Demographic changes across the country are leading to an increased proportion of older Americans. This shift will likely lead to changes in the patient population seen by obstetrician/gynecologists, and practices may need to adapt to the needs of older women. This article looks at mental health, sexual health, bone loss, cardiovascular disease and cancer as areas in which obstetrician/gynecolog...

Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a minimally invasive procedure with large symptomatic potential in treatment of women with uterine leiomyomas. Due to specificities of this method and possible complications the appropriate indication is crucial. Patient' symptoms, age, plans for pregnancy, and surgical and reproductive history play a major role in decision-making regarding appropriate subje...

Accessible online at: www.karger.com/ort Fax +49 761 4 52 07 14 [email protected] www.karger.com Physicians’ and Patients’ Knowledge of Cancer Screening – A Wake-Up Call A study that surveyed 65 German physicians yielded no better results [7]. 76% thought that the 5-year survival rate demonstrated the benefit of screening, and only 1 of the 65 physicians was in a position to adequately exp...

Background and Objectives: Beyond the influence of anthropometric, demographic and race, nutrition is considered as one of the most important risk factors for development of preeclampsia (PE). The issue has grown controversial in light of recent reports. This paper, purposes to compare the nutritional and demographic status between PE women and normal pregnancy in south east of Iran. Materials...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the risk of therapy discontinuation in breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen with and without conversion to a rebate pharmaceutical (tamoxifen) and to analyze the negative consequences of rebate contracts on the compliance of breast cancer patients among gynecologist and general practitioner practices in Germany. METHODS This retrosp...

Ovarian tumors are an important and urgent problem of modern gynecology. This is due to the difficulties in diagnosing neoplasms absence characteristic complaints frequent asymptomatic course. Pediatric surgeons, pediatric gynecologists should conduct differential diagnostics between ovarian abdominal cavity retroperitoneal space order timely diagnose treat prevent possible medical error. The a...

Rheumatic diseases (RD) primarily affect young women of reproductive age and therefore pregnancy in these patients requires more attention. Pregnancy with RD a multidisciplinary, carefully coordinated approach before, during after to ensure the best possible prognosis for mother baby. Treatment post-natal period may be major challenge both rheumatologists obstetrics-gynaecologists. Risk stratif...

Background: Uterus Didelphys is one of the rare cases uterine abnormalities that mostly asymptomatic until pregnancy and delivery. The present report introduces a case double uterus with separate cervix common vagina (Uterus Didelphys). Materials Methods: patient was 38-year-old woman referred to radiology clinic by gynecologist. She pregnant at time; however, she had history repeated miscarria...