pelvic inflamatory

OBJECTIVE: The assessment of ectopic pregnancy, its risk factors and comparison of the treatment modalities. MATERIAL AND DESIGN: Between January 2002 and July 2009, 254 ectopic pregnancies were reviewed retrospectively at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ege University. Complaints of patients, localizations of ectopic pregnancy and comparison of patients, whether they had medical therapy or surgery, were evaluated. Metotrexate (50 mg/m2 IM) was used in hemodinamically stable patients (hCG concentrations of patients varied between 450 IU/1 and 3660 IU/1)...

The authors present their own attempt of miniinvasive management of pelvic inflammatory disease. Two groups of patients are compared--in the first one the women are treated only conservatively, while the second one has undergone miniinvasive surgical treatment. The preferences of combined therapy are pointed out.

OBJECTIVES: To assess the risk factors of ectopic pregnancy in Thai women. SETTING: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. DESIGN: Case controlled study. MATERIAL AND METHOD: From 1999 to 2000, 208 cases of ectopic pregnancy and 781 controls (postpartum women) were included in the study. The women were interviewed by trained research interviewers using a standardized questionnaire...

To determine the prevalence rates and serovar distribution of Chlamydia trachomatis cervical infections in Cuban women, two different groups were selected. Group I consisted of 60 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) seropositive women from different regions of Cuba and group II of 60 randomly selected women HIV seronegative and apparently healthy. C. trachomatis was detected in cervical scrapes by mean of nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) specific for major out membrane protein. The overall prevalence rate of C...