Volume 54, Number 3, March 2009

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Pratibhasri A. Vardhana, M.D., James E. Silberzweig, M.D., Michael Guarnaccia, M.D., and Mark V. Sauer, M.D.
Selective salpingography can improve tubal patency rates following conventional hysterosalpingography and increase pregnancy rates in infertility patients seeking conception.
 
 


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Lisa Lee, M.D., Leslie Garrett, M.D., Hang Lee, Ph.D., Esther Oliva, M.D., Neil Horowitz, M.D., and Linda R. Duska, M.D.
Women with clear cell carcinoma of the endometrium are at particularly high risk of developing venous thromboembolism; therefore, caregivers should consider prolonged anticoagulation as part of their cancer management.
 
 


139
Cedric E. Boesch, M.D., and Wolfgang Umek, M.D.
Specific wound closure techniques improve wound healing after gynecologic operations.
 
 


145
John D. Paulson, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., F.I.C.S., F.A.C.E.
Anterior wall vaginal tenderness in infertility patients may allow physicians to explore the possibility of endometriosis by laparoscopy before having the patient undergo in vitro fertilization.
 
 


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Alon Ben-Arie, M.D., Hagit Deutsch, M.D., Vania Volach, M.D., Gil Peer, M.D., Monica Husar, M.D., Ofer Lavie, M.D., and Ofer Gemer, M.D.
Early evacuation of the molar pregnancy is associated with a reduction in the rate of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia.
 
 


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Yu Chang, M.D., Eing Mei Tsai, M.D., Ph.D., Cheng Yu Long, M.D., Yung Hung Chen, M.D., and Nari Kay, M.D.
Endometrioma is prevalent and should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of the abdominal wall mass in women.
 
 


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Jolene Seibel-Seamon, M.D., John F. Visintine, M.D., Benjamin E. Leiby, Ph.D., and Louis Weinstein, M.D.
Approximately half of women requesting postpartum sterilization after a vaginal delivery are not having their request met prior to discharge.
 
 


165
Richard J. Fehring, Ph.D., R.N., Mary Schneider, M.S.N., A.P.R.N., Mary Lee Barron, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., and Kathleen Raviele, M.D.
This comparison study indicates that an electronic hormonal monitor-aided method of fertility awareness is more effective than a single biologic marker (e.g., cervical mucus) method.
 
 


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Samantha E. Meltzer-Brody, M.D., M.P.H., Denniz Zolnoun, M.D., M.P.H., John F. Steege, M.D., Katherine L. Rinaldi, B.A., and Jane Leserman, Ph.D.
Use of lamotrigine for the treatment of vulvodynia may be helpful in addressing both the pain and mood symptoms associated with this disorder.
 
 


  Case Reports
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Jay P. Shah, M.D., Christopher S. Bryant, M.D., Sanjeev Kumar, M.D., Rouba Ali-Fehmi, M.D., and Robert T. Morris, M.D.
A successful pregnancy after conservative surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy highlights the potentially indolent nature of psammocarcinoma.
 
 


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Craig V. Towers, M.D., and Vincent A. Corcoran, M.D.
Fetal heart rate patterns in pregnancies with acute carbon monoxide poisoning can demonstrate a lack of accelerations and decreased variability in the absence of recurrent decelerations.