A detailed discussion on gynecology as a specialty between Prassan Vij, MD, and host Nachiket Bhatia, MD. They explore the rewards and challenges of this field, the importance…
Jennifer Lincoln, MD, a board-certified OBGYN, demonstrates a pelvic exam on a simulation model, explaining its components and purpose. She covers the external and internal anatomy assessed during…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Transcervical Foley catheter is just as effective for inducing vaginal labor as intravaginal misoprostol, but carries less risk of tachysystole, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Implementation of shoulder dystocia training was correlated with a greater than 3-fold decrease in obstetric brachial plexus injuries (OBPI) in a new retrospective…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among women with a singleton pregnancy, prior preterm birth, and a short cervix, cerclage significantly reduces the risk of another preterm delivery, as…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Retropubic or transobturator placement of tension-free vaginal tape are both effective techniques for reducing stress urinary incontinence in women. However, leg or groin…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research from Japan suggests that antenatal corticosteroids promote survival in extremely preterm infants born at 22 to 23 weeks gestation. Based on…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clinical outcomes are no better or worse when nulliparous women with an unfavorable cervix at term have elective induction of labor compared to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Wound complications occur twice as often when transverse cesarean sections are closed with staples rather than subcuticular sutures, the results of a meta-analysis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Methylene blue has certain advantages over isosulfan blue in sentinel lymph node procedures, but the risk of a palpable mass at the injection…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women undergoing emetogenic surgical procedures are less likely to have postoperative nausea and vomiting when treated with ondansetron plus casopitant than with ondansetron…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The majority of women who become pregnant after in vitro fertilization (IVF) receives progesterone throughout the first trimester, but that may not be…
