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Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is any bleeding that deviates from the normal cycle/frequency, length, and quantity of menstrual bleeding, and represents one of the most frequent health problems in women in the reproductive period [1,2]. Also, it is a significant public health...
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Preterm birth is one of the most relevant problems of perinatal medicine today. It represents a potentially very dangerous perinatal event, primarily from the point of view of perinatal morbidity and mortality. By definition, it is a birth that occurs before the 37thweek of...
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Obesity is a serious health problem of modern society. Obese women are at higher risk of developing certain gynecological diseases including endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial carcinoma [1]. In addition, excessive body weight makes it difficult to perform surgical procedures in...
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Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a chronic malignant lymphoproliferative disease with a bimodal distribution of occurrence in the third decade of life as well as in the sixth decade [1]. Considering that the first peak also includes women in the reproductive period, the literature incidence of...
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The first patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) were described in 1981, and two years later, the cause of the disease was identified - human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) [1]. At the end of 2020, around 37.7 million people were infected with HIV worldwide, of whom...
Editors: Svetlana Vrzić Petronijević, Miloš PetronijevićPublisher: CIBID, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 2020 ISNB 978-86-7117-608-8
The terms: hypertension in pregnancy, EPH-gestosis, pregnancy toxicosis, pregnancy induced hypertension – PIH, and all the terminology...
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Complete vaginal eversion (cuff/vault/dome prolapse) represents a descent of the apical, i.e., upper, midportion, and lower third of the vagina beyond the introitus. Vaginal cuff eversion can occur as a consequence of prior hysterectomy, both vaginal and abdominal. Additional risk...
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According to the fetal origins hypothesis, changes in fetal growth result in adaptations that determine vulnerability to cardiovascular, metabolic, and endocrine diseases during one’s lifetime. “Programming” is a phenomenon which implies long-term and irreversible alterations in...
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Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a progressive and rare multisystem disease of unknown etiology, which predominantly affects women, causing damage to the function of the lungs [1]. An epidemiological study, car- ried out in seven countries, showed the incidence of LAM to be 3.4 –...
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Neonatal hyphema is a rare ocular finding. It is characterized by the presence of blood in the anterior chamber. In contrast to the more commonly encountered traumatic hyphema in older children and adults, neonatal hyphema is typically associated with non-traumatic etiologies such...
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Myomas (fibromas or leiomyomas) are the most common tumors of the female reproductive organs [1,2]. They consist of smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts and extracellular matrix [3]. A profuse amount of extracellular matrix, which is made up of glycosaminoglycans and densely packed...
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Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) encompasses procedures, previously known as preimplantation genetic diagnostics (PGD) and preimplantation genetic screening (PGS). According to the PGT Consortium of the ESHRE (European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology), PGT is...
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The issue of implementing contemporary models at the tertiary level of healthcare is currently a particularly relevant topic. The SIPOC method (suppliers, inputs, process, outputs, customers) has found its application in the management of different organizations [1,2], and the...
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Uterine rupture is a life-threatening complication of pregnancy which is associated with a high incidence of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality [1]. In developed countries it occurs rarely and is most commonly a complication of a previous caesarean section, or less...
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Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common gynecologic cancer [1]. Malignant ascites in women is a common consequence of ovarian cancer [2]. Cancer staging is usually an indication for peritoneal lavage procedure. According to the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics...
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Placental abruption is one of the most common causes of maternal morbidity and perinatal mortality. It is one of the leading causes of vaginal bleeding in the second half of pregnacy (usually after the twentieth week of gestation) or just before the birth. The prevalence of...
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Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecological malignancy. Worldwide, 230,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer annually, while 150,000 women lose their lives as a result of this disease [1]. Regardless of the great efforts of the scientific and academic community to fully...
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Cesarean section (CS) is one of the most common major obstetric operations and accounts for approximately 32% of all deliveries worldwide. As with all surgical procedures, CS can be associated with early and late complications. These include bleeding, wound infection,...
