Biomedical subjects

S Osser

Publications and source records attributed to S Osser.

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PubMed1980

Risk of pelvic inflammatory disease among intrauterine-device users irrespective of previous pregnancy.

The use of intrauterine devices (IUD) in 690 patients admitted to hospital for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID or acute salpingitis) was compared with the use in a sexually active age-matched control group. 220 (31.9%) of the patients and 114 (16.5%) of the controls were using an IUD. Thus, the risk of PID was raised twofold by IUD use. No significant difference was found between the women who had never been pregnant and those who had in the two groups. Neither was the risk of PID found to vary with age.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1978

Is development of pelvic inflammatory disease in women using intra-uterine device equal regardless of parity? A one year follow-up study.

Seven hundred and fifty women using IUD(TCu 200) were observed for one year after insertion. Sixteen (2.1%) of the women were hospitalized for salpingitis (PID), and the diagnosis was always confirmed by laparascopy. Of these 16 women, 8 belonged to the nulliparous group and 8 to the parous group. In the high-risk age-group (16--25 years), the incidence of salpingitis was 47/1000 women-year in the nulliparous group, and 42/1000 women-year in the parous group. Thus, the rate of development of salpingitis is equal regardless of parity.

Adolescent↗

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Postabortal infectious morbidity after antibiotic treatment of chlamydia-positive patients.

The postabortal infection rate in chlamydia-positive women after antibiotic treatment (doxycycline or erythromycin) was compared with infectious morbidity among untreated culture-positive women in a comparable previous study. Of 69 chlamydia-positive patients, 5 (7.2%) developed endometritis and one (1.4%) salpingitis during the first postoperative month. The corresponding figures during the previous regimen were 16 (23.2%) and 10 (14.5%), respectively, i.e. a highly significant decrease (P less than 0.001). The infection rate among the chlamydia-negative women was unchanged. It is suggested that preoperative screening for C. trachomatis should precede legal abortion. Initiation of treatment of culture-positive cases before or at least in conjunction with the abortion seems to reduce the risk of infectious complications to the same level as in chlamydia-negative women.

Abortion, Induced↗

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A comparison between the hamster egg penetration test and the seminal parameters in men of infertile couples.

The zona-free hamster egg penetration test was performed on 74 random consecutive semen samples from men of infertile couples and on 7 men of proven fertility (semen donors). Of these 74 men, 31 had never before delivered a semen sample (Group I), while the remaining 43 had delivered samples before (Group II). The penetration rates were correlated with the parameters of the semen analysis. In Group I, the mean penetration rate was 59%, in Group II, 42%, and among the fertile donors, 52%. No strong correlation was found between hamster egg penetration rates and the various semen parameters. Only the proportion of motile spermatozoa in Group II correlated significantly with the egg penetration test (P less than .05). Differences in methodology make comparison with the results from different laboratories difficult. It is likely that the egg penetration test measures some separate quality of the spermatozoa that may not be clear from the routine semen analysis. The role of the hamster egg penetration test in the investigation of the causes of infertility should be evaluated further.

Adult↗