Millions of women worldwide use combined oral contraception (COC). Most of them are in good health and have no contraindications to using any contraceptive method. Although extremely safe for the vast majority of women and even though the absolute risk of complications is very small, COC is associated with an increased relative risk of serious conditions including cardiovascular disease and bre...

Pelvic exenteration is a radical surgery which includes the en bloc resection of the pelvic organs and followed by surgical reconstruction (Hockel et al., 2006; Diver et al., 2012). The en bloc resection includes internal reproductive organs, rectosigmoid colon, urinary bladder and distal ureters. Pelvic exenteration is classified into 3 types; anterior pelvic exenteration, posterior pelvic exe...

BACKGROUND Traditional CTV-PTV margin recipes are not generally applicable in the situation of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) treatments of multiple target volumes with a single isocentre. In this work, we present a novel geometric method of margin derivation based on CBCT-derived anatomical data. METHODS Twenty patients with high-risk localized prostate cancer were selected for re...

Pelvic fractures are classified according to the stability of the pelvic ring. Unlike stable pelvic fractures, which heal without complications, unstable fractures may lead to pelvic ring deformities, which cause severe complications. An orthopedic surgeon must determine the stability of the pelvic ring by radiography and physical examination of the patient in order to ensure early, prompt trea...

Antenatal supervision is now in general recognized as indispensable, and there is no civilized country, where it is not practised. One of the essential objects gained by it is the determination of the cephalo-pelvic relation soon enough to form beforehand a clear conception about the character and behaviour of the future labour. The cephalo-pelvic relation is made out by the engagement of the h...

We describe a modified surgical technique for the reconstruction of major acetabular defects using a coned acetabular component (the Stanmore 'ice-cream' cone prosthesis) and report its early clinical outcomes. A single surgeon performed 28 acetabular reconstructions using a stemmed-cone acetabular prosthesis (mean age 70.9 years; 61% female) in 15 oncology patients with periacetabular metastas...

Regular physical activity, fitness, and exercise are crucial for the health maintenance and well being of people of all ages. However, increased exercise or work intensity may lead to certain medical conditions. It is conjectured that increased activity intensity may be associated with pelvic floor disorders. Pelvic floor disorders including urinary leakage and pelvic organ prolapse (dropping o...

Percutaneous ilio-sacral screw fixation is a well-established method for fixation of unstable posterior pelvic lesions. Due to unavailability of the navigation system in our institute and the limits of using CT-guided method, we tried to refine the conventional method. Between March 2011 and Nov. 2012, twenty patients with closed vertical pelvic injuries were admitted. They were 17 males and th...