BACKGROUND: Women with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is reported in 10-30% of women and is a significant cause of iron deficiency anemia (IDA), with long-term effects on women's quality of life. This retrospective study looked at the unde…
Menopause is a pivotal stage in women’s lives, shaped by biological, psychological, sociocultural, and health system factors. In Oman, where religious beliefs and cultural norms strongly influence health behaviours, menopause remains under-…
OBJECTIVE: The most common indications for Levonorgestrel intrauterine device (LNG-IUD) are contraception and management of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB). This study was conducted with the aim of exploring the differences in the clinical …
BACKGROUND: Infertility affects around 10-15% of couples worldwide and is both a social and medical problem. Parental consanguinity is considered to reduce fertility reserve. Consanguineous marriages, especially first cousin marriages, are …
Abstract Background Endometriosis-related infertility is a disease associated with significant morbidity and distress to the couple and requires timely, multidisciplinary, and often high-cost care involving assisted reproductive technologie…
OBJECTIVES: Significant delays occur in referring cases for care of endometriosis, despite women suffering for years. This study was conducted to assess whether there is a specific symptom profile characteristic of endometriosis to alert ph…
Abstract Background: Glanzmann's thrombasthenia (GT) is an autosomal, qualitative platelet disorder that is genetically recessive. This report is about a patient with GT, complicated by infertility and endometriosis, who had a successful ov…
BACKGROUND: Abdominal pain is one of the most common presentations of adnexal pathology in gynecology. Early diagnosis and intervention is essential especially in adolescent girls and reproductive age group women to conserve reproductive fu…
OBJECTIVE: To study the clinical and histological nature of benign adnexal masses managed surgically. METHODS: A retrospective descriptive study in a teaching hospital in Oman of all the women who had surgical management of benign adnexal …