Pakistan journal of medical sciences

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Obstructive ureteral pathologies in adult patients are most commonly due to ureteral strictures and secondary to surgical interventions. In this study, we aimed to compare open and laparoscopic modified Lich-Gregoir …

OBJECTIVE: To determine differences in use of the Internet related to infertility between infertile women and men, whether they benefit or are negatively affected from information on the Internet, and share this information with health prof…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether early embryo cleavage kinetics were affected by type of culture media. METHODS: In this prospective sibling-split study, 620 oocytes from 37 patients were randomly allocated into two groups: Cook group and…

A 40-year-old woman visited our hospital with cyclic hematochezia for four months. The patient had the history of laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy because of severe dysmenorrhea two years ago at another tertiary hospital. Accordin…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of letrozole (LE) in combination with low-dose intramuscular injection of human menopausal gonadotropin (HMG) on the ovulation induction and pregnancy of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). MET…

OBJECTIVE: To identify predictors of fertilization rate in patients of unexplained infertility after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). METHODS: Retrospective analysis of females (282) enrolled in quasi experimental design for ICSI a…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical therapeutic effects of mifepristone combined with gestrinone on patients with endometriosis. METHODS: A total of 150 endometriotic patients treated in our hospital between January 2014 and December 2015 …

BACKGROUND: Infertility is defined as inability of couple to conceive after one year of unprotected intercourse. The prevalence of infertility in Pakistan is 21.9%. The most common cause of medically treatable infertility is polycystic ovar…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the outcomes of luteal phase support by micronized progesteron vaginal capsule 600mg/day and progesterone vaginal gel 180mg/day in the normoresponder IVF/ICSI-ET cycles of the patients down-regulated via GnRH agonist l…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness and acceptability of LNG-IUD with oral progesterone (norethisterone acetate; NETA) in achieving a reduction in volume of the myomas, hemoglobin levels, satisfaction of the women. METHODS: This study …

OBJECTIVE: To compare outcomes of vaginal and abdominal hysterectomy procedures in women with benign gynaecological diseases. METHODS: This was a prospective study of outcomes of consecutive patients who underwent total vaginal hysterectom…

OBJECTIVE: Very few studies are available to relate the final histology of excised appendix with the detailed intra-operative findings during appendectomy, both open and laparoscopic. This study was aimed to correlate the histological featu…

OBJECTIVE: To report a new complication after laparoscopic surgery i.e recurrence of endometrium and leiomyoma fragments from uterine tissue residues after laparoscopic hysterectomy or laparoscopic myomectomy. Methods : This study was carri…

To evaluate the effect of Body Mass Index and nutritional status on the menstrual pattern in adolescent girls Methods: Four hundred one adolescent girls who attained menarche were selected from five schools in Hyderabad. The data was collec…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the justification for hysterectomies and the frequencies of histopathological lesions and complications in hystrectomised patients. METHODOLOGY: As a part of a quality assurance process at the Mercy Teaching Hospita…