Expert Commentary
Expert Commentary
Can US “pattern recognition” of classic adnexal lesions reduce surgery, and even referrals for other imaging, in average-risk women?
This is not a new concept. Numerous studies1 have found that pattern recognition performed as well or better...
Expert Commentary
What placental mechanisms protect the fetus from harm in the setting of maternal COVID-19 infection?
Lower placental ACE2 protein levels observed in cases of third trimester maternal COVID-19 infection may be...
Expert Commentary
Is the United States addressing maternal mortality rates from preeclampsia/eclampsia and chronic hypertension?
Racial disparities, advancing maternal age, and obesity all contributed to the increase in the annual maternal death rate...
Gynecologic Oncology Consult
Optimizing ‘optimal’ in ovarian cancer cytoreduction
While pafolacianine promises to move us closer to a true “R0” (negative margins) resection of ovarian cancer, is this even a feasible goal in a...
Expert Commentary
Do recent data on use of menopausal HT and subsequent risk of dementia indicate an association?
Expert Commentary
Are there perinatal benefits to pregnant patients after bariatric surgery?
Expert Commentary
Does prophylactic manual rotation of OP and OT positions in early second stage of labor decrease operative vaginal and/or CDs?
Yes, trial of prophylactic manual rotation of an occiput posterior (OP) or occiput transverse (OT) position at full dilation...
Expert Commentary
Is vaginal laser therapy more efficacious in improving vaginal menopausal symptoms compared with sham therapy?
No. According to a randomized controlled trial in which 78 postmenopausal women with bothersome vaginal symptoms received either...
Expert Commentary
Remote and in-home prenatal care: Safe, inclusive, and here to stay
A look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the prenatal treatment model for the benefit of patients and clinicians. For much of the general...
Expert Commentary
Time to retire race- and ethnicity-based carrier screening
Gaps in health care persist; clinicians must examine the use of race and ethnicity within the care that they provide
The...
Expert Commentary
Is active (vs expectant) management of a persistent PUL more effective?
Yes. According to a randomized trial that included 255 participants, active management of pregnancy of unknown...