Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Article	Citations
Does Maternal Location of Residence Affect Low Birth Weight Outcomes in Hunter New England Local Health District?	24
Maternity Healthcare Worker Perspectives of Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity Recording, Reporting and Case Review in Queensland, Australia	24
Extending the new era of genomic testing into pregnancy management: A proposed model for Australian prenatal services	24
Reviewers	24
Barriers and potential solutions to improve access and equity in prenatal screening for rural women	17
Sentinel lymph node detection with indocyanine green and patent blue dye in cervical cancer: A single‐centre feasibility study	17
Authors' response to letter to the editor: Quality of life after placenta accreta spectrum: Should women be informed of mortality risk?	17
The effect of intraperitoneal ropivacaine on post‐operative pain and recovery after diagnostic laparoscopy and hysteroscopy: A randomised double‐blind placebo‐controlled trial	16
The appendix in endometriosis	15
Post‐repair laxative management in obstetric anal sphincter injury guidelines: A narrative review	15
First Nations women's health 2023	15
The utility of routine screening for anaemia at 36 weeks gestation	13
Placenta accreta spectrum: We can do better	12
Causes of perinatal deaths in Australia: Slow progress in the preterm period	12
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Neonatal near miss: A review of current definitions and the need for standardisation	12
Author Index	11
Implementation of a policy of universal cystoscopy at the time of hysterectomy for benign indications: A retrospective comparative study	11
Patient Satisfaction With Rapid Access Hysteroscopy Clinics for Postmenopausal Bleeding—A Single Centre Observational Study	11
Changes in women’s health service seeking behaviours and the impact of telehealth during COVID‐19: Insights from the 1800MyOptions service	11
To what extent do postpartum contraception policies or guidelines exist in Australia and New Zealand: A document analysis study	11
When pain is not the whole story: Presenting symptoms of women with endometriosis	11
Information needs of women undergoing gynaecological risk reduction surgery: Applying patient‐reported findings to improve service delivery	11
Feasibility and safety of a surgical training program in total laparoscopic hysterectomy: Results of a pilot trial	10
Safety and feasibility of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy during interval cytoreductive surgery in patients with advanced high‐grade serous ovarian, fallopian tube, peritoneal cancer in an A	10

Decision‐to‐delivery interval in emergent caesarean sections: Is ‘the shorter, the better’?	10
Women's responses to prenatal genetic diagnosis and attitudes to termination of pregnancy after non‐invasive prenatal testing: An online survey of Western Australian women	10
Trends in female sterilisations in New South Wales, 2010–2019	10
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in pregnancy: Are we adequately identifying and managing risks?	10
Patterns of recurrent preterm birth in Western Australia: A 36‐year state‐wide population‐based study	9
Botulinum toxin A (Botox) injection into muscles of pelvic floor as a treatment for persistent pelvic pain secondary to pelvic floor muscular spasm: A pilot study	9
Improvements from a small‐group multidisciplinary pain self‐management intervention for women living with pelvic pain maintained at 12 months	9
Female genital cosmetic surgery	9
The value of a simple sonographic screening test for placenta accreta spectrum prediction: A case–control study	9
The Demographics and Outcomes of Women With Stage II Endometrial Cancer Diagnosed in Australia 2005–2007	9
Ten years of a publicly funded homebirth service in Victoria: Maternal and neonatal outcomes	9
The fetal cerebroplacental ratio in pregnancies complicated by hypertensive disorders of pregnancy	9
The use of transthoracic echocardiography in caesarean section surgical patients in the intensive care unit: A retrospective cohort study	9
Answering medication safety concerns in pregnancy: The difficulty for community pharmacists	9
Endometrial thickness threshold and management of asymptomatic postmenopausal patients	8
Toward ‘net zero’ hysterectomy for Australia; New Zealand is already heading there…	8
Maternal near miss at Kathmandu Medical College: An analysis of severe maternal morbidity at a Nepalese tertiary care facility	8
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Fathers attending the birth of their baby: Views, intentions and needs	8
Giving sleep position advice in pregnancy: Will we make women anxious?	8
Levothyroxine may not adequately prepare hypothyroid women for controlled ovarian hyperstimulation	8
Prenatal maternal stress was not associated with birthweight or gestational age at birth during COVID‐19 restrictions in Australia: The BITTOC longitudinal cohort study	8
The role of non‐invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for fetal blood group typing in Australia	8
Increased demand for abortion information and advice during the COVID‐19 pandemic	8
A scoping review of maternal near miss assessment in Australia, New Zealand, South‐East Asia and the South Pacific region: How, what, why and where to?	8
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Rethinking Experiences of Birth in Our Operating Theatre (REBOOT): A Qualitative Study of Patient and Staff Experiences of Birth in the Operating Theatre	7
Prospective Structured Perinatal Audit and the Ten Group Classification System: Essential for understanding and improving childbirth	7
Staged treatment of placenta accreta spectrum: A combined surgical and radiological approach	7
Clinicians' perspectives on gestational diabetes screening during the global COVID‐19 pandemic in Australia	7
Using language to identify a bladder pain component in women with Dysmenorrhoea‐Related Pelvic Pain: A cross‐sectional study	7
Problematic Periods Costing Young Women—The Impact of Menstrual Symptoms on Work and Study	7
Introduction of diabetic retinopathy screening into an antenatal clinic: Impact on maternal screening and diagnosis rates	7
Mainstream genetic testing for high‐grade ovarian, tubal and peritoneal cancers: A tertiary referral centre experience	7
The clinical utility of ongoing sonographic cervix length surveillance in pregnancies prescribed vaginal progesterone therapy	7
COVID‐19 vaccine acceptance among pregnant women and the reasons for hesitancy: A multi‐centre cross‐sectional survey	7
Tolerance, decision‐making processes and medication trials in pregnancy	7
Routine transabdominal cervical length screening in mid‐pregnancy for the prevention of preterm birth: Is it good enough to use as a screening test?	7
Postpartum anaemia in three New Zealand district health board regions: An observational study of incidence and management	7
Central sensitisation in pelvic pain: A cohort study	7
Quality of life after placenta accreta spectrum: Should women be informed of mortality risk?	6
Public Perspectives Around Prenatal Screening of Chromosomal Abnormalities: A Focus Group Study Comparing Metropolitan and Rural/Regional Areas in Australia	6
A cannulated prolactin series reduces the need for further investigations in women with infertility and lowers the number of false positive screening prolactin measurements	6
Testicular fine‐needle aspiration in infertile men with absolute non‐obstructive azoospermia: A single‐centre cohort study	6
Are we over‐testing for vitamin D? A 12‐month review at the Royal Women's hospital, Melbourne	6
Investigation of the quality and health literacy demand of online information on pelvic floor exercises to reduce stress urinary incontinence	6
“The other side of the table…’: Early career gynaecological oncologists' transition from trainee to trainer	6
Early diabetes treatment is associated with improved outcomes in pregnant women with a first antenatal HbA1c of 41–46 mmol/mol	6
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy: Contemporary management	6
Characteristics of preterm births during COVID‐19 mitigation measures	6

Induced Abortion After Previous Caesarean Section: A Scoping Review	6
Topical negative pressure wound therapy to prevent wound complications following caesarean delivery in high‐risk obstetric patients: A randomised controlled trial	6
How well do we truly understand clitoral anatomy? An Irish maternity hospital's perspective	6
Pregnancy outcomes post‐kidney transplantation across 23 years	6
Telephone follow‐up after early medical abortion using Australia's first low sensitivity urine pregnancy test	5
Beta‐lactam allergy risk stratification in a maternity population in Australia: Scope for allergy de‐labelling	5
Editor‐In‐Chief's Introduction to ANZJOG 65(2)	5
Primary dysmenorrhoea in adolescents and young women: A twin family study of maternal transmission, genetic influence and associations	5
Introduction of the day case total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) protocol	5
Adoption of vaginally assisted natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery for hysterectomy: A single tertiary experience	5
A cross‐sectional study exploring the characteristics of female survivors of sexual violence living with HIV/AIDS in the eastern region of Democratic Republic of Congo	5
Aspirin for the prevention of pre‐eclampsia in women with pre‐existing diabetes: Systematic review	5
Re: Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation for the overactive bladder: A single‐arm trial	5
E‐Poster Abstracts	5
Attitudes and awareness of Australian women regarding peripartum antibiotic use: A multicentre survey	5
Who is responsible for postpartum contraception advice and provision? The perspective of hospital‐based maternity clinicians in New South Wales, Australia	5
Gender bias or patient preference for female practitioners in Obs/Gyn care	5
Retrospective review of endometriosis surgery at Te Whatu Ora – Capital and Coast	5
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome in pregnancy: Challenges and opportunities	5
Sexual and reproductive health services in New Zealand primary care settings: A mixed‐methods survey	5
Using quantitative fetal fibronectin to predict term labour onset in Australian rural women: A pilot study	5
Using Google Trends to assess the Australian public's interest in topical gynaecology issues	5
Rural patients highly satisfied with gynaecological oncology care via telehealth	5
Significant kidney disease in pregnancy: Feasibility and outcomes of a national population‐based study using the Australasian Maternity Outcomes Surveillance System	5
Surveys of clinician and patient attitudes to an add‐on for in vitro fertilisation	5
Attitudes toward year‐round influenza vaccination in pregnant women	5
Effects of endometriosis on in vitro fertilisation – Myth or reality?	5
Psychological well‐being of women with uterine infertility before considering uterus transplantation as a treatment option	5
Vaginoscopy to investigate vaginal bleeding and discharge in prepubertal girls	5
Telehealth for gynaecology outpatients during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Patient and clinician experiences	5
Infertility in the Pacific: A crucial component of the sexual and reproductive health and rights agenda	5
EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: The Labour Scale—Assessment of the Validity of a Novel Labour Chart: A Pilot Study†	5
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Developmental origins and transgenerational inheritance of polycystic ovary syndrome	4
Health professionals' experiences and views on obstetric ultrasound in Victoria, Australia: A cross‐sectional survey	4
Reduction in preterm birth rates during and after the COVID‐19 lockdown in Queensland Australia	4
Is it time to drop royal patronage of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists?	4
Micro‐testicular sperm extraction outcomes for non‐obstructive azoospermia in a single large clinic in Victoria	4
Do vaginal swabs alter empirical clinical management in obstetrics and gynaecology: A retrospective case‐series and activity‐based costing of the vaginal swab	4
Pelvic organ prolapse in nulliparae	4
Gender representation in obstetrics and gynaecology leadership	4
eLearning significantly improves maternity professionals’ knowledge of the congenital cytomegalovirus prevention guidelines	4
Letter to the Editor	4
Creation and maintenance of neo‐vagina with the use of vaginal dilators as first line treatment: Results from a quaternary paediatric and adolescent gynaecology service in Australia	4
Static Poster Abstracts	4
Prevalence and Severity of Endometriosis at Laparoscopic Treatment of Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy	4
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Table of Contents	4
What is normal birth, and why does it matter?	4
ANZJOG in 2025	4
Comparative motility assessment of sperm retrieved from micro‐testicular sperm extraction: A single‐centre study comparing fresh and frozen–thawed sperm	4
Plain Language Summary of the ACCEPT Guideline for the Management of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss	4
Receiving the baton	4
Antenatal health and perinatal outcomes of Pacific Islander women in Australia with and without gestational diabetes: A ten‐year retrospective cohort study	4
Clinician's Approach to Antibiotic Treatment and Management of Preterm Prelabour Rupture of Membranes (PPROM) in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand—A Survey	4
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Cytomegalovirus serological screening at the first antenatal visit: A tertiary‐centre audit of general practitioner practices and maternal seroprevalence	4
Gender bias in the medical education of obstetrician‐gynaecologists in the United States: A systematic review	4
Compliance with clinical guidelines increases the safety of vacuum‐assisted delivery	4
Placenta accreta spectrum without praevia: Difficulties in its diagnosis and treatment	4
A study protocol for live and deceased donor uterus transplantation as a treatment for women with uterine factor infertility	4
Examining Interpregnancy Weight Change Across a Birthing Population in Aotearoa, New Zealand	4
Letter re: ‘Caesarean birth and the next generation of Australians’	4
Clinical practice guidelines for intrapartum cardiotocography interpretation: A systematic review	4
Fertility preservation in gynaecology oncology patients: Experience from an Australian tertiary oncology centre	4
The impact of primary human papillomavirus screening on negative loop excision histology following biopsy‐proven high‐grade cervical intra‐epithelial lesions: A review from a large tertiary colposcopy	3
A step closer to parenthood with non‐obstructive azoospermia: Unveiling the impact of microdissection testicular sperm extraction in Australia's largest single‐centre	3
Cost‐effectiveness of closed incision negative pressure wound therapy in preventing surgical site infection among obese women giving birth by caesarean section: An economic evaluation (DRESSING trial)	3
Sonographer‐guided frozen embryo transfer vs ultrasound‐assisted frozen embryo transfer – A randomised controlled study	3
The role of hydrodissection in native tissue repair of anterior vaginal wall defects	3
Changing Trends in the Surgical Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Australia	3
Does abdominal protrusion in pregnant women affect abdominal injury severity in motor vehicle collisions? A nationwide database study	3
A systematic review of interventions to increase the use of smoking cessation services for women who smoke during pregnancy	3
The association between birth by caesarean section at term and offspring cognitive and academic performance: A birth cohort study	3
Single‐centre survey of women reflecting on recent experiences and preferences of oral intake during labour	3
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Redesigning antenatal care: Prospective use of an implementation framework to establish a population‐based multidisciplinary first‐trimester screening, assessment and prevention service	3
A 2‐Min Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Awareness Video Improves Pregnant Women's Knowledge and Planned Adherence to Hygiene Precautions	3
Journal Editorial Board	3
A decade of non‐invasive prenatal screening in Australia: National impact on prenatal screening and diagnostic testing	3

Fertility and infertility uses of menstrual apps from the perspectives of healthcare providers and patients	3
Insights and Experiences From the ‘Gatekeepers’: A Qualitative Study Exploring Clinician Perspectives on Providing Publicly Funded Prenatal Exome Sequencing	3
Virtual reality is beneficial in decreasing pain in labouring women: A preliminary study	3
Placental cord drainage vs delayed cord clamping at elective caesarean section: A randomised controlled trial	3
Antenatal and intrapartum consent: Implications of the NSW Consent Manual 2020	3
A cross‐sectional survey of Australian healthcare professionals' confidence, evidence‐based knowledge and guideline use for antenatal asthma management	3
Male infants are at higher risk of neonatal mortality and severe morbidity	3
Update on pulmonary embolism in pregnancy and post‐partum: The Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand Position Statement on Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy and Post‐partum	3
Passing on the baton – 2023	3
Retrospective review of surgeon administered transversus abdominis plane blocks at emergency caesarean	3
Patient expectations and experiences with loop electrosurgical excision procedure in inpatient and outpatient settings	3
Outpatient hysteroscopy: Suitable for all? A retrospective cohort study of safety, success and acceptability in Australia	3
Colposcopic outcomes for symptomatic patients with a negative oncogenic human papillomavirus test	3
Issue Information	3
Rates of diabetic retinopathy screening in pregnant patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in a predominantly Indigenous Central Australian population	3
Covid‐19 vaccination uptake by Hapū Māmā – How are we progressing?	3
Cannabis for endometriosis‐related pain and symptoms: It's high time that we see this as a legitimate treatment	3
The impact of body mass index on labour management and mode of delivery: A retrospective matched cohort study	3
Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis reveals no clear link between Staphylococcus epidermidis and acute mastitis	3
Risk factors for acute colonic pseudo‐obstruction after caesarean section: A retrospective case–control study	3
COVID‐19 vaccination in pregnancy: A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the effect of strong public health messaging in an Australian cohort	3
Efficacy and safety of medical termination of pregnancy in a regional primary care setting	3
Stillbirth risks and rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their babies in North Queensland	3
Mifepristone priming and subsequent misoprostol for second trimester medical abortion in women with previous caesarean delivery	3
Head in the sand: Contemporary Australian attitudes towards induction of labour	3
E‐Poster Abstracts	3
Psychological Assessment and Motivations of Potential Donors Within the First Australian Uterine Transplant Trial	3
Predictive factors of the need to morcellate in total laparoscopic hysterectomy	3
It's Time to Stop Excluding Early Pregnancy (Losses)	3
Improving trustworthiness in research in women's health: A collective effort by OBGYN Editors	3
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Caesarean birth and the next generation of Australians	2
Consequences for Australian Recipients of Cross Border Oocyte Donation in South Africa: Double Embryo Transfer and Donor Anonymity	2
Reply to perinatal outcomes after regional analgesia during labour	2
An audit of the maternal medicine clinic: Cancer and pregnancy	2
Increasing incidence of endometrial cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand: Health professionals' perspective	2
Maternal deaths in Australia from ruptured splenic artery aneurysms	2
Impact of Metabolic Surgery on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Cohort Analysis	2
Hysteroscopic management of retained products of conception: A systematic review	2
Assessing preconception health in Australia to support better outcomes in the first 2000 days – A critical need for building a core indicator framework	2
Issue Information	2
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Should we stop using the term ‘hysterectomy’, if yes then why?	2
General practitioner obstetricians’ models of care in rural Western Australia	2
An audit of clinical outcomes following ovarian administration of platelet‐rich plasma (PRP) in women with severe diminished ovarian reserve	2
Impact of suspending labour companionship during the COVID‐19 pandemic on intrapartum care and delivery outcomes	2
Reducing hysterectomy rates is the contemporary and balanced view of modern gynaecology in Australia	2
First uterine transplant case at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	2
Journal Editorial Board	2
Deceased donor availability for uterus transplantation in Australia	2
Table of Contents	2
Patient acceptability, continuation and complication rates with immediate postpartum levonorgestrel intrauterine device insertion at caesarean section and vaginal birth	2
Main Program Abstracts	2
Addressing Low Fertility Rates in Australia and New Zealand	2
Neonatal outcomes following antenatal corticosteroid administration prior to elective caesarean delivery in women with pre‐gestational diabetes: A retrospective cohort study	2
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Antenatal magnesium sulphate for preventing cerebral palsy: An economic evaluation of the impact of a quality improvement program	2
Understanding Australian Women's Attitudes Towards Menstrual Leave: One Small Piece of a Complex Puzzle	2
Lipiodol flushing under ultrasound guidance at time of hystero‐salpingo contrast sonography (HyCoSy): A retrospective observational study	2
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Issue Information	2
Associations of Sociodemographic Factors With Clusters of Obesity‐Risk Behaviours Among Pregnant Women in Australia	2
Gestational diabetes mellitus care re‐imagined – A cost‐minimisation analysis: Cost savings from a tertiary hospital, using a novel, digital‐based gestational diabetes management model	2
Australasian recurrent pregnancy loss clinical management guideline 2024, part II	2
Comparison of noninvasive prenatal screening with combined first‐trimester screening as a frontline screening approach for common trisomies in a public hospital in Australia	2
Disparities between perceived and true outcomes of infants born at 23–25 weeks' gestation	2
The end of an era for ‘The Red Journal’	2
Artificial intelligence: Friend or foe?	2
A review of gynaecological surgical practices for trainees and certified specialists in Australia by volume using MBS and AIHW databases	2
Methoxyflurane analgesia for outpatient hysteroscopy: A double‐blind, randomised, controlled trial	2
Vaginal atrophy and genital pain in women on depot medroxyprogesterone acetate contraceptive injection	2
Gender Bias in Pain Management: The Case for Updating Analgesia Guidelines for Intrauterine Device Insertion Procedures	2
Telemedicine in urogynaecology during COVID‐19 in Hong Kong: An assessment of Chinese patients’ acceptability using a validated questionnaire	2
Pelvic pain education – A short review on pelvic pain and endometriosis educational programs for adolescents	2
Knowledge and Awareness of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Women With a History of Pregnancy Complications in Australia: A World Heart Federation Cross‐Sectional Study	2
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New Frontiers in Reproductive Health: Australians' Support for Uterus Transplantation	2
Response to Letter to the Editor ‘Adverse perinatal outcomes in the Australian Indigenous population, the role of asthma’	2
A predictive tool for vaginal birth after caesarean success in an Australian cohort	2
The prevalence and significance of gestational cannabis use at an Australian tertiary hospital	2
Partnering with the woman who declines recommended maternity care: Development of a statewide guideline in Queensland, Australia	2
Issue Information	2
Parental smoking in the first two years of a child's life and its associations with breastfeeding	2
‘That Doesn't Sound Right’: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Information Seeking Behaviour of Current Long‐Acting Reversible Contraceptive Users in Australia	2
SOMANZ position statement for the investigation and management of sepsis in pregnancy 2023	2
Induced abortion in Papua‐New Guinea: Experience and opinions of health professionals	2
A dedicated antenatal clinic for pregnant women with morbid and super‐obesity: Patient characteristics, outcomes, perceptions and lessons learnt from establishing the DIAMOND clinic	2
Ethnicity Variations in Pathways to Care and Diagnosis of Endometriosis and Persistent Pelvic Pain in Aotearoa New Zealand	2
Reply to: Tolerance, Decision‐Making Processes and Medication Trials in Pregnancy	2
Factors associated with higher risk of small‐for‐gestational‐age infants in women treated for gestational diabetes	2
Journal Editorial Board	2
Long‐term outcomes for women after dilator therapy with or without surgery in the creation of a neovagina	2
The ovarian hyperstimulation that truly matters: Admissions, severity and prevention strategies	2
Correction to the abstracts of Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG), 28 October – 1 November 2023	2