OBJECTIVES To develop an experimental model of endometriosis in rats. METHODS Thirty adult female Wistar rats were used. The surgical technique consisted of median laparotomy with identification of the bicornuate uterus and resection of a 2-cm segment of the right uterine horn. A 0.25 cm(2) flap was removed from that structure and sutured to the abdominal wall with the endometrial side facing...

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2012;25(1):73–75 A 21-year-old African American woman presented to the emergency department with a 3-week history of heavy vaginal bleeding; she had experienced varying amounts of bleeding but never needed more than a pad per hour. She was known to be less than 12 weeks pregnant but was unsure of the date of her last menstrual period. She was gravida 3 and parity 2, wi...

OBJECTIVES This study is aimed at determining the pattern of abnormalities in the Hysterosalpingograms of patients who attended the Radiology Unit of Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki. METHOD The 188 hysterosalpingograms conducted between January 2002 to December 2005 were analysed.. RESULTS The mean age in this study was 31 years. Forty-one (21.8%) Hysterosalpingograms w...

he ease and accessibility of sonography has made it the imaging modality of choice for emergency physicians, obstetrician-gynecologists, and other medical specialists evaluating patients with early pregnancy-related symptoms. Although 95% to 98% of ectopic pregnancies are tubal in location, 2% to 4% are interstitial ectopic pregnancies, known as interstitial pregnancies. By definition, an inter...

Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 beta (HNF1B) plays an important role in embryonic development, namely in the kidney, pancreas, liver, genital tract, and gut. Heterozygous germline mutations of HNF1B are associated with the renal cysts and diabetes syndrome (RCAD). Affected individuals may present a variety of renal developmental abnormalities and/or maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY). A Po...

OBJECTIVE To describe the different causes of infertility based on findings of diagnostic laparoscopy and their comparative frequency in primary and secondary infertility. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit of Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, from January to December 2005. METHODOLOGY All patients undergoing diagnostic lap...

The Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) is the smallest of all the rhino species. It is one of the rarest mammals in the world and is in imminent danger of extinction. A study was carried out on seven wild-caught females, three wild-caught males and one captive born female Sumatran rhinoceros at the Sumatran Rhinoceros Breeding Centre in Sungai Dusun, Selangor, Malaysia, beginning 19...