Twelve sows were used to examine the effects of feeding L-carnitine from artificial insemination to mid-gestation on maternal circulating IGF-I and carnitine concentrations and fetal growth. Supplementing L-carnitine did not influence the serum concentration of IGF-I. However, sows that were fed carnitine had increased circulating plasma free carnitine. Litters from sows fed L-carnitine were he...

We performed aspiration of early pregnancy on 100 women requesting termination, using a low caliber angled catheter under sonographic guidance, without analgesia or anesthesia. The sonographic inclusion criteria for the study were: (1) mean gestational sac diameter less than 30 mm, or (2) crown rump length less than 10 mm when an embryo was visualized. The uterine content was successfully evacu...

Methods A 27-year-old woman with gravida 2, parity 1, was admitted to our unit because of twin pregnancy at 12th weeks' gestation. Ultrasound examination was performed using a 7. 5 MHz transvaginal probe with two-dimensional ultrasonography. The crown-rump length measurements were 49 mm and 51 mm respectively, consistent with 12 weeks of gestation. The fetal chests were fused and only one fetal...

This report describes a 40-year-old woman with primary ovarian pregnancy which was mistaken clinically and grossly for germ cell tumor of the ovary, since it was associated with a high level of serum alpha-fetoprotein (278 ng/ml) and with excretion of urinary hCG (1 000 IU/l). The ovarian mass measured 10 X 10 X 11 cm, and weighed 215 g. Total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy we...

Objective To evaluate the association between demographic and ultrasound variables major intra-operative blood loss during surgical transcervical evacuation of live caesarean scar pregnancies. Study Design This was a retrospective cohort study conducted in tertiary referral center 2008 2019. We included all women diagnosed with ectopic pregnancy who chose to have management center. A preoperati...