OB/GYN Clinical Alert – December 1, 2002
December 1, 2002
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Response to the WHI by Clinicians
In the weeks following the publication of the first results from the Womens Health Initiative (WHI), I have talked by phone and e-mail with clinicians all over the country. -
Oligohydramnios and Post-Term Pregnancy
Oz and colleagues recently re-explored the possible etiology of the oligohydramnios sometimes seen in post-term pregnancy. -
Hormone Replacement Therapy and Incidence of Alzheimer Disease in Older Women: The Cache County Study
Zandi and colleagues conducted a prospective study of incident dementia among 1357 men with a mean age of 73.2 years and 1889 women with a mean age of 74.5 years. -
Survival after Laparoscopy in Women with Endometrial Cancer
Eltabbakh retrospectively reviewed women presenting with clinical stage I endometrial cancer (according to the 1988 FIGO staging) at the University of Vermont. Women treated with laparoscopic surgery were compared with those treated with laparotomy with regard to their characteristics, surgical procedure, treatment, surgical stage, histology, tumor grade, and recurrence-free and overall survival. -
Is Laparoscopy Needed in Ectopic Pregnancy?
For the past decade, the management of ectopic pregnancy has evolved away from the old adage Never let the sun set on a suspected ectopic pregnancy, to a less surgically-oriented approach. -
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