Gynecology

A new analysis of data from a nationwide hospital-based dataset shows that black women have higher odds of being diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer-a subtype associated with poorer prognosis-than do white women, regardless of socioeconomic status (SES). The report was published in the June issue of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.

Postabortal placental polyps and uterine arteriovenous malformations can look identical on ultrasonography. Read how saline instillation sonohysterography helped discern the diagnosis.

Informed consent is more than just a signed consent form, says ethics blogger Paul Burcher, MD, PhD, who weighs in on a different way to think about this practice.

According to a new study in Cancer, the incidence of cervical cancer in older women may be higher than has been previously reported.

Women who engage in vigorous physical activity before a diagnosis of ovarian cancer may be at lower risk of dying of the disease, according to a new report by investigators from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI).

When endometrial ablation fails, ultrasound-guided reoperative hysteroscopic surgery helps patients avoid hysterectomy.

Morris Wortman, MD performs an ultrasound-guided reoperative hysteroscopic surgery on a patient who had undergone endometrial ablation approximately 18 months earlier.

Vaginal hysterectomies are associated with superior patient outcomes and cost less than other methods of hysterectomy. So why is their rate of use declining?

Women undergoing the menopausal transition may be prone to prolonged bleeding with periods of heaviness, according to a new study in BJOG.

A safety communication discouraging use of power morcellation during hysterectomy or myomectomy for fibroids has been issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) because of concern about risk of inadvertent spread of unsuspected cancer to abdominal and pelvic cavities.

The FDA has weighed in on the safety of uterine fibroid morcellation. Given the current evidence, find out what they recommend.

A recent study in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention indicates that the link between breast cancer and fertility drugs may not be as strong as previously suspected.

The reported outcomes for the da Vinci robot have been disappointing, but a new study shows that surgeons can achieve expert-level results using the Morristown Protocol.

Was there an unreasonable delay in making the diagnosis, and did that delay have an effect on the patient’s treatment and overall life expectancy?

The best strategy for identifying pelvic masses and triaging patients to the appropriate surgeons.

In this first installment of a regular series, a doctor test-drives two surgical tools and finds them friendly and functional.

New research expected this year will bring about significant changes to clinical practice. Here, society leaders share what’s on their radar for 2014.

The two widely used surgeries for apical prolapse work equally well for both apical prolapse and stress urinary incontinence two years postsurgery, research shows.

What research from the past year will have the most significant impact on women's health care? The leaders of five major ob/gyn societies weigh in.

In a unanimous vote, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee has recommended that the agency give premarket approval to a human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test as first-line screening for cervical cancer.

According to a recent study in JAMA, neither the sacrospinous ligament fixation (SSLF) nor the uterosacral ligament vaginal vault suspension (ULS) procedure is superior to the other in the treatment of vaginal prolapse and stress urinary incontinence.

A head-to-head comparison of salpingotomy and salpingectomy finds that removing the affected tube after an ectopic pregnancy doesn’t affect fertility as expected.

Diet can’t cure endometriosis, but dietary recommendations could be part of the treatment. Find out here why choosing certain foods may help reduce symptoms.

A study by Canadian researchers shows that preventive oophorectomy reduces risk of ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer by 80% in women who have BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. Published in The Journal of Clinical Oncology, the report also documented a 77% reduction in all-cause mortality.

Researchers identified a distinctive profile of cytokine activity in women with endometriosis, which could lead to the development of a clinically useful patient stratification system.

Ovarian cancer is notorious for its late stage at diagnosis and its poor prognosis. In the absence of good screening tests, salpingectomy is the only form of prophylaxis for this cancer.

When a postmenopausal patient presents with signs and symptoms of a gynecologic malignancy, one should consider the possibility of genital tuberculosis in women who have immigrated to the United States.

Gynecologic surgeons should give consideration to the balance of benefit and harm that accompanies laparoscopic tissue morcellation, in addition to exploring surgical alternatives and methods to mitigate complications.

Some societies and institutions are developing formal policies on morcellation in response to an increase in public concern over the possibility of this procedure spreading and upstaging undetected cancer in the uterus.

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