A study was performed to clarify the clinicopathological differences between premenopausal endometrial carcinoma, which occurs during the reproductive period, and postmenopausal endometrial carcinoma. We analyzed 76 patients with endometrial carcinoma treated in our department between January 1984 and July 1994. Using classification criteria which included menstrual history and results of endoc...

OBJECTIVES To examine contributing factors and potential reasons for hospital differences in unexpected newborn complication rates in Florida. METHODS We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study of linked birth certificate and hospital discharge records from 2004 to 2013. The study population included 1 604 774 term, singleton live births in 124 hospitals. Severe and moderate c...

BACKGROUND Antibiotic treatment during pregnancy and birth is very common. In this study, we describe the estimated prevalence of antibiotic administration during pregnancy and birth in the COPSAC2010 pregnancy cohort, and analyze dependence on social and lifestyle-related factors. METHODS 706 pregnant women from the novel unselected Copenhagen Prospective Study on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to compare the neonatal outcomes and intrapartum events conducted by staff versus resident physicians in full term vaginal deliveries. METHODS We divided study population (n = 5,007) into two groups: staff versus resident physicians. These two groups were sub-divided; faculty versus fellow and senior versus junior resident, respectively. The maternal ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding contraception of parous women. STUDY DESIGN A cross- sectional survey. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Out-patient Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sir Syed Hospital, Karachi, from October 2008 to March 2009. METHODOLOGY A self-maintained structured questionnaire was used to interview 100 parous wo...

Objectives: To identify the risk factors and evaluate early neonatal outcomes of premature infants in Duhok Hospital for Obstetrics Gynecology, a tertiary center Kurdistan Region - Iraq. Methods: This cross sectional study was carried out from September 1/2021 to December 31/2021. Four hundred participants were recruited, 200 preterm term. The examined followed till delivery. Multivariable logi...

Background: The frequency of patients developing Breast Cancer (BC) among all other types cancers exceeds 35% in Western Algeria. main objective here was to determine which risk factors were associated with this high BC occurrence young adult women (<40 years old) Methods: A case-control study matching the woman age conducted. total number participants 484 from Inclusion criteria and <40 ...

BACKGROUND Many studies have reported an increased risk of developing a second primary malignancy (SPM) of the breast in women treated for thyroid cancer. In this study, we investigated several potential risk factors for this association. The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to identify a subgroup of women surgically treated for papillary thyroid cancer that may benefit from more care...

Rising cesarean section (CS) rates are a global public health problem. The systematic review investigates key indications for performing CS and factors significantly associated with the rising rate of in South Asia. Primary studies Asia published between January 2010 December 2018 were searched using relevant electronic databases: MEDLINE, Scopus, PubMed, Web Science, CINAHL, NepJOL, BanglaJOL....

P lastic surgeons have considered a certain type of breast as ideal for many years. However, there is little discussion in the plastic surgery literature regarding why this specific type is aesthetically pleasant. Other fields, such as evolutionary biology, might have the answers to this question. Many studies have shown the importance of facial symmetry and waist-to-hip ratios to determine bea...