Antimicrobials for preterm birth prevention: an overviewAkila Subramaniam
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35223, USA
Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol 2012:157159. 2012
..The association between PTB and infection is clear. The purpose of this report is to present a focused review of information on the use of antibiotics to prevent PTB...
A cohort study evaluating robotic versus laparotomy surgical outcomes of obese women with endometrial carcinomaAkila Subramaniam
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35223, USA
Gynecol Oncol 122:604-7. 2011
..Compared to laparotomy, robotic surgery should allow comparable staging and improved surgical outcomes. Therefore, we evaluated outcomes in robotic and laparotomy cohorts of obese women with endometrial cancer at our institution...
Incidence of mechanical malfunction in low-profile subcutaneous implantable venous access devices in patients receiving chemotherapy for gynecologic malignanciesAkila Subramaniam
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35223, USA
Gynecol Oncol 123:54-7. 2011
..The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of mechanical complications associated with low-profile subcutaneous implantable venous access devices in gynecologic oncology patients...
Completed versus aborted radical hysterectomy for node-positive stage IB cervical cancer in the modern era of chemoradiation therapyAngela J Ziebarth
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
Gynecol Oncol 126:69-72. 2012
..Debate continues about optimal management of patients with node-positive stage I cervical cancer. Our objective was to determine if patient outcomes are affected by radical hysterectomy in the modern era of adjuvant chemoradiation...
Referral patterns and incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in adolescent and pregnant patients: the impact of the 2006 guidelinesJanelle M Fauci
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
J Low Genit Tract Dis 15:124-7. 2011
..In this study, we sought to review the impact of these new guidelines on referral patterns, along with the incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2/3 and cervical cancer in these 2 populations...
Prognostic significance of the relative dose intensity of chemotherapy in primary treatment of epithelial ovarian cancerJanelle M Fauci
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecology Oncology, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA
Gynecol Oncol 122:532-5. 2011
..Relative dose intensity (RDI) is the ratio of delivered dose intensity of chemotherapy to standard dose intensity. In this study, we sought to determine the prognostic significance of RDI in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC)...