Mark H Glasser, MD, is the Chief of the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Rafael, California. E-mail: [email protected]. Presented at the Global Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy, the 33rd Annual meeting of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, San Francisco, California, November 10-13, 2004, and published in abstract form in J Am Asso...

Background. Benign cystic mesothelioma (BCM) is a rare tumor that arises from the abdominal peritoneum with a predilection to the pelvic peritoneum. For this reason, it can often mimic gynecologic malignancies. Case. A 47-year-old perimenopausal female presented reporting several weeks of abdominal distention associated with abdominal tenderness and constipation. Computed tomography revealed a ...

OBJECTIVE To conduct a systematic review to evaluate the evidence of the use of incentive spirometry (IS) for the prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications and for the recovery of pulmonary function in patients undergoing abdominal, cardiac and thoracic surgeries. METHODS Searches were performed in the following databases: Medline, Embase, Web of Science, PEDro and Scopus to select ...