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Featured
Paradigm Change: Patient and Provider Expectations Around Same-day Discharge
Newly modified enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol guides same-day discharge of vaginal hysterectomy patients while maintaining quality of patient care.
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Evaluating Post-Menopausal Women's Vulvovaginal Symptoms, Mood and Sex Life
These pioneering studies from Massachusetts General Hospital evaluate the efficacy of two common, low-risk treatments for postmenopausal symptoms against a placebo and assess how much postmenopausal women were bothered by vulvovaginal discomfort symptoms, along with their impact on mood and quality of life.
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Vaginal Estradiol, Moisturizer No Better Than Placebo for Postmenopausal Vulvovaginal Symptoms
Neither a prescription vaginal estradiol tablet nor an over-the-counter vaginal moisturizer provides additional benefit over dual placebo in reducing postmenopausal vulvovaginal symptoms, according to the first randomized comparison.
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Review: Barriers to Cervical Cancer Prevention in Ukraine
Annekathryn Goodman, MD, gynecologic oncologist and co-director of Women's Global Health at Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues have documented a need for Ukraine to expand awareness of and access to cervical cancer screening and human papillomavirus vaccination programs.
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Omission of Preoperative Internal Pelvic Exam May Not Affect Safety of Gender-affirming Hysterectomy
Ellen Murphy, MD, Youngwu Kim, MD, and Milena M. Weinstein, MD, present retrospective evidence that omitting a preoperative internal pelvic examination may be a clinically acceptable practice before gender-affirming hysterectomy (with or without vaginectomy) or vaginectomy alone.
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Understanding of Sociocognitive Theory Can Improve Medical Student Training
Ilona Telefus Goldfarb, MD, MPH, Natasha R. Johnson, MD, and colleagues found that feedback from clinical faculty to medical students primarily pertains to individual skills; they urge faculty to relate desired behavior to patient outcomes and the trainee's ability to contribute to clinical teams.
Gynecology Contributors
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Caroline M. Mitchell, MD
Director, Vulvovaginal Disorders Program, Investigator, Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology , Assistant Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Biology
Recent Article
Innovative Research on Modifying Vaginal Microbiome to Treat Bacterial Vaginosis
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May M. Wakamatsu, MD
Director, Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery, Vice Chair, Gynecology
Recent Article
IMPACT: A Standardized Tool for Assessment of Pelvic Floor Disorders
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Milena M. Weinstein, MD
Director of Research, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship, Co-director, Center for Pelvic Floor Disorders
Recent Article
Omission of Preoperative Internal Pelvic Exam May Not Affect Safety of Gender-affirming Hysterectomy
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