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In highly viraemic pregnant women with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), stopping peripartum prophylaxis (PP) with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) immediately after delivery does not increase the risk of relapse or retreatment vs TDF cessation at ≥4 weeks postpartum. Early withdrawal of PP-TDF, combined with standard neonatal immunization schemes, is 100 percent effective in preventing mother-to-child transmission (MTCT).

Among pregnant women undergoing caesarean delivery under neuraxial anaesthesia in Singapore, the likelihood of postnatal depression may be predicted using five preoperative psychological and analgesic factors, according to a study.

In patients with low-risk cervical cancer, simple hysterectomy has demonstrated noninferior pelvic recurrence rate at 3 years and lower rates of surgery-related urologic adverse events (AEs) vs radical hysterectomy in the phase III, randomized, noninferiority CX.5 SHAPE trial.