BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
· ISSN (print) 1470-0328
· ISSN (e) 1471-0528
· 266 papers in corpus
nonrandomized-trial
2004
OBJECTIVE: To determine the maternal morbidity and mortality associated with multiple repeat caesarean sections. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Security Forces Hospital serving Ministry of Interior and Security Forces personnel in …
observational
2004
OBJECTIVE: To determine the contribution of induced abortion to tubal infertility in Mexico. DESIGN: Population- and hospital-based case-control study. SETTING: Tertiary hospitals in Mexico City. SAMPLE: Women between 20 and 40 years wit…
nonrandomized-trial
2004
OBJECTIVE: The potential contribution of psychological and anatomical changes to sexual dysfunction following hysterectomy is not clear. Radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer causes surgical damage to the autonomic nerves which are respo…
observational
2004
OBJECTIVE: To determine the long term response, quality of life and levels of pain following the radical excision of rectovaginal endometriosis. DESIGN: A cohort study. SETTING: A tertiary referral centre for the management of advanced en…
case-report
2004
other
2004
observational
2004
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence, severity, course and predictive factors of primary dysmenorrhoea in women of all reproductive ages. DESIGN: Prospective mailed surveys in 1985 and 1991. SETTING: University of Iowa, College of Nursin…
observational
2004
OBJECTIVE: This study explores the predictive value for live birth following tubal reconstructive surgery of the "Hull & Rutherford" (H&R) classification system. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Tertiary infertility referral s…
case-report
2004
case-report
2004
Endometriosis is a chronic and progressive disease manifested by chronic pelvic pain and infertility and which may affect 2–10% of women of reproductive age. Because it is an oestrogen-dependent disease, the goal of current medical therapy …
rct
2003
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of the Cavaterm thermal balloon endometrial ablation system with the Nd:YAG laser for the treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding. DESIGN: Randomised controlled trial. SETTING: Minimal access gy…
rct
2003
OBJECTIVE: To compare the acceptability of microwave endometrial ablation using a local anaesthesia/sedation regime or general anaesthesia. To compare recovery following treatment with each type of anaesthetic. DESIGN: Prospective randomis…
other
2003
rct
2003
Recurrence of ovarian teratomas was evaluated in a randomised trial to determine whether laparoscopic cystectomy had the same efficacy as laparotomy. Forty premenopausal non-pregnant women with a unilateral teratoma no larger than 10 cm wer…
other
2003
OBJECTIVE: To explore the relation between pre-operative psychiatric morbidity, menstrual blood loss and psychiatric outcome in women receiving endometrial ablation for heavy periods. DESIGN: A prospective cohort study. SETTING: The menor…
nonrandomized-trial
2003
To ease intra-operative access to laterally at vaginal hysterectomy, we have developed the 'Purohit technique of vaginal hysterectomy' using a right angle forceps, electrocautery and 10 mm telescope with light source. A prospective study on…
other
2003
other
2003
other
2003
qualitative
2003
OBJECTIVE: Women awaiting abdominal hysterectomy have a further decision to take--whether or not to undergo a prophylactic oophorectomy. Prophylactic oophorectomy (removal of healthy ovaries) is commonly undertaken as an adjunct to hysterec…
observational
2002
Interleukin (IL)-1 has been shown to induce peritoneal adhesions. We determined the IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RN) genotype with respect to the two most common variant alleles IL-1RN*2 and IL-1RN*3 in Caucasian women with peritoneal adhe…
case-report
2002
observational
2002
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency and causes of preterm ovarian failure (menopause before 40 years of age) and early menopause (menopause between 40 and 45 years). DESIGN: Cross sectional study. SETTING: Menopause clinics in Italy. P…
rct
2002
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether the rate of bacterial vaginosis (BV) is higher in women with tubal factor infertility compared with those with other causes of infertility. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Assisted conception unit of a…
observational
2001
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether deeply infiltrating endometriosis occurs with equal frequency between left and right uterosacral ligaments. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of consecutive cases. SETTING: Department of gynaecological surge…