In case you missed it: Here are the top 5 posts this month

First US baby born after uterine transplant delivered in Texas

The first birth as a result of uterine transplant in the United States took place on Friday in Texas at the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. The women had undergone a live donor transplant and have received her uterus from Taylor Siler, 36, a registered nurse in the Dallas area.

The boy delivered by elective cesarean section is just named “baby number 9, as he is the 9th person in the world to be born out of transplanted uterus.

https://obgynupdated.blogspot.in/2017/12/first-us-baby-born-after-uterine.html

New approach to ovarian cystectomy: Transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a challenging minimally invasive procedure where ‘scarless’ abdominal surgeries are performed through an endoscope inserted through a natural orifice (mouth, anus, vagina, and urethra) and is considered as less invasive approach to laparoscopic surgeries. 

https://obgynupdated.blogspot.in/2018/01/new-approach-to-ovarian-cystectomy.html

ACOG updates its guidelines on Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have updated its practice guidelines about managing Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy, published in the January issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

The guidelines replace the earlier document published in September 2015.

https://obgynupdated.blogspot.in/2017/12/acog-updates-its-guidelines-on-nausea.html

Stair-step ovulation induction protocols are not just limited to Clomiphene

Stair-step ovulation induction protocol with Letrozole is also as effective as stair-step method using Clomiphene Citrate, and has a slight edge over CC in obese patients reports the result of study published in March issue of Fertility and Sterility.

Stair-step ovulation induction protocols have shown to achieve ovulation induction in shorter time as compared to traditional protocols in women with PCOS. But, so far studies and clinical trials have mainly focused on Clomiphene Citrate(CC).

https://obgynupdated.blogspot.in/2017/12/stair-step-ovulation-induction.html

A simple, novel solution to identify and protect ureter during surgery

AllotropeMedical, a Houston based medical startup has devised StimSite, a novel, hand-held, single use device that precisely identifies ureter during surgery; thus, eliminating the need for ureteral stenting.

It is specifically useful in all gynecological, colorectal and oncosurgeries. Gynecological surgery accounts for 50% of all iatrogenic ureteric injuries.

https://obgynupdated.blogspot.in/2017/12/a-simple-novel-solution-to-identify-and.html