BACKGROUND Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is associated with maternal morbidity and occasionally mortality during the first trimester. A history of sexually transmitted infection (STI) and pelvic inflammatory disease have been implicated as major risk factors for EP. Our aim was to measure the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Mycoplasma genitalium (MG), Ureaplasma parvum...

BACKGROUND Hysterectomy is the commonest major gynaecological surgery. Although there are many approaches to hysterectomy, which depend on clinical criteria, certain patients may be eligible to be operated in any of the several available approaches. However, most comparative studies on hysterectomy are between two approaches. There is also a relative absence of data on long-term outcomes on qua...

Introduction: Leya et al. (2000) [1] showed that neutron capture on Ta results in a production rate of Ta (decays with a half-life of 114 days to W) sufficiently high to cause significant shifts in W abundances considering the neutron fluences due to the cosmic ray cascade that were known to occur near the lunar surface (Lingenfelter et al., 1972; Russ et al. 1972; Curtis and Wasserburg, 1975; ...

BACKGROUND Intussusception is one of the frequent causes of bowel obstruction in infants and toddlers (1). It involves invagination of a portion of intestine into another(2-4). The peak age of occurrence is between the age of 4 and 8 months. The aim of this study is to review the pattern of clinical presentation and seasonal variation of intussusception in our hospital, and to analyze the mode ...

BACKGROUND The introduction of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) has brought a remarkable reduction in HIV-related mortality and morbidity both in adults and children living with HIV/AIDS. Adherence to ART is the key to the successful treatment of patients as well as containment of drug resistance. Studies based on caregivers' report have shown that adherence to ART among children is generally good....

Struma ovarii is a rare ovarian tumour, first described in 1889 by Boettlin. It defined the presence of thyroid tissue comprising >50% overall mass. comprises 1% all tumours and 2-5% teratomas. Preoperative diagnosis struma difficult because symptoms, clinical presentation ultrasound are often similar to that carcinoma. Hence most patients diagnosed post operatively. Most cases strum aovarii...

This paper describes the investigation of permeable road as a mitigation measure for urban flooding. The study involves reconstruction historical case inundation, namely 11 December 2019 flood event along Tong Wei Tah Street in Greater Kuching City, Sarawak, Malaysia. Storm Water Management Model version 5.0 was used platform to describe flooding at selected site and functionality alleviate A w...

Background: The marriage age has been increasing recently throughout the world and researches have shown an increased rate of gynecological cancers among young women. Therefore, fertility sparing in these patients is an important point and many works have been done on conservative management in young women with gynecological cancer. Materials and Methods: In this study, we report our experience...