Ultrasonographic Study of Gynaecological Disorders seen at Central Hospital, Warri, Delta State in Nigeria

Objective: Gynaecological disease and its complicationshas been observed to increase female morbidity andmortality. The objective of this study was to evaluate thedistribution and age variations of gynaecological disordersseen at Central Hospital, Warri, Delta State Nigeria.Methods: The purposive sampling and retrospective studydesign was employed. A total of 363 female patients’records were obtained from the Ultrasound unit of theRadiology Department of Central Hospital, Warri, DeltaState, Nigeria. Ethical Consent was issued by the Researchand Ethics Committee of Human Anatomy and CellBiology, Delta State University, Abraka. Data wereanalysed and presented in a tabular form.Results: The most predominant age group affected withgynaecological disorders and the least were those of ages21-30 and 71-80 years with frequencies of 118(32.5%), and1(0.3%) respectively. Findings from this study alsodepicted pelvic inflammatory disease (166, 43.0%) as themost predominant diagnosis, followed by Endometriosis(69, 17.9%). Significant association (p<0.05) between agegroups and gynaecological diagnosis was observed.Conclusion: The study reveals that pelvic inflammatorydisorder is the most predominant gynaecological disorderand that age has a significant association withgynaecological abnormality/diseases.