Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) has become an integral part of fertility treatment nowadays and is generally viewed as a low-risk procedure. Ultrasound guided transvaginal retrieval (TVOR) is the meth...

This paper describes the findings in the first 100 women who underwent saline sonohysterosalpingography (SHG) at two privately owned health facilities in Enugu, South East Nigeria. This was a prospective study of the first 100 consecutive w…

Just as systematic reviews of quantitative research have developed over the last two decades, the use of a systematic review is also superseding narrative non-systematic reviews in qualitative research in an attempt to bring rigour to revie…

The purpose of the present audit was to assess the effectiveness and safety of thermal balloon ablation of the endometrium for the treatment of menorrhagia and also to assess patients' satisfaction following the treatment. A total of 50 wom…

We reviewed 171 case notes of patients investigated by HyCoSy for sub-fertility in South Manchester University Hospital to assess HyCoSy as a screening test for tubal occlusion, in low risk infertile women and to evaluate the performance of…

UNLABELLED: The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility and acceptability of out-patient based investigation of infertile couples using a prospective observational study based in a large undergraduate teaching hospital. We …

The objective of this prospective study was to assess the safety and short-term outcome of the Helica Thermal Coagulator in the laparoscopic treatment of early stage endometriosis. Two hundred and fifty consecutive women with chronic pelvic…

Diagnostic laparoscopy is a common procedure performed in many hospitals worldwide to investigate infertile women. However, morbidity and cost prevent it being considered a first-line diagnostic tool. If out-patient culdoscopy could replace…

Chronic pelvic pain remains unexplained in one third of women who have negative [normal] findings at diagnostic laparoscopy. This paper investigates the history of chronic pelvic pain after a negative laparoscopy and to assess the effect of…

"Abdominal wall endometriosis without previous surgery." Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 24(8), p. 931

"A malignant tumour of the rectovaginal septum not arising from endometriosis, presenting a diagnostic enigma." Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 24(5), pp. 599–600

Fibroids are the most common benign tumours of the pelvis in women, with a prevalence estimated at 20-50%. They are more common towards the end of the reproductive years. There is a racial preponderance, being more common in black than whit…

The aim of this pilot feasibility study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of hysteroscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of acute severe uterine bleeding. Forty-one women (mean age, 54 years) who underwent emergency hysteroscopy we…

The clinicopathological characteristics of 34 cases of extragenital endometriosis (mean age 33.74) presenting to surgeons over a 9-year period at Glasgow Royal Infirmary were reviewed. A total of 379 cases of endometriosis were diagnosed by…

"Low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma with glandular differentiation arising in ovarian endometriosis." Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 24(5), pp. 596–597

One hundred and twenty-three women underwent microwave endometrial ablation (MEA) for the treatment of dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB). The mean age at treatment was 40.2 years and the average treatment time was 2 minutes 50 seconds. A…

The objective of this prospective study was to evaluate the effectiveness of day-case Cavaterm plus thermal balloon endometrial ablation in the treatment of therapy-resistant menorrhagia. The study included 220 patients with a mean age of 4…

"Persistent post-coital bleeding due to cervical endometriosis." Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 24(4), pp. 468–469