OBJECTIVE To determine the magnitude of gynaecological emergencies and the socio demographic characteristics of patients admitted at Provincial General Hospital Kakamega (PGHK). DESIGN Retrospective cross-sectional study. SETTING Provincial General Hospital Kakamega, the referral hospital for Western Province, Kenya. SUBJECTS Four hundred patients admitted at the gynaecological wards duri...

Acute Female pelvic pain is one the common causes of referral to emergency ward. It has many ethiologies of either Gynaecological or non gynecological causes including normal ovulation, haemorrhagic/ruptured ovarian cyst, Tumour, infarction (leiomyoma), Ovarian torsion, ectopic pregnancy, Tubo-ovarian abscess/PID, Endometriosis, … etc. It also has non-gynaecological causes such as renal stones,...

Background. Increased incidence of cancer was frequently reported in scleroderma (SSc), but no association with gynaecological malignancies was described in literature. Objectives. To investigate gynaecological neoplasms in SSc patients. Methods. In this cross-sectional analysis, we evaluated 80 SSc patients, living in the same geographical area. We considered all patients undergoing gynaecolog...

C.Gnoth, E.Godehardt, P.Frank-Herrmann, K.Friol, Jürgen Tigges and G.Freundl Center for Family Planning, Gynaecological Endocrinology & Reproductive Medicine Grevenbroich, Biometric Research Group, Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heinrich-Heine University of Duesseldorf, Department of Gynaecological Endocrinology, University of Heidelberg and Department of Reproductive Medicine,...

INTRODUCTION Oestrogens have been hypothesized to have a protective effect in psychotic disorders. Women with schizophrenia have a later age of menarche, fewer pregnancies and earlier age of menopause. However, little information is available focusing on delusional disorder (DD). We aimed to evaluate gynaecological variables and psychopathology, and rates of gynaecological service use in female...

Under Professor Dennis Davey's leadership, the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology recognised the need for subspecialist expertise and training. Thus, the gynaecological subspecialties were developed, the first of which was gynaecological oncology. We review the research, and subsequent clinical application, which has evolved from the subspecialist units.

An ethnobotanical study focused on medicinal utility of plants was carried out among the Munda and Santal communities of Tripura, India with aims to document the traditional knowledge of the medicinal plants used in various ailments. The information was based on normal conversation, interview and discussion with local herbal practitioners, elderly men and women of different tribal communities. ...

A total of 374 patients were followed up for at least 10 years after tubal ligation, and 43% required further gynaecological treatment. Major gynaecological surgery was needed by 25%. There seems a good case for the selective use of hysterectomy as a method of sterilization.

OBJECTIVE To explore factors associated with the diagnosis of provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) through (1) self-reported pain characteristics and (2) Friedrich's criteria (vestibular pain during sexual activity/gynaecological examination). We also identified cases in which incorrect diagnoses were assigned and explored group differences in gynaecological examination presentation and associations w...