Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis (EMS) is a common gynaecological disorder linked to metabolic disturbances. However, evidence on the associations between lipid accumulation product (LAP) and visceral adiposity index (VAI) with the risk of EMS r…

Infected endometrioma, which is the superimposed infection and abscess formation of ovarian endometrioma, is increasingly understood to be a distinct clinical entity from tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA). The pathophysiology of infected endometri…

INTRODUCTION: Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) refers to loss of ovarian activity before the age 40 years. POI has significant detrimental effects on health (infertility, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, reduced bone density, …

INTRODUCTION: To compare epidemiological features and clinical presentations of deep infiltrating endometriosis with endometrioma and adenomyosis, as well as to identify risk factors for the respective histologically confirmed conditions. …

INTRODUCTION: This retrospective study was conducted to perform an external validation of the in vitro fertilisation (IVF) predict model developed by Scott Nelson et al in an Asian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All IVF cycles register…

INTRODUCTION: This report describes a "parasitic" endometriotic cyst of the small bowel. CLINICAL PICTURE: A menopausal woman with a pelvic mass presenting years after commencing hormone therapy. TREATMENT: We performed laparoscopic excis…

A personal experience with 300 cases of laparoscopic hysterectomy was analysed and its merits and demerits were discussed. The demographic features, indications, feasibility, complications, operating time, blood loss, hospital stay, cost ef…

A prospective study was made of 105 consecutive patients admitted to one department of obstetrics and gynaecology for surgery for adnexal masses. The objective was to investigate if CA 125 level is measurable in the urine or saliva and to c…

The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy utilising the contact-tip Nd:YAG (Neodymium: Yttrium-Aluminum-Garnet) laser (Surgical Laser Technologies, Oaks, PA). Postoperative activit…

Assisted reproductive technology has achieved its place in the management of women with infertility. It is now being used to refocus gynaecological attention on patients with other enigmatic benign gynaecological conditions, such as endomet…

From January 1987 to December 1990, 1,415 patients were enrolled for in vitro fertilisation (IVF), series 26-41, at the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine. They underwent 2,393 IVF cycles. The most common indications were tubal facto…

Adenomyomatosis (AD) is a degenerative disorder of the gall bladder wall which can be complicated by chronic inflammation and calculi. The true incidence of this disorder in South East Asians is not known. Nine Chinese patients with AD were…

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AHA) is uncommon in childhood. A female child presented with severe and chronic clinical course. She was refractory to steroid and the response to splenectomy was poor. She showed excellent remission of hematolo…

138 treatment cycles of GIFT were carried out in couples with mainly unexplained infertility, endometriosis and male factor. The overall pregnancy rate was 24.6%, abortion 29.2%, multiple pregnancy 20.6% and ectopic pregnancy 0%. Four oocyt…

To ascertain whether a cyclical variation exists in the steroid hormone concentration of the peritoneal fluid between controls and patients with endometriosis, we set out to measure the concentration of oestradiol--17 beta (E2), progesteron…

Adenomyoma of the stomach is an exceedingly rare and benign tumour. We report here what we believe to be the first documented case in Singapore. Our patient is unique in three respects; an eight-week old infant presented with signs and symp…