A single dose of prophylactic antibiotics during repair of a third- or fourth-degree perineal laceration decreases the wound infection rate 2 weeks postpartum.
Episiotomy at first vaginal delivery increases the risk of spontaneous obstetric laceration in the subsequent delivery.
Colposcopic findings used in grading cervical lesions, including acetowhitening, margins, color, and vascularity, are poorly reproducible when used to assess static cervical images.
Laparoscopic excision of endometriosis has a higher long-term failure rate than hysterectomy.
The efficacy of suction and nonsuction drains is clinically equal in the removal of pelvic fluid during the postoperative period after gynecologic laparoscopic surgery.
Women who self-select participation in a fitness class for pelvic floor symptoms experience and maintain significant improvement in multiple pelvic symptoms and sexual function.
In symptomatic women, only 19% of postvoid residual volumes are higher than 30 mL and are more prevalent with increasing age, prolapse, and recurrent urinary tract infections.
Membrane sweeping does not increase the overall rate of prelabor rupture of membranes.
The addition of oxytocin to transcervical Foley catheter for preinduction cervical ripening does not improve overall induction success compared with transcervical Foley catheter alone.
Cesarean delivery increases the risk in a subsequent pregnancy of placental problems and uterine rupture.
A rapid, real-time polymerase chain reaction assay demonstrates excellent sensitivity and specificity relative to a predicate nucleic acid amplification test.
Low-dose estradiol transdermal spray is efficacious and well-tolerated in women with postmenopausal vasomotor symptoms.
Multiple courses of corticosteroids for fetal maturation are not associated with persistent or cumulative effects on maternal bone metabolism.
Results of a survey show the need for provider training on updated intrauterine insertion guidelines and side effects, including important differences between hormonal and nonhormonal devices.
Sinecatechins, defined green tea extracts, are effective and well-tolerated in the treatment of anogenital warts.
Women infected with human immunodeficiency virus-1 have a high prevalence of infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus, high rates of persistent human papillomavirus infection, and cytologic abnormalities of the cervix.
Human immunodeficiency virus-infected women face a higher risk of abnormal Pap test results than uninfected women, but high-grade abnormalities remain uncommon.
Small cell cervical cancer is an aggressive malignancy associated with a poor prognosis, and treatment with multimodality therapy should be considered.
A combined ratio of angiogenesis-related factors is a new biomarker that more effectively predicts which women will subsequently develop preeclampsia.
Obesity and extreme obesity are associated with neonatal mortality in blacks only.
Recurrent sexually transmitted diseases among teenagers were significantly reduced after behavioral intervention, and unprotected sex with untreated partners was the behavior most predictive of reinfection.
External anal sphincter function is compromised severely after sphincter transection with repair, but fully recovers as early as 3 months after injury and is maintained at 6 months.
As electronic medical records become more widely used, clinicians should consider issues of patient confidentiality, privacy, and implications for their relationships with patients.
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