countries. so the aim of this study was to determine prenatal optimism and its relationship with fetal and maternal characteristics in primiparous women. materials and methods this research study was a descriptive cross - sectional. the statistical populations consisted of 240 pregn...

OBJECTIVE A large trial published in 2000 concluded that planned vaginal delivery of term breech births is associated with high neonatal risks. Because the obstetric practices in that study differed from those in countries where planned vaginal delivery is still common, we conducted an observational prospective study to describe neonatal outcome according to the planned mode of delivery for ter...

The semi-allogeneic fetus, whose genome consists of maternally and paternally inherited alleles, must coexist with an active maternal immune system during its 9 months in utero. Macrophages are the second most abundant immune cell at the maternal-fetal interface, although populations and functions for these populations remain ill defined. We have previously reported two distinct subsets of CD14...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the increased cesarean rate for term breech presentation on neonatal outcome. We also investigated whether the clinical case selection for vaginal delivery applied by Dutch obstetricians led to an optimization of neonatal outcome, or whether there is still room for improvement in terms of perinatal outcome. DESIGN Retrospective coh...

BACKGROUND Fetus in fetu (FIF) is a rare entity in which a malformed diamniotic monochorionic parasitic fetal twin develops inside a normal co-twin's body, most commonly in the abdominal cavity. FIF is differentiated from the teratoma by the presence of vertebral column often with an appropriate arrangement of other organs or limbs around it. CASE REPORT A two-and-a-half-year-old girl present...

Abstract
 Labor is the process of expelling a fetus that born naturally in full pregnancy (32-42 weeks) with posterior head presentation within 18 hours without complications for both mother and fetus. Some mothers feel traumatized to give birth again fear experiencing pain during childbirth. For who have given birth, often occurs childbirth, but if it not handled properly can cause other ...

INTRODUCTION We report an unusual case of upper airway compromise complicated by thyroid storm in a pregnant woman with Graves' disease, ending with the in utero death of the fetus. This complication might have developed due to upper airway edema as a result of poorly controlled hyperthyroidism. CASE PRESENTATION A 41-year-old Turkish woman at 27 weeks' gestation suffering from Graves' diseas...

In this report, levels of the 3243 A to G mtDNA mutation associated with the mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome were measured in different heteroplasmic tissues of subjects in a kindred including adults with variable clinical phenotypes and a fetus. The relative proportions of mutant mtDNA varied widely (0.03 to 0.67) between identical tissu...