International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

OBJECTIVE: To optimize prediction for intestinal invasion of epithelial ovarian cancer. It is important to achieve debulking surgery to improve prognosis in ovarian cancer; intestinal resection is adopted if the cancer is invaded and resect…

This review covers the significant new developments in the pathological classification of gynecological tumors. Many of these were included in the updated World Health Organization Classification of Female Genital Tract Tumours, published i…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the level of sexual function during the COVID-19 pandemic in pregnant women followed up in Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey, using the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). METHODS: An observational anal…

OBJECTIVE: To conduct a clinical trial to investigate the effect of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), a non-hormonal drug, on the volume of leiomyoma, the most common benign tumor in women. METHODS: This study is a randomized clinical trial, which …

Thirteen years after the last supplement on obstetric fistula, the authors challenge the progress achieved. Citing the ongoing need for a standardized classification system, uniform surgical training and certification, evaluation, follow-up…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate fertility intensions among couples in Shanghai under the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) pandemic against the backdrop of persistently low fertility. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out using data…

Despite changes in healthcare approaches due to the COVID‐19 pandemic, patients with chronic pelvic pain should be assured of optimal access to care.

Surgery in suspected/confirmed COVID-19 patients is a high-risk venture. In infected patients, COVID-19 is present in the body cavity. During surgery it could be nebulized in the spray generated by surgical instruments and could theoretical…

Guidelines to aid restoration of surgical procedures whilst balancing COVID‐19 risk must be accompanied by medico‐legal guidance for doctors and individual holistic assessment for patients.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on admissions to gynecological emergency departments (ED) of three Italian university hospitals with different rates of COVID-19 incidence. METHODS: A retrospective study was condu…

BACKGROUND: The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) systems for nomenclature of symptoms of normal and abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) in the reproductive years (FIGO AUB System 1) and for classification of causes o…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the reproducibility of classifying uterine fibroids using the 2011 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system. METHODS: The present retrospective cohort study included patients prese…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of occult pre-malignant or malignant uterine pathology at the time of laparoscopic surgery with open power morcellation for benign gynecologic disease. METHODS: The present multicenter, retrospective …

OBJECTIVE: To compare the operative time between robot-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomies and standard laparoscopic hysterectomies. METHODS: A prospective, randomized controlled trial enrolled women aged 18-80 years attending Penn State …

OBJECTIVE: To assess self-reported prevalence, knowledge, and health literacy regarding heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) among African American women. METHODS: A quantitative cross-sectional survey study was conducted. An original survey was…

OBJECTIVE: To assess differences in gynecologic history and lightheadedness during menstrual cycle phases among patients with POTS and healthy control women. METHODS: In a prospective, questionnaire-based study carried out at Paden Autonom…

OBJECTIVE: To define the scope of the problems associated with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and optimize management. METHOD: Clinical trial results and healthcare utilization data from the literature were reviewed. RESULTS: Recent evidence s…

Between January 1984 and December 1987, out of a total gynecological admission of 1706 patients at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, 72 had primary cancers of the female genital organs (excluding malignant trophoblastic dis…

The use of laparoscopy allowed us to diagnose asymptomatic pelvic schistosomiasis in 13 infertile women. The lesion was associated with dense pelvic adhesions in all cases, a defective luteal phase in 23.1% of the women and anovulation in 1…