Pregnancy and Birth

I have a case that I've known for some time. She is a case of diagnosed endometriosis. I did her adhesiolisis in 1993 and then she got pregnant, then she had a big endometriotic cyst and I removed it and then she got pregnant again. In the last six years, she got 2 endometriotic cysts that were very big and causing agonizing pains and had to be surgically removed in 2 occasions. Last year she got pregnant spontaneously but missed abortion at 14 weeks and had to evacuate by extramniotic PG.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College) issued a Committee Opinion today that says although the absolute risk of planned home births is low, published medical evidence shows it does carry a two- to three-fold increase in the risk of newborn death compared with planned hospital births.

MONDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Women with occupational exposure to phthalates or pesticides appear to have a higher risk of adverse fertility and pregnancy outcomes, including prolonged time to pregnancy (TTP) and lower birth weight, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Preeclampsia is a rapidly progressive condition that affects as many as 8% of all pregnancies. To better understand how and why this process occurs, researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine looked to see if neutrophil infiltration could affect vascular expression of the enzyme matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) and other extracellular matrix proteins, which in turn might result in vascular dysfunction in women with preeclampsia.

Can HBA replace the use of SPA test in male partner screening before in vitro fertilization?

During this time of information gathering about your hysterectomy options, there are a few terms that are helpful to know about pelvic anatomy.

Questions answered by Harvey S. Marchbein, MD

Questions answered by Harvey Marchbein, MD

Questions answered by Harvey S. Marchbein, MD

Question answered by Harvey S. Marchbein, MD

Question answered by Barry L. Gruber, M.D.

Objective :To determine whether thyroid auto-antibodies (Thyroglobulin and Thyroid peroxidas antibodies) could be used as a marker for detection of abortion in cases with unexplained recurrent abortion.

Comparative Study BetweenEpidural Analgesia vs. Other Anaesthetic Techniques on the Maternal Blood Pressure and Foetal Outcome in Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH)

Objective: To investigating the relationship between cord blood erythropoietin and clinical markers of fetal hypoxia.

High blood pressure complicates almost 10 percent of all pregnancies, and the incidence is higher if the women are nulliparous or carrying multiple fetuses.

This patient is a 23 year old Gravida 1 who presents for prenatal care at 8 weeks gestation. She has a completely normal history and physical exam is compatible with an 8 week gestation. The pelvis is of normal configuration and size.

MR guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery is a non-invasive, outpatient procedure which uses high doses of focused ultrasound waves (HIFU) to destroy uterine fibroids, without affecting any of the other tissues around the fibroid.

HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound) is a highly precise procedure using high intensity, focused ultrasound to heat and destroy diseased tissue.

an innovated operation for the treatment of: Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI), Detrusor Overactivity (DO), Mixed Urinary Incontinence and Anterior Vaginal Wall Descent

Urinary continence depends on two main factors, one inherent, and one acquired.

Urinary Incontinence (UI) means involuntary escape of urine. There are 11 types of UI

Urinary Incontinence (UI) means involuntary escape of urine. There are eleven types of UI

Incontinence is the uncontrollable loss of enough urine to cause social or sanitary difficulties. When we study the body and look at how we are able to control urination, we know that an infant does not have the proper connections between their brain and their bladder to be able to control the bladder.

Everyone who has had a child knows that once a baby is born, life is never the same again.

Today we are going to talk about urinary incontinence and how OBGYN physicians can fit this into their practice. As a practicing OBGYN yourself, this is something you have a great degree of specialization in.

In 1996 we suggested an explanation of the mechanism of micturition and urinary continence. Urinary continence depends on an intact and strong internal sphincter and an acquired behavior of keeping a high alpha sympathetic tone at the internal sphincter.