Canadian Medical Association journal

The increasing demand for sterilization as a permanent and effective form of birth control leads one to consider the various methods available to achieve this end. Tubal cauterization and excision by laparoscopy appears to be a safe, effici…

Granulomatous inflammation typifying Crohn's disease was centred within or confined to appendices in six patients, two of whom developed lesions attributable to Crohn's disease elsewhere in the gut. The remaining four patients have remained…

Five follicular ovarian implantations occurred among 200 ectopic pregnancies encountered during a 14-year period. Abortions from impregnated follicles may cause hemoperitoneum more often than is generally suspected. Wedge resection or cyste…

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There has been renewed interest in recent years in the use of intrauterine devices for contraception. The Margulies intrauterine device was inserted in 303 patients. Of 301 patients subsequently evaluated, 24 expelled the device spontaneous…

One hundred and thirteen selected cases of ectopic pregnancy were analyzed to clarify the diagnostic and therapeutic factors. The incidence of this condition was higher in "ward" patients and in the Negro. Salpingitis was the commonest etio…

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The classification of ovarian neoplasms on a histogenetic basis according to presentday concepts of development and structure of the ovary is considered. There are four histogenetic categories of primary ovarian tumours: neoplasms of germ c…

Some of the common complications associated with abdominal and vaginal hysterectomy, performed in a teaching hospital, are reviewed. Case records of 284 abdominal hysterectomies and 101 vaginal hysterectomies are analyzed.The incidence of b…

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