Does body weight impact pregnancy rates during use of a low-dose extended-regimen 91-day oral contraceptive?
No evidence of any reduction in the level of contraceptive efficacy was observed with this low-dose extended OC regimen in overweight and obese women.
We believe that rupture of elastic fibre bundles is the first change to occur in degeneration of the ligamentum favum. Calcium crystal deposition was seen within these fibrous and chondrometaplastic areas. Hypertrophic chondrocytes regulate crystal formation and tissue reconstruction by secreting cytokines.