The outcome of surgical treatment for infertility in 111 women has been reviewed. The procedures used, depending on the lesions present, were: myomectomy; tubal implantation, anastomosis, and salpingostomy; division of adhesions; ovarian we…
Five years' experience with the laparoscope raises doubts about its continued use for sterilization. As a diagnostic tool, however, it serves a useful function.
A survey was made of abnormalities found on pelvic examination of 2,656 women who attended for cervical smears in the three years 1967-9. Eight women had malignant cells in their smears, and 68 women pelvic tumours, four of them malignant. …
The role of oophorectomy in the development of osteoporosis was assessed retrospectively in 258 women who had been hysterectomized premenopausally for non-malignant disease. Bone density was assessed using the radiographic density of the th…
Carcinoembryonic antigen (C.E.A.) was detected in the faeces of 5 out of 10 healthy volunteers, 12 out of 18 patients suffering from gastrointestinal cancer (including 10 out of 11 cases of colonic cancer), and 3 out of 13 patients sufferin…