Vagina

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Gartner Duct Cyst Masquerading as Anterior Vaginal Prolapse. 
  • A new abortion technique: intravaginal and intramuscular prostaglandin. 
  • A prospective randomized comparison of single- and double-lumen needles for transvaginal follicular aspiration. 
  • A vaginal fluid simulant. 
  • Abdominal sacrocolpopexy with Burch colposuspension to reduce urinary stress incontinence. 
  • Accuracy and cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening by high-risk human papillomavirus DNA testing of self-collected vaginal samples. 
  • Accuracy of clinical assessment of paravaginal defects in women with anterior vaginal wall prolapse. 
  • Acute ureteral obstruction following transvaginal oocyte retrieval for IVF. 
  • Adherent biofilms in bacterial vaginosis. 
  • Adjunctive erythromycin treatment for idiopathic preterm labor: results of a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. 
  • Alteration in vaginal microflora, douching prior to pregnancy, and preterm birth. 
  • Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma that metastasized to the orbit. 
  • An anatomic and functional assessment of the discrete defect rectocele repair. 
  • Anaerobes predominate among the vaginal microflora of prepubertal girls. 
  • Analysis of vaginal microbicide film hydration kinetics by quantitative imaging refractometry. 
  • Anatomic relationships of infracoccygeal sacropexy (posterior intravaginal slingplasty) trocar insertion. 
  • Anatomic relationships of the tension-free vaginal mesh trocars. 
  • Antibiotic prophylaxis and non-group B streptococcal neonatal sepsis. 
  • Antibody to the gp120 V1/V2 loops and CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses in protection from SIVmac251 vaginal acquisition and persistent viremia. 
  • Application of the estrogen threshold hypothesis to the physiologic hypoestrogenemia of lactation. 
  • Assessment of genetic relatedness of vaginal isolates of Candida albicans from different geographical origins. 
  • Assessment of vulvar discomfort with sexual activity among women in the United States. 
  • Bacteria associated with bacterial vaginosis. 
  • Bacterial colonization of amniotic fluid in the presence of ruptured membranes. 
  • Bacterial vaginosis and vaginal fluid defensins during pregnancy. 
  • Bacterial vaginosis, vaginal fluid neutrophil defensins, and preterm birth. 
  • Bacteriology of the vagina. 
  • Bilateral uterosacral ligament vaginal vault suspension with site-specific endopelvic fascia defect repair for treatment of pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Biophysical analysis of prototype microbicidal gels. 
  • Body mass index, dose to organs at risk during vaginal brachytherapy, and the role of three-dimensional CT-based treatment planning. 
  • Candidate sulfonated and sulfated topical microbicides: comparison of anti-human immunodeficiency virus activities and mechanisms of action. 
  • Cellular immunity elicited by human immunodeficiency virus type 1/ simian immunodeficiency virus DNA vaccination does not augment the sterile protection afforded by passive infusion of neutralizing antibodies. 
  • Cervical priming prior to first-trimester suction abortion with a single 15-methyl-prostaglandin F2 alpha vaginal suppository. 
  • Cervical-vaginal and intraanal human papillomavirus infection of young girls with external genital warts. 
  • Cervicovaginal secretions contribute to innate resistance to herpes simplex virus infection. 
  • Chemokine-adjuvanted electroporated DNA vaccine induces substantial protection from simian immunodeficiency virus vaginal challenge. 
  • Clear-cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix in young females: analysis of 37 tumors that persisted or recurred after primary therapy. 
  • Combined systemic and mucosal immunization with microsphere-encapsulated inactivated simian immunodeficiency virus elicits serum, vaginal, and tracheal antibody responses in female rhesus macaques. 
  • Comparative Immunogenicity of HIV-1 gp140 Vaccine Delivered by Parenteral, and Mucosal Routes in Female Volunteers; MUCOVAC2, A Randomized Two Centre Study. 
  • Comparison of gracilis and rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap neovaginal reconstruction performed during radical pelvic surgery: flap-specific morbidity. 
  • Comparison of low-technology and high-technology monitoring of clomiphene citrate ovulation induction. 
  • Comparison of systemic and mucosal immunization with helper-dependent adenoviruses for vaccination against mucosal challenge with SHIV. 
  • Comparison of the rheological properties of Advantage-S and Replens. 
  • Compartmental transport model of microbicide delivery by an intravaginal ring. 
  • Complete androgen insensitivity: the role of the surgeon. 
  • Complications of prenatal therapy with diethylstilbestrol. 
  • Concomitant Anterior Repair, Preoperative Prolapse Severity, and Anatomic Prolapse Outcomes After Vaginal Apical Procedures. 
  • Correlation of follicular diameter with oocyte recovery and maturity at the time of transvaginal follicular aspiration. 
  • Current diagnosis and treatment of interstitial pregnancy. 
  • Cytokines as adjuvants for the induction of anti-human immunodeficiency virus peptide immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA antibodies in serum and mucosal secretions after nasal immunization. 
  • Cytologic screening after hysterectomy for benign disease. 
  • Cytology of 575 young women with prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol. 
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV) shedding is highly correlated with markers of immunosuppression in CMV-seropositive women. 
  • De novo rectal prolapse after obliterative and reconstructive vaginal surgery for urogenital prolapse. 
  • Delayed presentation and successful repair of a recurrent vesicovaginal fistula after hysterectomy and primary abdominal repair. 
  • Design and preliminary analysis of a vaginal inserter for speculum-free cervical cancer screening. 
  • Design and preliminary observations of National Cooperative Diethylstilbestrol Adenosis (DESAD) Project. 
  • Design of a semisolid vaginal microbicide gel by relating composition to properties and performance. 
  • Design of tenofovir-UC781 combination microbicide vaginal gels. 
  • Designing preclinical perceptibility measures to evaluate topical vaginal gel formulations: relating user sensory perceptions and experiences to formulation properties. 
  • Development and validation of a laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy simulation model for surgical training. 
  • Development of the human female reproductive tract. 
  • Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Uterine Anomalies in Pregnancy. 
  • Dietary intervention study to assess estrogenicity of dietary soy among postmenopausal women. 
  • Differential expression of p63 isoforms in female reproductive organs. 
  • Direct questioning is more effective than patient-initiated report for the detection of sexually transmitted infections in a primary care HIV clinic in Western Kenya. 
  • Does Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Increase the Risk of Vaginal Cuff Dehiscence? An Analysis of Outcomes from Multiple Academic Centers and a Review of the Literature. 
  • Does urethral competence affect urodynamic voiding parameters in women with prolapse? 
  • ELECTROPHORETIC SEPARATION OF HYDROLYTIC ENZYMES OF THE FEMALE RAT REPRODUCTIVE TRACT. 
  • Early pregnancy interruption with two 15-ME-PGF2a suppositories. 
  • Early vs late midline sling lysis results in greater improvement in lower urinary tract symptoms. 
  • Editorial: Problems in the examination of the DES-exposed female. 
  • Effect of Uterosacral Ligament Suspension vs Sacrospinous Ligament Fixation With or Without Perioperative Behavioral Therapy for Pelvic Organ Vaginal Prolapse on Surgical Outcomes and Prolapse Symptoms at 5 Years in the OPTIMAL Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effect of vaginal lubricants on natural fertility. 
  • Effect of vaginal lubricants on natural fertility. 
  • Environmentally relevant xenoestrogen tissue concentrations correlated to biological responses in mice. 
  • Erosion of microbicide formulation coating layers: effects of contact and shearing with vaginal fluid or semen. 
  • Eubacterium nodatum mimics Actinomyces in intrauterine device-associated infections and other settings within the female genital tract. 
  • Experimental study of the effect of diethylstilbestrol on the development of the human female reproductive tract. 
  • Expression of epidermal growth factor receptor and HER-2/neu in normal and neoplastic cervix, vulva, and vagina. 
  • Expression of nuclear estrogen-binding sites within developing human fetal vagina and urogenital sinus. 
  • Failure of metronidazole to prevent preterm delivery among pregnant women with asymptomatic Trichomonas vaginalis infection. 
  • Favorable outcome of pubovaginal slings for geriatric women with stress incontinence. 
  • Full-thickness cutaneous martius flaps: a useful technique in female reconstructive urology. 
  • Functional outcomes of primary and secondary repairs of vesicovaginal fistulae via vaginal cuff scar excision. 
  • Group B Streptococci Screening Before Repeat Cesarean Delivery: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. 
  • Gynecological abnormalities following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. 
  • HIV-1 specific IgA detected in vaginal secretions of HIV uninfected women participating in a microbicide trial in Southern Africa are primarily directed toward gp120 and gp140 specificities. 
  • HIV-inducing factor in cervicovaginal secretions is associated with bacterial vaginosis in HIV-1-infected women. 
  • HPV antibody levels and clinical efficacy following administration of a prophylactic quadrivalent HPV vaccine. 
  • Highly attenuated vaccine strains of simian immunodeficiency virus protect against vaginal challenge: inverse relationship of degree of protection with level of attenuation. 
  • Hormone release and abortifacient effectiveness of a newly developed silastic device containing 15-ME-PGF2alpha methyl ester in concentrations of 0.5% and 1.0%. 
  • Identification of protein marker in vaginal wall tissues of women with stress urinary incontinence by protein chip array. 
  • Induction of midtrimester abortion by serial intravaginal administration of 15(S)-15-methyl-prostaglandin F2alpha (THAM) suppositories. 
  • Intranasal immunization is superior to vaginal, gastric, or rectal immunization for the induction of systemic and mucosal anti-HIV antibody responses. 
  • Investigating the source of amniotic fluid isolates of fusobacteria. 
  • Lactoferrin expression in the mouse reproductive tract during the natural estrous cycle: correlation with circulating estradiol and progesterone. 
  • Laser Therapy for Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause. 
  • Levels of vaginal secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor are decreased in women with lower reproductive tract infections. 
  • Long-Term Effectiveness of Uterosacral Colpopexy and Minimally Invasive Sacral Colpopexy for Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse. 
  • Long-term outcomes following abdominal sacrocolpopexy for pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Long-term outcomes of vaginal mesh versus native tissue repair for anterior vaginal wall prolapse. 
  • Lymphocyte shedding from genital tract of human immunodeficiency virus-infected women: immunophenotypic and clinical correlates. 
  • Management of female genitourinary fistulas: transvesical or transvaginal approach? 
  • Management of intrauterine fetal death with prostaglandin E2 vaginal suppositories. 
  • Management strategies for Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser related vaginal agenesis: a cost-effectiveness analysis. 
  • Maturation of vaginal and cervical epithelium in women exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DESAD Project). 
  • Measures of growth, development, and sexual maturation in mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus): effects of photic period during ontogeny. 
  • Measuring rates of sexual development in female Mongolian gerbils. 
  • Mesh sacrocolpopexy compared with native tissue vaginal repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Methodology for a vaginal and urinary microbiome study in women with mixed urinary incontinence. 
  • Microglandular hyperplasia in vaginal adenosis associated with oral contraceptives and prenatal diethylstilbestrol exposure. 
  • Mid-trimester abortion induced by intravaginal administration of prostaglandin E2 suppositories. 
  • Molecular mechanisms of development of the human fetal female reproductive tract. 
  • Movement of cynomolgus and rhesus monkey spermatozoa collected from the lower female reproductive tract. 
  • Mucosal and systemic anti-HIV responses in rhesus macaques following combinations of intranasal and parenteral immunizations. 
  • Mucosal human defensins 5 and 6 antagonize the anti-HIV activity of candidate polyanion microbicides. 
  • Mucosal immunity to HIV-1: systemic and vaginal antibody responses after intranasal immunization with the HIV-1 C4/V3 peptide T1SP10 MN(A). 
  • Mullerian dysgenesis: a critical review of the literature. 
  • Multicompartmental pharmacokinetic model of tenofovir delivery by a vaginal gel. 
  • Multiplexed low coherence interferometry instrument for measuring microbicide gel thickness distribution. 
  • Multivalent benzoboroxole functionalized polymers as gp120 glycan targeted microbicide entry inhibitors. 
  • Nasal immunization with a recombinant HIV gp120 and nanoemulsion adjuvant produces Th1 polarized responses and neutralizing antibodies to primary HIV type 1 isolates. 
  • Neutralization Takes Precedence Over IgG or IgA Isotype-related Functions in Mucosal HIV-1 Antibody-mediated Protection. 
  • New insights into human female reproductive tract development. 
  • Objective assessment of vaginal surgical skills. 
  • Obstruction after Burch colposuspension: a return to retropubic urethrolysis. 
  • Optical imaging and analysis of human vaginal coating by drug delivery gels. 
  • Ospemifene for the treatment of vulvovaginal atrophy and dyspareunia in postmenopausal women. 
  • Our experience with pubovaginal slings in patients with stress urinary incontinence. 
  • Outcome of patients undergoing transabdominal cerclage: a descriptive study. 
  • Ovarian cycling and reproductive state shape the vaginal microbiota in wild baboons. 
  • Ovarian effects of a high lactose diet in the female rat. 
  • PRO 2000 gel inhibits HIV and herpes simplex virus infection following vaginal application: a double-blind placebo-controlled trial. 
  • Pathology of colposcopic findings in 2635 diethylstilbestrol-exposed young women. 
  • Pathology of prenatal diethylstilbestrol exposure. 
  • Pathology of vaginal and cervical abnormalities associated with prenatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol (des). 
  • Pelvic support, pelvic symptoms, and patient satisfaction after colpocleisis. 
  • Perioperative adverse events after minimally invasive abdominal sacrocolpopexy. 
  • Phosphoethanolamine decoration of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lipid A plays a dual immunostimulatory and protective role during experimental genital tract infection. 
  • Polymerase chain reaction analysis of distal vaginal specimens: a less invasive strategy for detection of Trichomonas vaginalis. 
  • Prenatal cocaine and/or nicotine exposure in rats: preliminary findings on long-term cognitive outcome and genital development at birth. 
  • Prenatal diethylstilbestrol exposure and human genital tract abnormalities. 
  • Prenatal exposure to stilbestrol. A prospective comparison of exposed female offspring with unexposed controls. 
  • Protection of macaques against vaginal SHIV challenge by systemic or mucosal and systemic vaccinations with HIV-envelope. 
  • Pubovaginal fascial slings. 
  • Pubovaginal sling using cadaveric allograft fascia for the treatment of intrinsic sphincter deficiency. 
  • Purulent vaginal discharge secondary to ureteral ectopia. 
  • Quality of life after surgery for genital prolapse in elderly women: obliterative and reconstructive surgery. 
  • Real-time dose-rate monitoring with gynecologic brachytherapy: Results of an initial clinical trial. 
  • Rectovaginal examinations and human papillomavirus: can we decrease the risk of colorectal infection? 
  • Rectus abdominis myocutaneous and myoperitoneal flaps for neovaginal reconstruction after radical pelvic surgery: comparison of flap-related morbidity. 
  • Rectus abdominis myocutaneous flaps for neovaginal reconstruction after radical pelvic surgery. 
  • Rectus sheath hematoma after transvaginal follicle aspiration: a rare complication of in vitro fertilization. 
  • Rheological properties of contraceptive gels. 
  • Rhipicephalus sanguineus: vector of a new spotted fever group rickettsia in the United States. 
  • Scarcity or absence of humoral immune responses in the plasma and cervicovaginal lavage fluids of heavily HIV-1-exposed but persistently seronegative women. 
  • Selected topics in the pathology of the vagina. 
  • Self-collection of vaginal swabs for the detection of Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis: opportunity to encourage sexually transmitted disease testing among adolescents. 
  • Semi-solid gels function as physical barriers to human immunodeficiency virus transport in vitro. 
  • Sensitivity Analysis of a Pharmacokinetic Model of Vaginal Anti-HIV Microbicide Drug Delivery. 
  • Sexual activity and vaginal topography in women with symptomatic pelvic floor disorders. 
  • Sexual function after vaginal versus nonvaginal prolapse surgery. 
  • Short gracilis myocutaneous flaps for vulvovaginal reconstruction after radical pelvic surgery. 
  • Simian-human immunodeficiency virus SHIV89.6-induced protection against intravaginal challenge with pathogenic SIVmac239 is independent of the route of immunization and is associated with a combination of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte and alpha interferon responses. 
  • Simple vaginal mold for use in the postoperative care of patients with a transverse vaginal septum. 
  • Species and genotypic diversities and similarities of pathogenic yeasts colonizing women. 
  • Sperm transport in the reproductive tract of the female rabbit: II. The sustained phase of transport. 
  • Structural anomalies of the cervix and vagina in women enrolled in the Diethylstilbestrol Adenosis (DESAD) Project. 
  • Surgery via natural orifices in human beings: yesterday, today, tomorrow. 
  • Symptomatic and anatomic 1-year outcomes after robotic and abdominal sacrocolpopexy. 
  • Targeting Deficiencies in the TLR5 Mediated Vaginal Response to Treat Female Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection. 
  • Temperature and pH sensitive hydrogels: an approach towards smart semen-triggered vaginal microbicidal vehicles. 
  • Teratogenic effects of clomiphene, tamoxifen, and diethylstilbestrol on the developing human female genital tract. 
  • The abortifacient effects of a newly developed vaginal silastic device impregnated with an 0.5% concentration of 15(S)-15-methyl-prostaglandin F2alpha methyl ester in the first trimester. 
  • The effect of a 10 cm2, 0.5% 15-ME-PGF2alpha methyl ester intravaginal silastic device on abortion and plasma prostaglandin concentration. 
  • The effects of local progesterone on stilbestrol-associated vaginal adenosis. 
  • The embryologic development of the human vagina. 
  • The impact of pregnancy on anti-HIV activity of cervicovaginal secretions. 
  • The incidence of ureteral obstruction and the value of intraoperative cystoscopy during vaginal surgery for pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • The relationship of cervical microbiota diversity with race and disparities in preterm birth. 
  • The role of a long-acting vaginal suppository of 15-ME-PGF2 alpha in first and second trimester abortion. 
  • The role of preoperative urodynamic testing in stress-continent women undergoing sacrocolpopexy: the Colpopexy and Urinary Reduction Efforts (CARE) randomized surgical trial. 
  • The vaginal introitus: a novel site for Chlamydia trachomatis testing in women. 
  • Timing and irreversibility of Müllerian duct inhibition in the embryonic reproductive tract of the human male. 
  • Transobturator tape procedure with and without concomitant vaginal surgery. 
  • Transperineal versus transvaginal sonography during pregnancy. 
  • Transvaginal repair of vesicovaginal fistulas after hysterectomy by vaginal cuff excision. 
  • Transvaginal urethrolysis for urethral obstruction after anti-incontinence surgery. 
  • Treatment results using pubovaginal slings in patients with large cystoceles and stress incontinence. 
  • Ultrastructure of 16 cases of clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix in young women. 
  • Urethral diverticulectomy and pubovaginal sling for simultaneous treatment of urethral diverticulum and intrinsic sphincter deficiency. 
  • Urethrovaginal fistula: a review of the surgical management. 
  • Urinary tract erosions after synthetic pubovaginal slings: diagnosis and management strategy. 
  • Urologic and genital anomalies in patients with congenital absence of the vagina. 
  • Vaginal Dose Is Associated With Toxicity in Image Guided Tandem Ring or Ovoid-Based Brachytherapy. 
  • Vaginal Uterosacral Ligament Suspension: A Retrospective Cohort of Absorbable and Permanent Suture Groups. 
  • Vaginal adenosis in women born prior to the diethylstilbestrol era. 
  • Vaginal and cervical abnormalities, including clear-cell adenocarcinoma, related to prenatal exposure to stilbestrol. 
  • Vaginal cuff thermal injury by mode of colpotomy at total laparoscopic hysterectomy: a randomized clinical trial. 
  • Vaginal delivery is associated with occult disruption of the anal sphincter mechanism. 
  • Vaginal deployment and tenofovir delivery by microbicide gels. 
  • Vaginal distribution of Replens and K-Y Jelly using three imaging techniques. 
  • Vaginal drug distribution modeling. 
  • Vaginal fetal fibronectin measurements from 8 to 22 weeks' gestation and subsequent spontaneous preterm birth. 
  • Vaginal lavage attenuates cocaine-stimulated activity and establishes place preference in rats. 
  • Vaginal native tissue repair versus transvaginal mesh repair for apical prolapse: how utilizing different methods of analysis affects the estimated trade-off between reoperation for mesh exposure/erosion and reoperation for recurrent prolapse. 
  • Vaginal opacification during defecography: direction of vaginal migration aids in diagnosis of pelvic floor pathology. 
  • Vaginal opacification during defecography: utility of placing a folded gauze square at the introitus. 
  • Vaginal repair of a vesicocervical fistula after labored-cesarean delivery without concomitant hysterectomy. 
  • Variations in strategy for the treatment of urethral obstruction after a pubovaginal sling procedure. 
  • Vesicovaginal fistula due to an unreported foreign body in an adolescent. 
  • Voiding dysfunction following incontinence surgery: diagnosis and treatment with retropubic or vaginal urethrolysis. 
  • Zinc acetate/carrageenan gels exhibit potent activity in vivo against high-dose herpes simplex virus 2 vaginal and rectal challenge. 
  • [Vaginal flora in healthy sexually mature women]. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Berchuck, Andrew, James M. Ingram Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
  • Ferrari, Guido, Associate Professor of Surgery, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
  • Katz, David F., Nello L. Teer, Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering, in the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering