... analysis, HIV infection (HR = 1.79, 95% CI: 1.16–2.76, p = 0.008), along with FIGO staging (HR = 1.39, 95% CI: 1.24–1.58, p < 0.001), regular CC screening (HR = 0.52, 95% CI: 0.35–0.78, p = 0.001), recurrence (HR = 2.05, 95% CI: 1.59–2.63, p < 0.001), and surgery (HR = 0.39, 95% CI: 0.32–0.48...

... stage IV breast cancer in National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2016. The patients were classified into surgery and nonsurgery groups. Overall survival (OS) and distant progression-free survival (DPFS) were evaluated...

...Letizia Freschi; Nicola Pluchino; Stefano Angioni; Giovanna Simi; Maria Ruggiero; Vito Cela Aims: To present preliminary data of single-access laparoscopic surgery with a new device for the treatment of benign adnexal pathologies. Methods: Ten women with benign adnexal pathologies underwent...

... patient positions during surgery. Methods: In this study, 146 patients underwent MUS surgery in a urogynecology clinic. Of them, 72 patients underwent the intraoperative surgical procedure of reverse trendelenburg patient positioning for tape adjustment (group 1) and the remaining 74 patients had...

..., and during abdominopelvic exploration and dye test compared to the baseline HR, the HR after hand washing, at the end of surgery and during skin suture (91.6 ± 1.9, 104.8 ± 2.3, 95.3 ± 2.2, 93.7 ± 2.5, 90.7 ± 1.7 vs. 83.2 ± 1.6, 88.6 ± 1.9, 87.4 ± 2.1, 88.2 ± 1.9 bpm, respectively, p < 0.02). Conclusion...

... stress was increased by repeated surgical treatments and reduced by some medical treatments. The median PSS value was 23 (range 9-36) and 30.6% of the study population were included in the highest stress category (>26). The highest levels were found in patients who had undergone the most surgery...

... patients (83.54%) had little or no schooling and had the lowest survival curve. Many patients were diagnosed in the early stages of the disease (57.09% FIGO IB), 59% had complications due to surgery and 43.71% had disease recurrence, of which about 70% died. Conclusions: Our study adds 300 Brazilian cases...

...., USA) and Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA). Mean operative numbers between graduates in 2007 and 2003 were compared. The following procedures were evaluated: spontaneous vaginal delivery, forceps-assisted vaginal delivery, vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery, cesarean delivery, surgery...

... Panagiotis Bakas Maria Giner Georgios Creatsas 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aretaieio Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece Key Words Tension-free vaginal tape Transobturator vaginal tape from inside to outside Stress incontinence Female incontinence Surgery Abstract...

.... Their clinical course was followed and the clinician responsible for the patient completed forms at admission and at discharge. Two groups were established retrospectively, those who were treated conservatively and those who underwent surgery. The outcome results were analyzed with regard to IUD use, duration...

... to the response to medical treatment. Forty-three patients, responding to antibiotic therapy, constituted group A, whereas 17 patients who did not respond and were further treated by sonographically guided drainage or surgery, were included in group B. The groups were compared with respect to patient...

... surgery for symptomatic endometriosis is to completely remove endometriosis. However, despite this strategy, laparoscopic surgery nonetheless creates two categories of patients; complete and incomplete surgery groups. We found by comparing the two groups that both were comparable in terms of fecundity...