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Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is the most comnmon muscular dystrophy seen in adults.

controversy regarding use of varicocelectomy for treatment of male-factor infertility

April 15, 2001 Updates and Literature News

Although there is still no gold standard for screening women at risk for the disease, there are several valuable procedures available.

One of the surgeon's most important decisions is choosing the proper suture.

Innovations like HDTV laparoscopy and virtual colonoscopy--which once were only science fiction--will continue transforming surgery and the OR as we know them today.

Cost, ease of use, and patient acceptance are the key factors in determining which technique is best. The jury is still out on mnay of the newer techniques because of a paucity of long-term data.

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Preventing postoperative pain

identification and treatment of PMS and PMDD

Although properly managing women with APS during pregnancy decreases both maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality, lack of standardization in lab testing can confuse clinicians. Complicating matters further, treatment can sometimes be controversial.

Here's how to identify fetuses affected with one of the three major sickle hemoglobinopathies--along with antepartum and intrapartum management strategies to improve maternal and perinatal outcome.

The latest NIH consensus development panel has concluded that a single course of therapy can improve clinical outcomes for preterm infants. They also caution that more is not necessarily better.

Infectious complications following suction procedures are quite uncommon in the US, but with the introduction of RU-486, that remains an unresolved issue.

Since the CDC recommendations have been put into practice, we've seen a dramatic decline in early-onset neonatal GBS infections. But an expert in the field discusses several unresolved issues and emphasizes the need for continued vigilance to keep the disease under control.

The 2001 annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine offered a wide array of important research findings--and new clinical implications--on tocolysis, thrombophilia, cerclage, antenatal steroid therapy, and group B streptocccal infection.

Treating labor-related low back pain with sterile water injections

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Reducing the frequency of menstruation--or simply eliminating it--is a safe and effective option for many women, argues this author. Controlling when and whether menstruation occurs may even be beneficial to their health.

Reducing the frequency of menstruation--or simply eliminating it--is a safe and effective option for many women, argues this author. Controlling when and whether menstruation occurs may even be beneficial to their health.

Although antibiotics have reduced the number of SPT-related postdelivery pelvic venous infections, diagnosing the underlying disease continues to be a challenge.

Inside this Issue: Gynecologic Endoscopy – Partnerships without Borders Editor’s Corner Laparoscopic Surgery in the Year 2001 The Lap-Loop Utilization for Laparoscopic Subtotal and Total Hysterectomy The Use of Endoscopy in Fetal Medicine Painless Laparoscopy? Should Young Women with Uterine Fibroids be Treated with Uterine Artery Embolization Interview with Dr. Camran Nezhat Letters to the Editor