Lithopedion is a rare clinical situation characterised by the calcification of a foetus that has died during an ectopic pregnancy, usually in the abdominal cavity. It occurs in 1.5 to 2% of ectopic pregnancies. It can...
Background: According to the World Health Organization, the worldwide prevalence of infertility is 17.5%. The male share of responsibility is undeniable. Several factors, such as smoking, alcoholism, obesity and envir...
Background: Birth weight has been identified as one of the most significant predictors of a child’s physical growth, development, and survival in later life. A quest to provide an answer on the impact of maternal ant...
Introduction: The association of sickle cell disease and pregnancy is a risky situation for the mother as well as the fetus and even the neonate. The objective of this work was to study the maternal and perinatal prog...
Objective: To investigate the specific mechanism of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1α) in the regulation of human sperm apoptosis, and to provide a new theoretical reference and scientific basis for the diagno...
Azoospermia, defined as a complete absence of spermatozoa in the ejaculate, is a relatively common condition among infertile men. Establishing the etiological diagnosis can be challenging and often requires various in...
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of liver disease in the Western world and has a strong relationship to obesity and diabetes. NAFLD has not been well studied in pregnant women. We studied ...
Background: In Togo, the maternal mortality rate in 2017 was estimated at 396/100,000 live births. Maternal death before admission is an increasingly growing phenomenon in the gynecology-obstetrics clinic of the CHU S...
Background: Modern contraceptives are medical procedures that interfere with reproduction or acts of sexual intercourse. Moyo district contraceptive prevalence used by females aged 15 - 24 years is 6.03%, which is far...
In this report, we present a case of a term abdominal pregnancy managed in St Padre Pio Hospital Douala (Cameroon). The 28-year-old G2P1001 woman whom we received to our facility at 15 weeks gestation with an intraute...