P K Heinonen

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate reproductive performance of women with didelphic uterus and to consider possible long-term consequences associated with this uterine anomaly. STUDY DESIGN: Forty-nine women were diagnosed as …

OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the advantages and disadvantages of laparoscopic hysterectomy over a 2-year period when this new technique was introduced to several hospitals in Finland. STUDY DESIGN: A nationwide register was founded and a prospe…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate clinical implications of the unicornuate uterus and rudimentary horn. DESIGN: A retrospective study. SETTING: A university hospital. PATIENT(S): Forty-two women who had a unicornuate uterus with or without rudiment…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to determine the effectiveness of hysteroscopic endomyometrial resection in the treatment of menorrhagia. STUDY DESIGN: Eighty-six women with menorrhagia underwent hysteroscopic endomyometrial resection …

The presence of endometrial cells in PF before and after diagnostic CO2 hysteroscopy and after liquid chromotubation was studied with 51 infertile patients. Cytological samples of PF or washings did not reveal endometrial cells in any case …

Concentrations of progesterone and oestradiol in peripheral serum and tumour cyst fluid were measured in 42 post-menopausal women with epithelial ovarian tumours (17 cancer, 6 borderline malignant, 19 benign tumours) and in 19 post-menopaus…

Twenty patients with unicornuate uteri were unexpectedly found during operative procedures. Of these, 18 women had unicornuate uteri with concomitant rudimentary horn and only two were without. Suspicion of ectopic pregnancy, chronic pelvic…

During a 20-year period, 19 (9.1%) of 208 patients with uterine anomalies had primary infertility. Women with unicornuate uteri had the highest (15%) incidence of primary infertility, which was found in the other groups of uterine anomalies…