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

We evaluated the implementation of a strict procedure for endometrium biopsy, including pre-sampling ultrasound examination and assessment of the tissue yield during sampling, in 257 consecutive women with abnormal bleeding. The tissue yiel…

This paper reports the experience of 150 B-Lynch suture applications for the management of uterine atony during caesarean section that did not respond to conventional therapeutical measures. Technique was considered effective if the need fo…

A total of 57 pregnant women, who were admitted to the outpatient clinic having high visual analogue scale (VAS) and a history of chronic pelvic pain before pregnancy, were evaluated with the international pelvic pain assessment form (IPPAF…

Diffuse squamous metaplasia of endometrium is a rare condition also known as ichthyosis uteri. We report a case of a postmenopausal woman with this condition.A 64-year-old multiparous woman was ref...

A 28-year-old woman at 12 weeks' gestation attended our clinic. Routine ultrasound showed a normal gestation of 12 weeks and a 3 × 3 cm left ovarian cyst, with the appearances of an endometrioma. T...

Endometrial ossification is a rare occurrence. Fewer than 100 cases have been reported (Adamson & Sommers 1954; Cayuela et al. 2009). Most of these cases were of patients in the reproductive age gr...

Chronic pelvic pain is a common condition and the RCOG guideline provides an evidence-based framework for the initial assessment. This study investigated the adequacy and relevance of the initial assessment in patients who underwent electiv…

The use of NovaSure under local anaesthesia (LA) has been described as part of efficacy trials, but its use in an outpatient setting has not previously been explored. This prospective study was conducted to determine feasibility and efficac…

"Wegener's granulomatosis presenting as intermenstrual bleeding." Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 31(2), pp. 191–192

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The aim of this study is to report three cases of patients with endometriosis and infertility, and associated with Lyme disease. The medical files of 405 women with endometriosis and 200 without endometriosis were studied retrospectively. W…

"Endometriosis of the round ligament. Is it really a rare entity?." Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 30(4), pp. 417–418

This study was conducted to report 10 cases of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome (FHCS) diagnosed with CT and 101 cases of FHCS-like lesion that suggested perihepatitis during laparoscopic surgery. We reviewed retrospectively the images of 3,674 la…

This study aimed at evaluating the role of laparoscopy in the management of unexplained infertility in a prospective randomised controlled trial. The study comprised of 255 patients as a study group and 257 patients as a control group. All …

Polyps from the endometrium is a common cause of abnormal uterine bleeding and sometimes cause infertility and pelvic pain. The objective of this study was to measure the expression of hormone receptors (oestrogen receptor and progesterone …

Underlying adenomyosis is often the cause of treatment failure for patients undergoing Mirena insertion, endometrial ablation and/or hysteroscopic resection for abnormal uterine bleeding and/or pelvic pain. In this cohort of abnormal uterin…

This paper aims to determine the correlation between the diagnosis of endometriosis on the basis of the visualisation at laparoscopy and the histological diagnosis. Histological confirmation rates vary in the current literature. We retrospe…

The denervation-reinnervation view proposes that retrograde menstruation results from loss of normal, fundocervical polarity caused by injuries to uterine nerves. Injuries may be sporadic (following vaginal delivery) or recurrent (after per…

A 28-year-old woman presented to the A&E with acute severe bleeding from a caesarean section scar. Bleeding coincided with her menstruation and on that occasion, she had lost an estimated 500 ml of...

"An unusual case of catamenial pneumothorax." Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 28(3), pp. 354–355