Welcome to This Week in Obstetrics & Gynecology. This week we're covering 9 notable papers spanning maternal-fetal interventions, intrapartum safety protocols, and evolving strategies in gynecologic surgery and reproductive medicine. Let's dive in.

This week's papers:

1. Survival assessment of adjuvant chemotherapy for cytology-negative, non-myoinvasive stage IC clear cell endometrial cancer — American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2026
2. Non-invasive removal of the Smart tracheal occlusion device for fetal congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a single-arm, open-label, phase 1 study — Lancet (London, England) 2026
3. The Role of Placental Anastomoses in Severe Brain Injury After Fetal Demise in Monochorionic Twins: A Multicenter Retrospective Study — American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2026
4. A large retrospective study on 1PN embryo transfer supports the need for updated harmonized best practice guidelines — Human Reproduction (Oxford, England) 2026
5. International Trends in Concurrent Hysterectomy at Risk-Reducing Surgery in BRCA1/2 pathogenic variant carriers: A mixed-methods study — American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2026
6. The Effects of Climate Change on Obstetric and Gynecologic Health — Obstetrics and Gynecology 2026
7. Reimagining Postpartum Diabetes Screening: From Immediate Oral Glucose Tolerance Testing to Innovative Strategies — Obstetrics and Gynecology 2026
8. Association of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination During Pregnancy With Adverse Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes — Obstetrics and Gynecology 2026
9. High-Dose Oxytocin Protocol Implementation and Postpartum Hemorrhage — Obstetrics and Gynecology 2026

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Welcome to This Week in Obstetrics & Gynecology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning the management of obstetric hemorrhage, advances in high-risk obstetrics, and new insights in gynecology and reproductive medicine. Let's dive in.

This week's papers:

1. Diagnosis and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage: a race against time. — Lancet (London, England) 2026
2. Postpartum haemorrhage: epidemiology, consequences, and missed opportunities. — Lancet (London, England) 2026
3. Prevention of postpartum haemorrhage: from evidence to implementation at scale. — Lancet (London, England) 2026
4. Placenta accreta spectrum in the 21st century: Challenging dogma and redefining disorder. — PLoS medicine 2026
5. Invasive in-utero cardiac intervention in the hydropic fetus may improve survival: results from the International Fetal Cardiac Intervention Registry (IFCIR). — Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2026
6. Hemodynamics-guided treatment of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: systematic review and meta-analysis. — Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2026
7. Translation of Chronic Pelvic Pain Experience into Patient Treatment Preference Profiles with Q-Methodology. — American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2026
8. Two distinct causes contribute to the low efficiency of human pre-implantation development. — Cell 2026
9. Natural Compared With Artificial Cycle Endometrial Preparation for Frozen Embryo Transfer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. — Obstetrics and gynecology 2026
10. Black-White Differences in Neonatal Survival Among Periviable Births, 1995-2019. — Obstetrics and gynecology 2026

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Welcome to This Week in Obstetrics & Gynecology. This week we're covering 7 notable papers spanning gynecologic oncology, high-risk obstetrics, and new insights into managing polycystic ovary syndrome. Let's dive in.

This week's papers:

1. A multicenter study of laparoscopic versus laparotomic surgery in the treatment of stage I adult granulosa cell and Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors: (LARGES): Gynecologic Oncology Research Investigators coLLaborAtion study (GORILLA-3005). — Gynecologic oncology 2026
2. Antenatal Corticosteroid Use in Twin Pregnancies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. — Obstetrics and gynecology 2026
3. Outcome of cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy continued to viability: Data from the International CSEP Registry. — American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2026
4. Prenatal diagnosis of cardiac rhabdomyoma: implications for predicting tuberous sclerosis complex and guiding perinatal management. — Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2026
5. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Risk for Thromboembolic Complication Among Patients With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study. — BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2026
6. Weight Loss Associated with Semaglutide Use is Linked to Improved Reproductive Measures in PMOS: a Proof-Of-Concept Analysis. — Fertility and sterility 2026

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Welcome to This Week in Obstetrics & Gynecology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning gynecologic oncology, advances in reproductive medicine, and key issues in general obstetrics. Let's dive in.

This week's papers:

1. Spatiotemporal transcriptome atlas of human embryos after gastrulation. — Nature 2026
2. Genomic instability drives POSTNmyofibroblasts via STING-WNT axis to promote immunosuppression and PARPi resistance in ovarian cancer. — Science translational medicine 2026
3. Prospective comparison of diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound, PET/CT and DW-MRI for preoperative assessment of pelvic lymph nodes in cervical cancer patients: results of the CANNES trial. — Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2026
4. Naming in medicine: how disease nomenclature shapes diagnosis, research and patient lives. — Nature medicine 2026
5. IVF-Conceived Offspring Exhibit Altered LINE-1 Retrotransposition Dynamics Associated with Long-Term Disease Risks. — American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2026
6. In a Rodent Model, Low-Dose Maternal Magnesium Sulfate Achieves Comparable Neuroinflammatory Attenuation to Higher Dose. — American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2026
7. Does intracytoplasmic sperm injection outperform conventional in vitro fertilization in couples without severe male factor infertility? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. — Human reproduction (Oxford, England) 2026
8. Association Between Delivery Mode and Postpartum Psychiatric Conditions. — Obstetrics and gynecology 2026
9. Why Gynecologists Must Become Anal Cancer-Prevention Specialists. — Obstetrics and gynecology 2026

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Welcome to This Week in Obstetrics & Gynecology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning optimizing care before and during pregnancy, innovations in managing high-risk obstetrics, and the evolving scope of gynecologic practice. Let's dive in.

This week's papers:

1. In a Rodent Model, Low-Dose Maternal Magnesium Sulfate Achieves Comparable Neuroinflammatory Attenuation to Higher Dose. — American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2026
2. Prenatal Cell-Free DNA Screening With Fetal Fraction Amplification at 6-9 Weeks of Gestation. — Obstetrics and gynecology 2026
3. Why Gynecologists Must Become Anal Cancer-Prevention Specialists. — Obstetrics and gynecology 2026
4. Focal Excision for Placenta Percreta Based on Pathoanatomy: The Challenge of Neovascularization. — American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2026
5. Associations between hematologic dynamics during pregnancy and obstetric complications: A retrospective observational study. — PLoS medicine 2026
6. Management of Spontaneous Abortion Among Commercially Insured Individuals in the United States After Dobbs v Jackson. — JAMA 2026
7. Endometrial cancer: A Society of Gynecologic Oncology evidence-based review and recommendations, part II. — Gynecologic oncology 2026
8. Maternal Outcomes Associated With a Statewide Obstetric Hemorrhage Quality-Improvement Initiative. — Obstetrics and gynecology 2026
9. The International Glossary on Infertility and Fertility Care, 2025†. — Fertility and sterility 2026
10. Prepregnancy Care and Counseling: A Review. — JAMA 2026

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Welcome to This Week in Obstetrics & Gynecology. This week we're covering 10 notable papers spanning optimizing perinatal outcomes, assessing long-term health risks, and new data on cancer genetics and physician wellbeing. Let's dive in.

This week's papers:

1. Neurodevelopmental Pediatric Follow-Up After the Azithromycin Prevention in Labor Use Study. — Obstetrics and gynecology 2026
2. First-trimester nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs exposure and risk of major congenital malformations: A retrospective register-based cohort study. — PLoS medicine 2026
3. Pragmatic Parental Support to Mitigate Burnout Among Pregnant and Postpartum Trainees: A Randomized Clinical Trial. — JAMA 2026
4. Perinatal outcome of monochorionic twin pregnancy complicated by selective fetal growth restriction: ISUOG vs Delphi diagnostic criteria. — Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology 2026
5. Hypertension and dyslipidemia in women with PCOS: a population-based multiregister study in Sweden. — Human reproduction (Oxford, England) 2026
6. Endometriosis and ovarian cancer risk. — Gynecologic oncology 2026
7. Trends in Gestational Diabetes Identified through Universal Screening: A Population-Based Observational Study. — BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2026
8. Real-world genetic testing data of ovarian cancer patients: Informing counseling and risk reduction in patients over age seventy. — Gynecologic oncology 2026
9. Self-Collected HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening-Responsible Implementation to Reduce Disparities. — JAMA internal medicine 2026
10. How Long Should Women Push? The Effect of Fetal Position, Parity, and Epidural Use on Spontaneous Delivery. — American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2026

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