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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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Vaginal Microbiome May Not Differ Between Black, White Postmenopausal Women
Lactobacillus species, which appear to protect against HIV infection and cervical cancer, are similarly abundant in vaginal samples from Black and whitepostmenopausal women, according to a molecular study by Caroline M. Mitchell, MD, MPH, and colleagues.
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Non-Mesh Options for Stress Urinary Incontinence
Massachusetts General Hospital urologists Ajay Singla, MD, and Elise J. B. De, MD, are among a limited number of providers offering non-mesh surgical alternatives only, including Burch colposuspension and fascial pubovaginal sling. Here's why.
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Quality of Life Needs Attention in Ovarian Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Low-Income Countries
Annekathryn Goodman, MD, MPH, gynecologic oncologist and co-director of Women's Global Health, and colleagues documented that distressing physical and psychological symptoms, deteriorating emotional function and financial difficulties negatively affected quality of life among women with ovarian cancer in Bangladesh.
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
Vaginal Microbiome May Not Differ Between Black, White Postmenopausal Women
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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
IMPACT: A Standardized Tool for Assessment of Pelvic Floor Disorders
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