Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India

Female genital tuberculosis (FGTB) is an important cause of significant morbidity and infertility. Gold-standard diagnosis by demonstration of acid fast bacilli on microscopy or culture or detection of epithelioid granuloma on histopatholog…

OBJECTIVES: Most patients with postmenopausal bleeding do not have endometrial cancer. The primary objective was to evaluate risk factors for endometrial cancer among postmenopausal women with bleeding. METHODS: This was a retrospective cr…

Accessory and cavitated uterine mass is rare developmental Mullerian anomaly. There is a non-communicating uterus-like mass that occurs contiguously along wall of uterus often underdiagnosed and needs expertise to identify. To raise awarene…

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis associated pelvic pain (EAPP) is the most common complaint of patients with endometriosis. Nearly, 70% of females with endometriosis present with EAPP while endometriomas are found in 17-44% of patients. MATERIA…

Spontaneous hemoperitoneum in pregnancy is a rare and challenging obstetric emergency. It can present as acute abdomen with features of hypovolemic shock and requires high index of suspicion for diagnosis as various obstetric and non-obstet…

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in Indian women. There is scant data from Indian hospital-based populations on the prevalence of risk factors of this disease. We performed this study to quantify and analyze various e…

BACKGROUND: Differentiating malignancy from benign diseases is the key to successful management of adnexal masses. Risk of malignancy algorithm (ROMA) has been used for this purpose. We have prospectively studied the diagnostic value of ROM…

INTRODUCTION: Male factor contributes to almost 50% cases of infertility. There is evidence of the effect of serum vitamin D on male fertility by helping in spermatozoa maturation and initiating acrosomal reaction. In India, vitamin D defic…

BACKGROUND: Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancies are increasing in frequency, due to rise in cesarean deliveries. They should be managed early in pregnancy, preferably by surgical excision, failing which they may rupture, or later develop into…

BACKGROUND: Prevalence of obesity among women of reproductive age is increasing worldwide. As the prevalence increases among the women of reproductive age group, so it does among pregnant females. This study was conducted with the aim to as…

Uterine niche is one of the emerging complications of caesarean section. With rising caesarean rates, the caesarean-related iatrogenic complications are also on the rise. These include placenta accreta, scar ectopic pregnancy and uterine ni…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Assessment of safety and feasibility of total laparoscopic hysterectomy in a high-volume tertiary care centre. DESIGN: Retrospective study design. SETTING: Tertiary care centre: Galaxy care Hospital, Pune, India. MATERIA…

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE OF STUDY: In view of restrictions on patients because of COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face consultations are difficult. This short commentary tells us about the feasibility of telemedicine in this scenario in obstetrics and…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Assessment of feasibility of office hysteroscopy in Indian setting. DESIGN: Retrospective study design. SETTING: Tertiary care centre: Galaxy care Hospital, Pune, India. PATIENTS: Three thousand consecutive women undergo…

OBJECTIVE: To compare intra- and post-op complications between non-descent vaginal hysterectomy and laparoscopic hysterectomy and establish the better method for hysterectomy in non-descent uterus. METHODS: A prospective comparative study …

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To assess the outcome of minimally invasive paravaginal repair of symptomatic cystocele and to correlate postoperative outcome with preoperative presentation. The primary outcome was the anatomical outcome measured by p…

BACKGROUND: To assess the efficacy of the combined maneuvers in evaluation of post-laparoscopic pain. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A randomized controlled study was conducted. Sixty-four women were included in the study and were randomly divided …