November 2009

Editorial Board
Published in issue: November 2009
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The Editors' Section

Editors’ highlights
• J. Drife,
• W. Künzel
Published online: September 23, 2009
p1-2

Reviews

To close or not to close? A systematic review and a meta-analysis of peritoneal non-closure and adhesion formation after caesarean section
• Y.C. Cheong,
• G. Premkumar,
• M. Metwally,
• J.L. Peacock,
• T.C. Li
Published online: July 02, 2009
p3-8
Breast cancer during pregnancy
• Edouard Vinatier,
• Benjamin Merlot,
• Edouard Poncelet,
• Pierre Collinet,
• Denis Vinatier
Published online: July 22, 2009
p9-14
Prevention of postpartum haemorrhage with the oxytocin analogue carbetocin
• Werner Rath
Published online: July 08, 2009
p15-20
Abdominal myofascial pain syndrome must be considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic pelvic pain
• Mary L.L.S. Montenegro,
• Liana B. Gomide,
• Elaine L. Mateus-Vasconcelos,
• ...
• Francisco J. Candido-dos-Reis,
• Antonio A. Nogueira,
• Omero B. Poli-Neto
Published online: July 13, 2009
p21-24

Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Postural sway changes during pregnancy: A descriptive study using stabilometry
• Liliam F. Oliveira,
• Taian M.M. Vieira,
• Adriana R. Macedo,
• David M. Simpson,
• Jurandir Nadal
Published online: July 21, 2009
p25-28
Maternal and foetal consequences of dengue fever during pregnancy
• Célia Basurko,
• Gabriel Carles,
• Mohamed Youssef,
• Wael E.L. Guindi
Published online: July 21, 2009
p29-32

Cardiac troponin T as a biochemical marker of cardiac dysfunction and ductus venosus Doppler velocimetry
• Roseli Mieko Yamamoto Nomura,
• Fábio Roberto Cabar,
• Verbênia Nunes Costa,
• Seizo Miyadahira,
• Marcelo Zugaib
Published online: July 21, 2009
p33-36
Perinatal outcome and neurological follow up of the cotwins in twin pregnancies complicated by single intrauterine death
• A. Fichera,
• C. Zambolo,
• P. Accorsi,
• P. Martelli,
• C. Ambrosi,
• T. Frusca
Published online: July 30, 2009
p37-40

Serum relaxin levels are reduced in pregnant women with a history of recurrent miscarriage, and correlate with maternal uterine artery Doppler indices in first trimester
• Dilly O.C. Anumba,
• Saad El Gelany,
• Sarah L. Elliott,
• Tin C. Li
Published online: August 12, 2009
p41-45
Attitude towards cessation among French pregnant smokers: Explaining the poor uptake of specialised support
• Monique Y. Baha,
• Anne-Laurence Le Faou
Published online: August 17, 2009
p46-51

Reproductive Medicine and Endocrinology

A prospective randomized study to compare four different mineral oils used to culture human embryos in IVF/ICSI treatments
• Christophe Sifer,
• Jean-Christophe Pont,
• Raphael Porcher,
• Brigitte Martin-Pont,
• Brigitte Benzacken,
• Jean-Philippe Wolf
Published online: July 13, 2009
p52-56

Vascular endothelial growth factor −2578 A/C, −460 T/C and +405 G/C polymorphisms in polycystic ovary syndrome
• Pervin Vural,
• Zeynep Küskü-Kiraz,
• Semra Doğru-Abbasoğlu,
• ...
• Berrin Karadağ,
• Cemil Akgül,
• Müjdat Uysal
Published online: July 21, 2009
p57-60
Menstrual disorders and subfertility in Spanish hairdressers
• Elena Ronda,
• Ana Maria García,
• José Sánchez-Paya,
• Bente E. Moen
Published online: August 17, 2009
p61-64

Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology

Serum C-reactive protein in the differential diagnosis of ovarian masses
• Katrin Hefler-Frischmuth,
• Lukas A. Hefler,
• Georg Heinze,
• Veronika Paseka,
• Christoph Grimm,
• Clemens B. Tempfer
Published online: July 06, 2009
p65-68

Feasibility of endometrial assessment after thermal ablation
• Sari J. Ahonkallio,
• Annikki K. Liakka,
• Hannu K. Martikainen,
• Markku J. Santala
Published online: July 08, 2009
p69-71

Recurrence rate of endometrioma after laparoscopic cystectomy: A comparative randomized trial between post-operative hormonal suppression treatment or dietary therapy vs. placebo
• Francesco Sesti,
• Talia Capozzolo,
• Adalgisa Pietropolli,
• Massimiliano Marziali,
• Maria Rosa Bollea,
• Emilio Piccione
Published online: July 31, 2009
p72-77
Age-specific differences in the treatment of cervical cancer in the east and the south of The Netherlands 1989–2004
• Maaike A. van der Aa,
• Sabine Siesling,
• Lonneke V. v.d. Poll-Franse,
• Eltjo M. Schutter,
• Marnix L. Lybeert,
• Jan Willem W. Coebergh
Published online: August 12, 2009
p78-82
Analysis of outcome in women with borderline glandular change on cervical cytology
• Bismeen A. Jadoon,
• Sean Kehoe,
• Kathleen Romain,
• Colin Clelland,
• Sudha S. Sundar
Published online: August 12, 2009
p83-85

Efficacy of using electrosurgical bipolar vessel sealing during vaginal hysterectomy in patients with different degrees of operative difficulty: A randomised controlled trial
• Mounir Elhao,
• Khaled Abdallah,
• Ihab Serag,
• Mohamed El-Laithy,
• Wael Agur
Published online: August 12, 2009
p86-90

A validation study of new risk grouping criteria for postoperative treatment in stage IB cervical cancers without high-risk factors: Rethinking the Gynecologic Oncology Group criteria
• Suk-Joon Chang,
• Woo Young Kim,
• Seung-Chul Yoo,
• ...
• Mison Chun,
• Ki-Hong Chang,
• Hee-Sug Ryu
Published online: August 11, 2009
p91-96

Assessment of preoperative serum prolidase activity in epithelial ovarian cancer
• Hakan Camuzcuoglu,
• Dagistan Tolga Arioz,
• Harun Toy,
• Sefa Kurt,
• Hakim Celik,
• Nurten Aksoy
Published online: August 12, 2009
p97-100

Histological response is not a prognostic factor after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advanced-stage ovarian cancer with no residual disease
• Jean-Guillaume Ferron,
• Catherine Uzan,
• Annie Rey,
• ...
• Catherine Lhommé,
• Pierre Duvillard,
• Philippe Morice
Published online: August 17, 2009
p101-105

Gynaecological Urology

Mechanical evaluation of synthetic biomaterials used in the correction of pelvic floor disorders—Experimental study in rabbits
• Fabrice Sergent,
• Nicolas Desilles,
• Yann Lacoume,
• Claude Bunel,
• Jean-Paul Marie,
• Loïc Marpeau
Published online: August 17, 2009
p106-110

Letters to the Editor - Brief Communications

Defying physical limitations: Successful pregnancy and birth in a patient on home total parenteral nutrition since infancy
• Uriel Elchlal,
• Hen Y. Sela,
• Zvi Gimmon
Published online: July 08, 2009
p111-112
Azole resistant Candida glabrata vulvovaginitis treated with boric acid
• Vincenzo Savini,
• Chiara Catavitello,
• Azaira Bianco,
• Andrea Balbinot,
• Francesco D’Antonio,
• Domenico D’Antonio
Published online: July 13, 2009
p112

Absolute shortness of the umbilical cord and hypoplasia of the arcuate nucleus and of the parabrachial/Kölliker-Fuse complex in a case of sudden intrauterine fetal death
• Rosaria Mingrone,
• Ezio Fulcheri,
• Anna Maria Lavezzi,
• Luigi Matturri
Published online: July 31, 2009
p112-114

Ectopic pregnancy after caesarean section sterilisation
• Aisha Janjua,
• Joanne Beasley
Published online: August 17, 2009
p114-115

Excess risk of stillbirth during the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic in Japan
• Hiroshi Nishiura
Published online: August 03, 2009
p115

Announcements
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