Ginekologia polskaPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2022-12-08DOI: 10.5603/GP.a2022.0142
Xiaofei He, Sha Liao
{"title":"Clinical significance of bladder training in preoperative localization of high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation of uterine fibroids.","authors":"Xiaofei He, Sha Liao","doi":"10.5603/GP.a2022.0142","DOIUrl":"10.5603/GP.a2022.0142","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is widely used to treat uterine fibroids. HIFU preoperative localization of uterine fibroids can be used to determine whether the patient is a suitable candidate for HIFU treatment. This study investigated the clinical significance of bladder training in improving the success rate of HIFU preoperative localization uterine fibroids.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Our sample consists of patients who planned to undergo HIFU treatment in our hospital but who were failed in previous HIFU preoperative localization. They were recruited between July 2021 and April 2022, and randomly divided into experimental and control groups. A total of 150 patients were enrolled. Each group consisted of 75 patients. The patients in the experimental group adopted the procedure of drinking water multiple times and retaining urine. The training program lasted three days. The patients in the control group were required to keep regular drinking and urination habits without any special instructions or requirements.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in maximum bladder capacity, residual urine volume of bladder, bladder filling levels, and bladder shape change. After bladder training, the maximum bladder capacity and the degree bladder shape change of the patients in the experimental group were improved significantly. The success rate of HIFU preoperative localization in the patients in the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Bladder training can effectively improve the success rate of HIFU preoperative localization of uterine fibroids.</p>","PeriodicalId":12727,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10361253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ginekologia polskaPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-08-07DOI: 10.5603/GP.a2023.0072
Metin Kaba
{"title":"Invasion anomaly or neovascularization? A new surgical approach for cesarean delivery in pregnant women with invasive placenta accreta spectrum disorder accompanied by placenta previa.","authors":"Metin Kaba","doi":"10.5603/GP.a2023.0072","DOIUrl":"10.5603/GP.a2023.0072","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The objective of study is to describe a new surgical approach to cesarean delivery in women with invasive placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) accompanied by placenta previa.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Cesarean delivery was initiated with a transverse abdominal (Pfannenstiel) incision. A transverse incision was made above the vascular area in the lower uterine segment, and the fetus was delivered. The uterine fundus was removed from the abdomen and wrapped. Placental removal was started at posteriorly, continuing toward the anterior region. If dense adhesions were encountered, dissection was performed by inserting a finger between the adhesions to carefully separate them. It was recognized that two types of vessels develop to supply blood to the placenta. First, a perforating vessel emerges from adjacent tissues, entering the placental bed by perforating the uterine wall. Second, a superficial vessel runs along the uterine wall to enter the placental bed. The new emerging vessels were identified and ligated. Uterine sparing surgery was performed if the hemorrhage ceased. A cesarean hysterectomy was performed if hemorrhage did not cease.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight cesarean deliveries were performed using this new surgical approach. Cesarean hysterectomy was performed in three patients in who want to sterilization diser and don't mind fertility preservation. Severe maternal morbidity, invasive procedures, intensive care unit admission, and relaparotomy were not required.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The described new surgical approach provide surgeon to perform cesarean delivery without causing increase maternal morbidity and mortality. Although the approach is new and the study population is small, the results have acceptable rationality and applicability.</p>","PeriodicalId":12727,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10319616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ginekologia polskaPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2022-09-15DOI: 10.5603/GP.a2022.0047
Orkun Cetin, Erbil Karaman, Harun Egemen Tolunay, Baris Boza, Numan Cim, Murat Alişik, Ozcan Erel, Recep Yildizhan, Ali Kolusari, Hanım Güler Sahin
{"title":"Maternal serum ischemia-modified albumin as an oxidative stress biomarker in preterm pre-labor rupture of membranes.","authors":"Orkun Cetin, Erbil Karaman, Harun Egemen Tolunay, Baris Boza, Numan Cim, Murat Alişik, Ozcan Erel, Recep Yildizhan, Ali Kolusari, Hanım Güler Sahin","doi":"10.5603/GP.a2022.0047","DOIUrl":"10.5603/GP.a2022.0047","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the maternal serum ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) concentration as an oxidative stress biomarker in pregnancies complicated by preterm pre-labor rupture of membranes (PPROM) without maternal clinical infection and compare these results with healthy pregnancies.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The present cohort study included 40 pregnancies complicated by PPROM and 49 similar gestational age healthy pregnancies in the third trimester of gestation. Maternal venous blood specimens were obtained at the day of first diagnosis. Maternal serum IMA level was assayed with an Albumin Cobalt Binding test. The subjects were followed up until delivery and perinatal outcomes were recorded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The maternal serum IMA concentrations were significantly higher in the study group (0.56 ± 0.05 absorbance units) as compared to controls (0.54 ± 0.03 absorbance units) (p = 0.020). The maternal serum IMA concentrations were not significantly correlated with the initial maternal white blood cell count (r: 0.118, p = 0.269) and C-reactive protein levels (r: 0.066, p = 0.541). The maternal serum IMA concentrations were negatively correlated with gestational age at delivery (r: -0.248, p = 0.019), birthweight (r: -0.247, p = 0.020) and Apgar scores (r: -0.200, p = 0.049; r: -0.245, p = 0.020). The threshold value of maternal serum IMA concentration above 0.55 absorbance units indicated the pregnancy complicated by PPROM by 57.5% sensitivity and 57.1% specificity (Area under curve 0.613, confidence interval 0.50-0.73).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The current study supported for the first time that there is an association between increased maternal serum IMA levels and the development of PPROM in the third trimester of gestation without maternal clinical infection. Elevated maternal serum IMA levels may alert the obstetrician about poor ongoing perinatal outcomes in the early phase of PPROM before increased maternal C-reactive protein and white blood cell count.</p>","PeriodicalId":12727,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40359312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Justyna A Kuciel, Jagoda N Sarad, Magdalena L Kolak, Hubert K Huras, Andrzej Jaworowski
{"title":"Bilateral fetal hydrothorax accompanying with absent umbilical arterial end-diastolic flow, trisomy 21 and polyhydramnios.","authors":"Justyna A Kuciel, Jagoda N Sarad, Magdalena L Kolak, Hubert K Huras, Andrzej Jaworowski","doi":"10.5603/gpl.95195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/gpl.95195","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12727,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10154002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sezgi Güllü Erciyestepe, Ahmet Birtan Boran, Ceyda Turan Bektaş, Özgür Uzun
{"title":"Can an apparent diffusion coefficient of uterine fibroid before uterine artery embolization predict potential fibroid response?","authors":"Sezgi Güllü Erciyestepe, Ahmet Birtan Boran, Ceyda Turan Bektaş, Özgür Uzun","doi":"10.5603/gpl.95227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/gpl.95227","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>ACOG guidance confirms the use of uterine artery embolisation (UAE) as an alternative to hysterectomy or myomectomy. The main objective of this article is to evaluate the ability of preoperative magnetic resonance ımaging (MRI) to study the relationship between uterine fibroid reduction and diffusion coefficient (ADC) value after UAE. This is a relevant topic with the growing interest in using ADC as a noninvasive imaging biomarker for monitoring tissue changes and predicting uterine fibroid response to UAE over the past years.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>In this prospective controlled non-randomized trial; uterine fibroid volume, fibroid diameter, uterine volume, fibroid ADC and normal myometrium ADC were recorded before and after UAE. Wilcoxon test was used in the analysis of the dependent quantitative data. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated between post-UAE uterine volume, fibroid volume, and average fibroid diameter reduction and the patient's age, parity, gravidity, fibroid ADC and myometrial ADC before UAE.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean fibroid volume reduction was 36.0% (range between 17.3-77.7%). Mean fibroid diameter, fibroid volume, uterine volume, and myometrium ADC values after UAE were significantly lower than before the procedure (p = 0.002, < 0.001, 0.001, 0.006 respectively), but the decrease in fibroid ADC is not significant. As a result decrease in fibroid volume was greater as pre-UAE fibroid ADC values increased, and that finding may contribute to the selection of the patients for the procedure.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The ADC value before UAE was positively correlated with fibroid volume reduction.</p>","PeriodicalId":12727,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10153995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Malgorzata Kosinska, Jacek Fijuth, Piotr Misiewicz, Katarzyna Kalita, Maciej Foks, Lukasz Kuncman, Leszek Gottwald
{"title":"The role of PET/CT with fluorine-18-deoxyglucose in the detection of relapsed serous ovarian cancer in patients with normal serum CA125 levels.","authors":"Malgorzata Kosinska, Jacek Fijuth, Piotr Misiewicz, Katarzyna Kalita, Maciej Foks, Lukasz Kuncman, Leszek Gottwald","doi":"10.5603/gpl.94994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/gpl.94994","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To assess the role of the positron emission tomography with fluorine-18-deoxyglucose (PET/CT) in the detection of recurrent serous ovarian cancer in patients with normal serum CA125 level.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Thirty-one patients with suspected recurrent serous ovarian cancer with normal (< 35 IU/mL) serum CA125 level and no prior recurrence underwent PET/CT imaging. The results of the PET/CT were analyzed considering clinical data of the patients, histological diagnosis and 6 months follow-up.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The patients were referred to the PET/CT due to suspected relapse in imaging tests (CT - 11 cases, US - 3 cases, MRI - 2 cases; n = 16; 51.6%), clinical examination (n = 4; 12.9%) and clinical symptoms (n = 11; 35.5%). The recurrent serous ovarian cancer was present in 16 patients (51.6%). In 9 these cases (56.3%) the recurrences were diagnosed in patients aged 51-70 years. In 15 cases (93.8%) the recurrences were diagnosed within 24 months after treatment. There were 15 true positive (48.4%), 12 true negative (38.7%), 3 false positive (9.7%) and 1 false negative (3.2%) PET/CT results. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of the PET/CT were calculated as 93.8% (95% CI, 86.1-97.4%), 80.0% (95% CI, 69.7-88.9%), 83.3% (95% CI, 74.3-90.4%) and 92.3% (95% CI, 84.2-98.3%), respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In patients with a diagnosis of complete remission after treatment for serous ovarian cancer, even a multifocal recurrence may occur during follow up despite normal serum CA125 levels. Our results showed a usefulness of the PET/CT in detecting and differentiating malignant from benign lesions in patients with normal serum CA125 levels but inconclusive results in other imaging tests. We observed false results of the PET/CT for lesions in parotid gland, mesorectal adipose tissue and mediastinal lymph nodes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12727,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10154001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Therapeutic effect of the temperature-controlled radio frequency technology in female sexual dysfunction.","authors":"Nan Wang, Huan Li","doi":"10.5603/gpl.94788","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/gpl.94788","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To explore the therapeutic effect of the temperature-controlled radiofrequency technology in female sexual dysfunction (FSD).</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>From July 2020 to June 2021, patients with FSD who visited the Gynecology Clinic of Peking University Shenzhen Hospital were treated with the temperature-controlled radiofrequency technology once every two weeks, for a total of five times. The therapeutic effect was objectively evaluated with pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) indicators (FSFI score, pelvic floor muscles surface electromyography, sexual function test). The pre- and post-treatment (2 weeks)/follow-up (3 months) results were compared to evaluate the feasibility of this technology for treating FSD, as well as using PFD-related indicators in objective evaluation of FSD patients.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifty patients completed treatment; 31 patients completed follow-up. The mean FSFI score for post-treatment/follow-up was significantly higher than pre-treatment (p < 0.05). There were no significant changes in the mean pelvic floor resting surface myoelectric potential and its variability and mean myoelectric potential of sexual function test between pre- and post-treatment/follow-up. The mean surface myoelectric potential of the patients' type I and II muscle fibers of the pelvic floor for post-treatment/follow-up was significantly higher than pre-treatment (p < 0.05). The mean peak myoelectric potential for post-treatment was significantly higher than pre-treatment (p < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Temperature-controlled radiofrequency technology has a certain therapeutic effect on FSD. Pelvic floor surface electromyography and sexual function test can be used as an objective indicator for PFD in FSD patients. Subsequent studies may involve a larger size sample and evaluate the effect over a consecutive time-point, to develop a better therapeutic approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":12727,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10109380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paulina Sobieraj, Zofia Malas, Tadeusz Issat, Anna Raciborska, Monika Bekiesinska-Figatowska
{"title":"Rhabdomyosarcoma of the genitourinary system in girls - the role of magnetic resonance imagining in diagnosis, treatment monitoring, and follow-up.","authors":"Paulina Sobieraj, Zofia Malas, Tadeusz Issat, Anna Raciborska, Monika Bekiesinska-Figatowska","doi":"10.5603/gpl.95047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5603/gpl.95047","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Rhabdomyosarcoma of the genitourinary system in girls is a rare neoplasm, especially in non-dedicated centers. Our work aimed to sum up and present genitourinary rhabdomyosarcomas in girls from the radiological point of view.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>We retrospectively reviewed all girls with genitourinary RMS who underwent treatment at the Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw between 2009 and 2022. We evaluated the demographic, clinical, and pathological patient data and imaging studies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During the study period, ten patients presented with genitourinary RMS and underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The median age at the time of diagnosis was 2.8 years, six patients were younger than three years, and four patients were older than ten years. The most common clinical symptoms were tumor fragments protruding from the vagina/falling out of the vagina and vaginal bleeding or discharge, and the most common original location was the vagina. One hundred percent of patients had the embryonal subtype of RMS, and 100% of cases where molecular tests for PAX3/FOXO1 fusion gen status were performed had negative status. At presentation, the median tumor volume was 114 cm³. Eight patients (80%) were classified as clinical group III according to the IRS Group, and most patients (70%) were in a standard-risk group. All patients received multimodal treatment, including surgery and chemotherapy; 60% received radiotherapy. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy was the primary treatment for all our patients. In six patients (60%) with a measurable tumor mass after a biopsy, a gradual tumor volume reduction was observed after induction chemotherapy (approximately ten weeks of treatment) - all of which had a partial response (PR). All our patients (100%) responded completely to treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>MRI was performed at every stage of diagnosis and treatment as well as during follow-up. It allowed for staging, monitoring of chemotherapy, and guided surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":12727,"journal":{"name":"Ginekologia polska","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10109385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}