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Female genital cosmetic surgery: a review of techniques and outcomes.
The aesthetic and functional procedures that comprise female genital cosmetic surgery (FGCS) include traditional vaginal prolapse procedures as well as cosmetic vulvar and labial procedures. The line...
Precancerous tumors and carcinomas in situ of the skin.
Precancerous skin lesions and carcinomas in situ of the skin represent the early stages of epithelial skin tumors. There is no invasive tumor growth, so the basement membrane is completely intact. Th...
Management of patients with vulvar cancer: a perspective review according to tumour stage.
Treatment of patients with vulvar cancer is challenging for gynaecologic oncologists. Owing to the localization in a sensitive area, surgical radicality and the indication for adjuvant treatment have...
Abstract Objective: Human papillomavirus (HPV) has an important role in the aetiology of a range of diseases, including cervical, other anogenital, and head and neck cancers, genital warts and recurre...
The source of precursor lesions of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the oral cavity and pharynx, their classification, and grading are controversial. In contrast, vulvar and penile cancer precursor le...
The vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) is a rare chronic skin condition that may progress to an invasive carcinoma of the vulva. Major issues affecting women's health were occurring symptoms, nega...
Chemotherapy of vulvar cancer: a review.
Squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva is a rare disease with good prognosis if diagnosed early. The standard primary therapy is surgery. Neoadjuvant radiation or chemotherapy has been used to achieve r...
Endometriomas and assisted reproductive technology.
Endometriomas in the assisted reproductive technology patient present a challenging clinical scenario for the infertility specialist. Although surgical management is often pursued in cases of pain or...
Endometriosis and assisted reproductive technologies: maximizing outcomes.
In vitro fertilization (IVF) represents the most efficient means of overcoming endometriosis-related infertility. Compromised pelvic anatomy and a hostile peritoneal environment are bypassed. Despite...
Diminished Ovarian Reserve and Endometriosis: Insult upon Injury.
Endometriosis is a disease that affects a significant proportion of reproductive-age women. The impact of the disease on ovarian reserve is an important consideration when planning treatment in women...
News Articles
New Survey Results from 3,000 Postmenopausal Women Living with Vulvar and Vaginal Atrophy
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey of more than 3,000 postmenopausal women reveals that women living with vulvar and vaginal atrophy (VVA) are either unaware of what ca...
Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the company has been awarded a significant portion of the UNICEF human papillomavirus (H...
Dr. Jubilee Brown is recognized among Castle Connolly's Top Doctors® for Houston, TX region in 2013
HOUSTON, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, has selected Houston's Gynecologic Oncology specialist Dr. Jubilee B...
Vaginal Mesh Implants - Can Women Wear Tight Pants?
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- (Vaginal Mesh Implant Complication News) Women who have had vaginal mesh implantation surgery often wonder whether wearing tight pants will cause t...
EMA accepts Shionogi's ospemifene MAA for treatment of VVA in post-menopausal women
Shionogi Limited, the London-based European subsidiary of Shionogi & Co., Ltd announced today that on 26th March 2013 the European Medicines Agency accepted its Marketing Authorisation Application sub...
Ospemifene: A Welcome Option for Treating Vaginal Atrophy
Andrew Kaunitz covers ospemifene, a new oral nonestrogenic therapy for vulvar and vaginal atrophy, and advises physicians on its benefits and risks. Medscape Ob/Gyn
FDA approves Shionogi's Osphena tablets to treat dyspareunia
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved US-based pharmaceutical company Shionogi's Osphena (ospemifene) tablets for the treatment of moderate to severe dyspareunia (painful intercourse), a sy...
FDA approves Shionogi's Osphena for postmenopausal women experiencing pain during sex
The US Food and Drug Administration yesterday approved Japanese drug major Shionogi's (TYO: 4507) Osphena (ospemifene) to treat women experiencing moderate-to-severe dyspareunia (pain during sexual in...
Sex drives: New women's health player Shionogi wins US OK for Osphena
Shionogi's 26 February US FDA win for Osphena (ospemifene), an oral estrogen agonist/antagonis, as a treatment for moderate-to-severe dyspareunia associated with vulvar and vaginal atrophy (VVA) in...
FDA Approved Treatment for Painful Intercourse (Dyspareunia) Due to Menopause
Florham Park, NJ (PRWEB) February 27, 2013 The United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Osphena⢠(ospemifene) tablets , Shionogi Inc.âs treatment for moderate...
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy such as cisplatin use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damag...
OBJECTIVES: I. Estimate the optimal safe dose of intravesical capsaicin in patients with interstitial cystitis. II. Evaluate the efficacy of 0.025% topical capsaicin in relieving chroni...
Lymphatic Mapping in Treating Patients With Stage I or Stage II Cancer of the Vulva
RATIONALE: Lymphatic mapping may improve the ability to detect cancer of the vulva. PURPOSE: This phase III trial is studying how well lymphatic mapping works in treating patients with st...
Topical Imiquimod in Treating Patients With Recurrent Paget's Disease of the Vulva
RATIONALE: Biological therapies, such as imiquimod, may stimulate the immune system in different ways and stop tumor cells from growing. Applying topical imiquimod to the vulva may be an e...
Clobetasol Versus Pimecrolimus for Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus
Lichen sclerosus (LS) is a skin condition of the external genitals (vulva) of women. LS causes vulvar itching, pain, and burning. In addition, LS causes scarring of the vulva which may cau...
Broad Spectrum HPV Vaccine Tolerability, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy Study
This study is to evaluate an investigational vaccine with the following objectives: (1) To demonstrate prevention of cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancers and related precancers, external...
Study of Velcade and Irinotecan in Advanced Cervical, Vulvar, or Vaginal Cancer
This study is conducting an evaluation of two chemotherapy drugs, Velcade and Irinotecan, in women with advanced, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer, vaginal cancer, or vulvar cancer...
A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Immune Response, and Efficacy of Gardasil (V501) in Women
This study is to assess the tolerability and efficacy of a vaccine being evaluated to reduce the incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and disease (external genital warts and v...
Many IBD patients take immunosuppressive agents and we are uncertain as to their capacity to mount a truly protective response after vaccination. If IBD patients do not have an adequate i...
Bazedoxifene (BZA) 20 mg tablet is an investigational medication (not approved by FDA) which is being studied for possible prevention and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. PREMARI...
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Vaginal Surgery - Episiotomy Endometrioma Resection
Vaginoplasty is a reconstructive plastic surgery and cosmetic procedure for the vaginal canal and its mucous membrane, and of vulvo-vaginal structures that m...
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Vulvar Vestibulitis
Inflammation of the vulvar vestibular region at the entrance of the VAGINA, generally involving surface mucosa and submucosal vestibular glands. It is characterized by ERYTHEMA and chronic recurrent pain in this area.
Vulvodynia
Complex pain syndrome with unknown etiology, characterized by constant or intermittent generalized vulva pain (Generalized vulvodynia) or localized burning sensations in the VESTIBULE area when pressure is applied (Vestibulodynia, or Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome). Typically, vulvar tissue with vulvodynia appears normal without infection or skin disease. Vulvodynia impacts negatively on a woman's quality of life as it interferes with sexual and daily activities.
Vulvar Diseases
Pathological processes of the VULVA.
Vulvar Neoplasms
Tumors or cancer of the VULVA.
Lichen Sclerosus Et Atrophicus
A chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease usually affecting the female genitalia (VULVAR LICHEN SCLEROSUS) and BALANITIS XEROTICA OBLITERANS in males. It is also called white spot disease and Csillag's disease.
