OBJECTIVE This study aims to determine the pathophysiology of vulvar vestibulitis and to evaluate currently used treatment options. METHODS Two hundred twenty women with vulvar vestibulitis were seen between October 1987 and March 1995. Every patient had vulvar pain when they attempted intercourse, 75% had excessive vaginal discharge, 36.4% had constant or recurring vulvar burning, and 10.9% ...

CASE REPORT A 29-year-old patient presented with fever, abdominal pain, and pyuria since 8 days earlier. There was no history of episodic hematuria. The patient was reared as a male and appeared to be a phenotypically male with short stature and male pattern of body hair. Local examination showed suprapubic fullness with distal penile hypospadias and an empty left scrotal sac. Routine investiga...

New technology was used to identify traces of a commercial barrier/spermicide in evidence from a case of a man accused of rape of a minor. Examination of vaginal swabs performed by another laboratory had been negative for seminal fluid or other sources of DNA from the suspect and we were asked to examine the remaining swabs for any traces that might have originated from the commercial product. ...

Objective: The aim of our study was to formulate and evaluate the liposomal carrier system for the local treatment for mixed vaginal infections. The combination of voriconazole and metronidazole were selected as model drugs for mixed vaginal infections.Methods:Multi lamellar liposomescomposed phosphatidylcholine and cholesterol along with combination of drugs was prepared by the thin film hydra...

PURPOSE to compare the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasonographic measurement of the uterine cervix with Bishop's score for the prediction of vaginal delivery after labor induction, with 25 mcg of misoprostol. METHODS a prospective study for the validation of a diagnostic test was conducted on 126 pregnant women with indication for labor induction. The patients were evaluated by Bishop's score...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to characterize the proteome of vaginal fluid (VF) from women with bacterial vaginosis (BV) in comparison with that from healthy women, and to evaluate the effect exerted by rifaximin vaginal tablets. METHODS Women with BV (n = 39) and matched healthy controls (n = 41) were included in the study. BV patients were distributed among four groups receiving diffe...

| 2016 | 1 The key recommendations are to perform a digital examination every four hourly to assess the progress of the first stage of labor, to carry out vaginal cleansing with povidone iodine before caesarean section, and to administer antibiotics in selected conditions (viz., before making an incision while performing caesarean section, women with group B streptococci colonization, manual re...

OBJECTIVE Our aim is to investigate sonographically detectable vault hematomas after vaginal hysterectomy and its relation to postoperative morbidity. METHODS We studied a group of 103 women who had undergone vaginal hysterectomy for benign causes apart from uterovaginal prolapse. Transabdominal ultrasound examinations were carried out 24 to 72 hours after surgery to assess the presence of va...

A 32-year-old pregnant woman presented to the hospital with abdominal pain and minimal vaginal bleeding. Transvaginal ultrasound revealed visible fluid in pelvic region with suspected tubal rupture, and subsequently laparoscopy was performed. During laparoscopy, additional gynecologic pathologies were noticed. Histopathologic finding showed dermoid and endometriotic cyst, as well as tubo-ovaria...

SYNOPSIS The activities of phosphohexose isomerase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase have been studied in the vaginal fluid of women from the gynaecological departments. Women from these departments gave a very high false positive rate, though no cases of carcinoma in situ were not detected by estimating phosphohexose isomerase levels. It gave considerably better results in malignancy than 6...