The term YoniVyapada includes majority of gynaecological disorders in ayurveda. Twenty yoni-Vyapadas form various texts of Ayurveda ma be classified into four categories –(1) inflammatory diseases (Shothaj Yoni Rogas), (ii) Dysfunctional uterine diseases, (iii) sterility ad habitual abortions, (iv) Anatomical defects. The basic causes for Yoni Ragas are considered as Mithya Ahara, Vihara and ac...

Reported are the prevalence of reproductive tract infections and their contribution to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), as well as the seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), among women living in three inner city wards of Mumbai, India. Women aged < or = 35 years were recruited and screened as cases if they had been admitted to hospital for gynaecological investigation for susp...

Gynaecological examination of girls during childhood is undertaken somewhat infrequently. These genital examinations should not be taboo or a frightening experience for the girl, for her parents or for the physician. Studies of children suspected of sexual abuse have paid attention to the wide variety of gynaecological conditions already present in childhood. In 1988 we founded a special gynaec...

Magnetic resonance imaging has been successfully used to demonstrate a variety of primary diseases in the pelvis. There has been a particular emphasis on benign and malignant gynaecological tumours (1-3). MRI has considerable potential in the detection of recurrent and metastatic malignant disease of all kinds of the pelvis in both male and female patients. Fifteen patients with previously trea...

By D. Berry Hart, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., F.R.S.E., Lecturer on Midwifery and Diseases of Women, Surgeons' Hall; Physician, Royal Maternity and Simpson Memorial Hospital ; Assistant Gynaecological Physician, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh ; Examiner in Midwifery, University of Edinburgh. The expulsive phenomena of the female abdominal cavity are three in number, and are concerned with the extrusion of th...

BACKGROUND Both primary and secondary gynaecological neuroendocrine (NE) tumours are uncommon, and the literature is scarce concerning their imaging features. METHODS This article reviews the epidemiological, clinical and imaging features with pathological correlation of gynaecological NE tumours. RESULTS The clinical features of gynaecological NE tumours are non-specific and depend on the ...

OBJECTIVE The gynaecological environment can become contaminated by human papillomavirus (HPV) from healthcare workers' hands and gloves. This study aimed to assess the presence of HPV on frequently used equipment in gynaecological practice. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 179 samples were taken from fomites (glove box, lamp of a gynaecological chair, gel tubes for ultrasound, colposco...