Obstetrics & Gynecology

A machine learning approach to the accurate prediction of monitor units for a compact proton machine.

PURPOSE: Clinical treatment planning systems for proton therapy currently do not calculate monitor units (MUs) in passive scatter proton therapy due to the complexity of the beam delivery systems. Physical phantom measurements are commonly employed to determine the field-specific output factors (OFs) but are often subject to limited machine time, measurement uncertainties and intensive labor. In t...

Back to the future - The integration of big data with machine learning is re-establishing the importance of predictive correlations in ovarian cancer diagnostics and therapeutics.

Pilot study of Society of European Robotic Gynecological Surgery (SERGS) curriculum for robot-assisted surgery.

Engineering Polyzwitterion and Polydopamine Decorated Doxorubicin-Loaded Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as a pH-Sensitive Drug Delivery.

Multifunctional drug carriers have great applications in biomedical field. In this study, we introduced both polydopamine (PDA) and zwitterionic polym...

Case Control Study to Compare Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Level in Women with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL) Compared to Women with Term Pregnancy.

INTRODUCTION: Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is defined as three or more spontaneous pregnancy losses before the 20th week of gestation or fetal weigh...

A Capsule-Type Microrobot with Pick-and-Drop Motion for Targeted Drug and Cell Delivery.

A capsule-type microrobot exhibits "pick-and-drop" (P&D) motion to hold a particle within a confined volume and transports it via a corkscrewing motio...

Robotic versus laparoscopic radical hysterectomy in early cervical cancer: A case matched control study.

BACKGROUND: This study aims at evaluating the feasibility, surgical outcome and oncological results observed after robotic radical hysterectomy (RH) c...

Automatic labeling of molecular biomarkers of immunohistochemistry images using fully convolutional networks.

This paper addresses the problem of quantifying biomarkers in multi-stained tissues based on the color and spatial information of microscopy images of...

Robot-assisted upper extremity rehabilitation for cervical spinal cord injuries: a systematic scoping review.

UNLABELLED: Abstact Purpose: To provide an overview of the feasibility and outcomes of robotic-assisted upper extremity training for individuals with ...

Fully automatic cervical vertebrae segmentation framework for X-ray images.

The cervical spine is a highly flexible anatomy and therefore vulnerable to injuries. Unfortunately, a large number of injuries in lateral cervical X-...

Molar pregnancy in cesarean section scar: A case report.

Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancies and molar pregnancies are two very rare obstetric pathologies. In both cases, serious morbidities are involved that ...

Prognostic values of the integrated model incorporating the volume of metastatic regional cervical lymph node and pretreatment serum Epstein-Barr virus DNA copy number in predicting distant metastasis in patients with N1 nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

BACKGROUND: According to the 7th edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system, over 50% of patients with nasopharyngeal car...

Risk factors for predicting increased surgical drain output in patients after anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion.

BACKGROUND: Although measures to reduce and treat the postoperative surgical drain output are discussed, along with the increased interest in causativ...

Effect of Intrauterine Infusion of L. on Oxidative Stress and Pregnancy Rate in Infertile Cows.

INTRODUCTION: The effect of intrauterine administration of L. (MC) extract on oxidative changes and pregnancy rate in infertile cows was investigated...

Stroke Volume Recruitability during the Third Trimester of Pregnancy.

OBJECTIVE: It is unknown whether the heart operates in the ascending or flat portion of the Starling curve during normal pregnancy. Pregnant women do ...

The effect of vitamin D supplementation on insulin resistance, visceral fat and adiponectin in vitamin D deficient women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

INTRODUCTION: Low plasma 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25OHD) is associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Vitamin D deficiency may contribute to the ...

Pregnancy rate in water buffalo following fixed-time artificial insemination using new or used intravaginal devices with two progesterone concentrations.

This study evaluated the pregnancy rate (PR) after timed artificial insemination (TAI) in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) during both non-breeding and...

The potential of circulating tumor DNA methylation analysis for the early detection and management of ovarian cancer.

BACKGROUND: Despite a myriad of attempts in the last three decades to diagnose ovarian cancer (OC) earlier, this clinical aim still remains a signific...

Hygroscopic dilators vs balloon catheter ripening of the cervix for induction of labor in nulliparous women at term: Retrospective study.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy and safety of hygroscopic dilators and balloon catheters for ripening of the cervix in induction of labor.

Preoperative cesarean delivery intravenous acetaminophen treatment for postoperative pain control: a randomized double-blinded placebo control trial.

BACKGROUND: The United States currently has an opioid use disorder epidemic and research evaluating ways to minimize the use of opioids postsurgery ar...