Dimitris Loutradis
Assisted reproduction progressively gained ground as a mean of conception and has helped at least 10 million couples conceive through IVF and other types of ART. Fertility treatments are intricate, with multiple processes involved …
Mahvash Zargar, Batool Asarzadeh, Mojgan Barati
Background: A higher risk of birth defects in assisted reproductive technologies (ART) pregnancies compared to natural pregnancies has been previously reported. Objective: This retrospective study aimed to explore the association of male-factor related infertility with first-trimester anomalies, aneuploidy, and biochemical markers in infertile patients undergoing ART …
Moustafa Mohamed Abbas, Alaa El Din Hamed El-Feky, Fatma Hassan Abd El-Aal
Objective: Surgical site infections (SSIs) among surgical patients are the most common nosocomial infection, accounting for 38 percent. It is estimated that SSIs develop in 2 to 5 percent of the more than 30 million patients undergoing surgical procedures each year. We aimed to assess the impact of changing sterile gloves at the time of wound closure to reduce SSI in women undergoing elective cesarean …
Elpida Ralli, Kyriaki Mitta, Eirini Toulika, Ioannis Tsakiridis, Apostolos Mamopoulos, Ioannis Kalogiannidis, Apostolos Athanasiadis, Themistoklis Dagklis
Introduction: There has been a notable worldwide rise in the percentage of women delivering via cesarean section. Although cesarean section is generally considered safe, there is a possibility of significant health risks and even mortality associated with it. The aim of this study was to collect pertinent data on the perspectives of healthcare providers, particularly obstetricians, who are involved …
A. A Oluwole, Obodo Chioma Ethel, Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu, Christian Chigozie Makwe, Kehinde S. Okunade, Emmanuel Owie, Ijeoma Chinenye Ohagwu, Uzoma Chinedu Ifezue, Akase Iorhen, Ngwu Hillary, Ajachukwu Placcid
Background: Coronaviruses are a group of enveloped positive-stranded RNA viruses. They constitute a very important human and animal pathogens. COVID-19, a novel coronavirus was identified towards the end of 2019 following a cluster of pneumonia in Wuhan city in China. Our study aims to document the obstetrics parameters and outcomes of pregnant women diagnosed and managed at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria …
O. I. Kamel, H. M. Samour, M. F. Gomaa, S. A. Mohamed
Background: Laparoscopic hysterectomy patients report high levels of postoperative pain and inadequate pain relief. This minimally invasive procedure is difficult to manage and leads to increased opioid use, limited mobility, and higher risks of complications, delayed rehabilitation and prolonged hospital stay. Objective: To determine the analgesic efficacy of bupivacaine’s intraperitoneal …
Mostafa Hassan Ragab, Mohamed Elsherbiny Hamed, Waleed Hitlar Ahmed
Aim: The main goal is to identify the pathognomonic sonographic signs for foetal SARS-CoV-2 infection and to determine whether or not transplacental SARS-CoV-2 transmission is possible. Patients and Methods: In total, 105 pregnant women with positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR swabs during the first trimester …
Vasilios Pergialiotis, Dimitrios Efthymios Vlachos, Loukas Feroussis, Vasilios Lygizos, Ioannis Rodolakis, Konstantinos Bramis, Eleftherios Zachariou, Georgios Daskalakis, Nikolaos Thomakos, Dimitrios Haidopoulos
Background: Splenectomy is a very common procedure that is frequently necessary in cases requiring upper abdominal surgery for ovarian cancer. To date, the impact of postoperative thrombocytosis on ovarian cancer survival has not been studied. In the present retrospective cohort study we chose to evaluate the impact of post-splenectomy thrombocytosis on survival outcomes of patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer …
Koutras A, Fasoulakis Z, Asimakopoulos G, Tasias K, Daskalakis G, Theodora M, Antsaklis P
Isolated dextrogastria is an uncommon congenital abnormality defined by rightward stomach rotation. Although it was usually thought to be a harmless discovery with no long-term implications, potential connections with other congenital malformations have been documented. In our case, a 30-year-old primigravida’s fetus with isolated dextrogastria and an abdominal cyst …