an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis c. prevalence is higher in some countries in asia and africa. only limited information about the epidemiology of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection especially in females is available. the aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of anti-hcv antibodies and the possible factors for transmission in the female populati...

Objective To compare the diagnostic suitability of endometrial tissues obtained from postmenopausal women using the MyoSure Lite tissue removal system versus conventional curettage. Materials and methods Endometrial tissue was sampled in hysteroscopically normal extirpated uteri from seven postmenopausal women (65.9±6.6 years old) using both hysteroscopicguided morcellation and curettage (two...

Background: Endometrial hyperplasia (EH) is considered a heterogeneous pre-neoplastic clinical entity characterized by an abnormal glandular proliferation, with less than half of the tissue area occupied stroma. The aim this retrospective study was to evaluate correlation between histological diagnosis atypical endometrial (AEH) obtained through office hysteroscopy (OH) or uterine dilation and ...

BACKGROUND The pharmacological management of early pregnancy loss reduced substantially the need for dilation and curettage. However, prognostic markers of successful outcome were not established. Thus the major purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of the uterine artery pulsatility (PI) and resistance (RI) indices to detect early pregnancy loss patients requiri...

Background: Abnormal uterine Bleeding (AUB) is one of the most common gynecological disorders. Dilatation and curettage is a diagnostic procedure in the management of AUB. Definite treatments such as hysterectomy may be applied based on the results of dilatation and curettage. This study was conducted to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of dilatation and curettage. Materials and method...

introduction: abnormal uterine bleeding (aub) is among the most complex gynecological problems, especially during the middle and old age. the aim of this study was to assess the pathological findings in endometrial curettage samples of abnormal uterine bleeding and the risk factors associated with them. methods: in our cross-sectional study, we included all the referring women with aub complain...

Mature cystic teratoma may be complicated by torsion, rupture, and malignant change, but is rarely complicated by infection. Here we report the case of a patient who presented with a tubo-ovarian abscess following a dilation and curettage (D&C) procedure in the setting of an ovarian dermoid cyst.

A 20-year-old woman developed lower abdominal pain and fever within 48 h of undergoing an elective termination of a 10 week pregnancy by suction dilation and curettage. Progressive clinical deterioration prompted an exploratory laparotomy which revealed necrotic ovaries bilaterally (A). Areas of the myometrium were also ne-crotic and hemorrhagic (B). An abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salp...