Ginekologia polska

OBJECTIVES: Disturbances in topical immunological response during endometriosis, cell and humoral, is of particular interest nowadays. Increase in the number and activity of peritoneal macrophages depends to a large extent on calcium concen…

The theory of Sampson that endometrial cells and fragments desquamated during the menstrual period are transported through fallopian tubes into the peritoneal cavity where they implant, proliferate and develop into endometriotic lesions is …

OBJECTIVE: An epidemiologic study of coexistence uterus myoma with endometrial cancer patients is presented. Coexistence of endometrial carcinoma with uterus myoma was evaluated and controlled for age, residence, civil status, education, pa…

OBJECTIVES: Cervical cancer is one of the commonest neoplasms occurring in the female population of Poland. The discontinuance of radical treatment in CIN (Cervical Intraepithelial Noeplasia) cases for several years now is of particular imp…

The aim of our study was to comparison of a thickness of endometrium and blood flow parameters measured by transvaginal ultrasonography with color and "power" angio Doppler. We examined 81 women in perimenopausal period. Blood flow characte…

Diagnostic microlaparoscopy was performed on 30 patients aged 17-41. Indications++ for these procedures were: sterility (17), tumor of the ovary (5), endometriosis (3), uterine myoma (2), pelvic pain syndrome++ (1), carcinoma of the ovary--…

Retrospective analysis performed on medical records of 129 adolescents and young women treated surgically at I Dept. of Surgical Gynaecology during the nine years period (1989-1998) revealed 22 cases (17%) of endometriosis. Main indication …

The side effects of female pelvic floor disorders surgical treatment (as the disease per se) may worsen the quality of life. The aim of this paper is to indicate how these side effects may be reduced. The author concludes that this goal may…

OBJECTIVES: It has long been known that the risk of some cancers, including endometrial, are associated with obesity. A question that remains is whether over-weight is associated with significant difference in survival rate between patients…

120 adolescent girl suffered from acyclic pelvic pain and dysmenorrhoe (algomenorrhoee) was presented. They were treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) and underwent a laparoscopy to d…

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the concentration of malonyldialdehyde (MDA) and total antioxidant status in the peritoneal fluid (PF) of patients with unexplained infertility (UI) and infertile women with minimal and mild endometriosis. MATERIALS …

OBJECTIVE: An epidemiologic study of multiple primary malignant neoplasms with endometrial cancer patients is presented. Coexistence of endometrial carcinoma with second primary malignant neoplasms was evaluated and controlled for age, resi…

Adhesive molecules have played an important and well-established role in cell-to-cell communication for a long time. They reveal specific functions in an ongoing disturbed immunological reactions, including endometriosis. This review is to …

A review of the literature for searching of biochemical marker of endometriosis is presented. The investigations with CA 125, antiendometrial antibodies, placental protein 14 and others have not established a sensitive screening test for pr…

OBJECTIVES: The object of our study was a long-time presence of a foreign body in an episiotomy scar. STUDY DESIGN: A case of 46-year old woman with a palpable tumour in a perineal region is described. RESULTS: This false tumour was cause…

Authors described a case of the endometriosis presence in the bladder wall in the patient who underwent the caesarean section. In this patient the appropriate surgery was executed. The bladder wall fragment containing the endometriosis focu…

We have assessed the usefulness of color and power Doppler velocimetry in uterine and radial arteries in a group of subfertile women who were referred for infertility treatment. The study group comprised of 44 women monitored at 7-10th, 11-…

The authors have made experiments with cryoablation for menorrhagia in order to find out if cryotherapy is an effective of treatment for this kind of disease. Ten patients aged 35-45 were treated this way. Previously all of them had undergo…

We examined peritoneal fluid obtained during laparoscopy in the aspect of its influence on cytotoxic activity of NK cells. We showed significant suppression of this activity in women with unexplained infertility. The suppression of NK activ…

UNLABELLED: Objective of the study was to assess the correlation between the presence of small fluid volume in uterine cavity and the pathological changes of endrometrium in the asymptomatic postmenopausal women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The…

An attempt has been made to classify mechanical tubal obliteration (proximal, distal, external obliteration). The material consisted of 798 laparoscopic procedures done in order to find the cause of female infertility. Tubal obliteration in…

Vesicouterine fistulas are more and more frequently reported. This paper reviews available data suggesting the role of the endometrium in the fistula's formation. At least a proportion of these fistulas fulfil the criteria of external endom…