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The official journal of FIGO, the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, is published monthly and is available by subscription from the publishers, Elsevier Science.

The Journal addresses a broad range of day-to-day problems encountered by Ob/Gyn practitioners worldwide. It is distributed to subscribers, member societies of FIGO, those donating specific sums to the FIGO Charitable Foundation, Executive Board members and to medical libraries worldwide.

How to subscribe: Visit IJGO's subscription section. Personal subscribers can then access the full text of the journal.

Contacts: The Editorial Office of the Journal is located at the FIGO Secretariat in London. The Editor is Dr Timothy RB Johnson, who is based at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

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Tibolone as a hormone replacement in women with endometriosis after bilateral oophorectomy

Saturday, 24th July 2010

Publication year: 2010
Source: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 24 July 2010

Anna L., Roberts , Hany, Lashen

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Bacillary angiomatosis in a pregnant woman

Wednesday, 21st July 2010

Publication year: 2010
Source: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 July 2010

Fernando, Bellissimo-Rodrigues , Benedito Antônio Lopes da, Fonseca , Roberto, Martinez

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Implications of cycle length immediately after discontinuation of combined oral contraceptives on use of the Standard Days Metho

Wednesday, 21st July 2010

Publication year: 2010
Source: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 July 2010

Marcos, Arévalo , Irit, Sinai , Bruna, Olivotti , Luis, Bahamondes

Objective: To determine when after discontinuing the use of combined oral contraceptives (COC) women can start using the Standard Days Method (SDM)—a fertility awareness-based family-planning method that is appropriate only for women for whom most menstrual cycles last 26–32days. Methods: We reviewed data from the medical records of women who attended the Human Reproduction Unit at the University of Campinas, Brazil, between October 16, 1979, and May 5, 2006. The study population comprised women younger than 40years of age who had recently switched from COC to copper intrauterine devices and whose clinical records contained the information necessary for determining the length of the...

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Levator ani injury in primiparous women with forceps delivery for fetal distress, forceps for second stage arrest, and spontaneo

Wednesday, 21st July 2010

Publication year: 2010
Source: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 July 2010

Rohna, Kearney , Myra, Fitzpatrick , Sandra, Brennan , Michael, Behan , Janis, Miller , ...

Objective: To compare levator ani muscle injury rates in primiparous women who had a forceps delivery owing to fetal distress with women delivered by forceps for second stage arrest; and to compare these injury rates with a historical control group of women who delivered spontaneously. Methods: Primiparous women who delivered by forceps were recruited retrospectively into 2 groups: forceps for fetal distress with short second stage (25±11minutes; n=19); and forceps delivery for second stage arrest (137±26minutes; n=19). MR images of the levator ani muscles were compared with a historical control group of women from a previous study who had delivered spontaneously (n=129). Results: Major defect...

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Active management of the third stage of labor and eclampsia management as critical components of skilled care during birth in Ca

Wednesday, 21st July 2010

Publication year: 2010
Source: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 July 2010

Jerker, Liljestrand , Judith, Moore , Maya, Tholandi

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Safety of the loop electrosurgical excision procedure performed by clinical officers in an HIV primary care setting

Tuesday, 13th July 2010

Publication year: 2010
Source: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 July 2010

Megan J., Huchko , May, Maloba , Elizabeth A., Bukusi

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Hysterotomy and evacuation of a deciduate placental hematoma following placental abruption

Sunday, 11th July 2010

Publication year: 2010
Source: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 July 2010

Grzegorz, Raba , Jan, Kotarski

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Endometrial ablation as a treatment for postmenstrual bleeding due to cesarean scar defect

Sunday, 11th July 2010

Publication year: 2010
Source: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 July 2010

Yu-Hung, Lin , Jiann-Loung, Hwang , Kok-Min, Seow

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Infertility treatment in patients with recurrent endometrioma

Saturday, 10th July 2010

Publication year: 2010
Source: International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 July 2010

Horng-Der, Tsai

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