OBJECTIVE To evaluate the usefulness of transvaginal ultrasound measurements of cervical length before and after elective prophylactic cervical cerclage in predicting preterm delivery before 32 weeks of gestation. METHODS Women who underwent an elective cerclage operation at 14 to 19 weeks of gestation and who delivered between January 2004 and December 2009 were enrolled in this study (n=52)...

OBJECTIVE To compare pregnancy outcome after elective vs. ultrasound-indicated cervical cerclage in women at high risk of spontaneous mid-trimester loss or early preterm birth. METHODS This was a retrospective study comparing two management strategies in women with singleton pregnancies who had at least one previous spontaneous delivery at 16-33 weeks of gestation. One group was managed by th...

Abdominal cerclages are necessary when the standard transvaginal cerclages fail or anatomical abnormalities preclude the vaginal placement. The disadvantage of the transabdominal approach is that it requires at least 2 laparotomies with significant morbidity and hospital stays. We discuss a case of abdominal cerclage performed laparoscopically. We feel it offers less morbidity and in the proper...

Comparison of transabdominal and transvaginal sonography in measuring cervical lenghts in midpregnancy Objective: To compare the transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasonographic measuring of cervical length in midtrimester of pregnancy. Material and Methods: This retrospective study was performed in a university hospital. The pregnant women between 18-20 weeks gestation were included to the stu...

background: as delay in diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy is directly associated with increasing mortality, it studying the high sensitivity and specificity of transvaginal color doppler sonography as the most preferred imaging method with the most accurate and rapid diagnosis results seems to be necessary. therefore, this study aims to evaluate the diagnostic value of transvaginal color doppler s...

objective: in order to evaluate the endometrium by ultrasound in patients undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (coh) with clomiphene citrate (cc) and human menopausal gonadotropin (hmg) with intrauterine insemination (iui) to determine the relationship between endometrial pattern and thickness on pregnancy rate (pr). methods: in this prospective study, 108 infertile couples underwent ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Long-term administration of tamoxifen causes endometrial changes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of transvaginal sonography and vaginoscopic hysteroscopy in the screening of patients on tamoxifen. METHODS Seventy patients with breast cancer treated with tamoxifen 20 mg daily underwent transvaginal sonography and vaginoscopic hysteroscopy, a modified r...

OBJECTIVES To study the fetal outcome with the use of McDonald cerclage and total cervical occlusion in women with recurrent mid-trimester miscarriages or preterm deliveries, as well as complications of total cervical occlusion in the women. METHODS Prospective descriptive observational study on patients with two or more mid-trimester miscarriages, deliveries before 36 weeks, or patients who ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the efficiency of the current diagnostic work up following postmenopausal bleeding could be improved by diagnostic strategies that take into account characteristics of the women in addition to the currently recommended transvaginal measurement of endometrial thickness to determine for subsequent histological assessment. DESIGN Multicent...