Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet

Tubal embryo transfer (TET), which involves an embryo transfer via the uterine tube, has a possible advantage over uterine embryo transfer (UET) due to more natural timing of embryo exposure to the uterine cavity. This study was carried out…

In conventional laparoscopic hysterectomy, adequate hemostasis is provided by bipolar coagulation, staple, and suture. The Laparosonic Coagulating Shears (LCS) have been proven to give both hemostasis and cutting. The objective of this stud…

The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the efficacy of TVS and TVS combined with pelvic examination for the diagnosis of ovarian endometrioma. Three hundred and five ovarian masses of 244 patients with either pre-operative or p…

A 34 year old woman underwent a cesarean section for placenta previa when she was 25 years old, after that she took oral contraceptives regularly for 8 years and remained asymptomatic. Upon entering our hospital, the patient stopped taking …

The clinical efficacy and side effects of oral gestrinone, 2.5 mg twice weekly, were evaluated in this prospective study involving 22 patients with laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis. All patients came to the hospital with infertility…

Ectopic or extrauterine decidual transformation is regularly associated with pregnancy. This phenomenon has been observed most often in the ovary and cervix. Sporadic reports have documented decidua formation of peritoneal surfaces, lymph n…

This study was conducted prospectively from June 1992 to September 1993, we evaluated 115 patients attending our infertility clinic for the first time to determine the correlation between abdominal ultrasound and laparoscopy in the detectio…

From October 1988 to September 1992, 240 women in Angthong Hospital had elective hysterectomy. Myoma uteri was found as the first leading indication representing 47.9 per cent. Genital prolapse was the second (20.4%), and endometriosis was …

Between 1982 and 1992, 695 consecutive abdominal hysterectomies and prophylactic oophorectomies in premenopausal women for benign uterine diseases were performed in our department. The trend of prophylactic oophorectomy has declined since 1…

There is no doubt that there is a wide range of clinical application for GnRH analogues within the field of Gynaecology. Both the indication and varying degree of suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian-axis are depicted in Table …

A 10-year review of diagnostic laparoscopy at Ramathibodi Hospital was presented. There was a total of 6,033 laparoscopies performed from 1979 to 1988, of which 1,416 (23.5%) were diagnostic. The three most frequent indications were suspect…

This report summarises the result of the GIFT program at Ramathibodi Hospital during 1990-1991. There were 35 treatment cycles in 34 infertile couples. The age of the females varied from 29 to 41 years. Duration of infertility was 3 to 10 y…

A 29-year-old woman presented with a history of primary infertility one year after excision of endometrioma of the left ovary. On the first pelvic examination at the Infertility Clinic, the uterus was of normal size, retroversion and rather…

From 1983 to 1987, seventy-five subfertile women of non demonstrable causes in the Infertility Unit, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University had diagnostic laparoscopy. Thirty-five of seventy-five …

The results of treatment of endometriosis with intranasal buserelin is convincing. The drug effectively suppresses serum estradiol to the menopausal level. Clinical improvement and regression of endometriotic lesions were observed during tr…

Three cases of asymptomatic pelvic endometriosis during pregnancy were reported. All cases denied abnormal vaginal bleeding, dyspareunia or dysmenorrhea; but only one case was noted to have a problem of infertility. Conservative operations …

Mise en evidence dans cette etude que le traitement d'une endometriose pulmonaire suspectee avec du danazol est efficace et doit etre recommandee comme medicament de choix pour les endometrioses pulmonaires