ABSTRACT: Endometriosis is a prevalent condition where tissue similar to the uterine lining grows outside the uterus, causing pain and infertility. Diagnosing endometriosis typically requires invasive procedures such as laparoscopy. MicroRN…
The use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was quite liberal in the 19th century. The controversial reports given by the World Health Initiative and million women study restricted its use in certain medical conditions. This article has be…
OBJECTIVE: Gliomatosis peritonei (GP) is a rare entity characterized by multiple mature glial tissue implants in association with ovarian teratomas in the peritoneum and omentum. To date, only 100 cases have been published. Not much is know…
INTRODUCTION: Heterogeneous and nonspecific symptoms make invasive endometriosis a difficult entity to diagnose. Small lesions with absent associated changes can be easily missed in cross-sectional imaging. Even when the lesions satisfy the…
BACKGROUND: Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is radiographic evaluation of uterine cavity and tubal patency. AIMS: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and utilisation of HSG in female genital tuberculosis (FGTB) with infertility. …
Female genital tuberculosis (FGTB) is an important cause of significant morbidity and infertility. Gold-standard diagnosis by demonstration of acid fast bacilli on microscopy or culture or detection of epithelioid granuloma on histopatholog…
RESEARCH QUESTION: Do endometrial stromal cells from primary infertile patients with severe ovarian endometriosis display differential secretory profiles of inflammation-associated cytokines during the implantation window that may cause inf…
Women with endometriosis are often under stress due to the associated pain, infertility, inflammation-related and other comorbidities including cancer. Additionally, these women are also under stress due to taboos, myths, inter-personal tro…
BACKGROUND: Previous studies of expression profiles of major endometrial effectors of steroid physiology in endometriosis have yielded markedly conflicting conclusions, presumably because the relative effects of type of endometriosis, ferti…
BACKGROUND: Previous studies, which were primarily based on the fluorescent in-situ hybridisation (FISH) technique, revealed conflicting evidence regarding male foetal microchimerism in endometriosis. FISH is a relatively less sensitive tec…
Female genital tuberculosis (FGTB) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (rarely Mycobacterium bovis and/or atypical mycobacteria) being usually secondary to TB of the lungs or other organs with infection reaching through haematogenous, l…
AIMS: To demonstrate an association between female genital tuberculosis (FGTB) and endometriosis. METHODS: A total of 16 women who underwent laparoscopy (12 cases) or laparotomy (4 cases) and were found to have female genital tuberculosis …
OBJECTIVE: Urinary fistula is a distressing complication after difficult vaginal deliveries, obstetric, and gynecologic surgeries. The present study describes a single center's experience in the management of urinary fistula at a tertiary c…
Ovary is one of the common sites for occurrence of endometriosis. Endometriosis contributes to a major cause of infertility in young women. Apart from infertility, endometriosis is one of the important causes of severe secondary dysmenorrhe…
There is considerable worldwide confusion in the use of terminologies and definitions around the symptom of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), and these are increasingly leading to difficulties in setting up multinational clinical trials and …
The present study compared two different techniques of endometriotic cystectomy at the hilus : continuation of strip-ping and bipolar elctrocoagulation and cuttin . This was a randomized controlled study was done on 64 patients, who had lap…
OBJECTIVE: To assess the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in women with tubercular tubo-ovarian masses. METHODS: Twenty-four women with a confirmed diagnosis of tubercular tubo-ovarian masses underwent MRI. The findings were …
Objectives To evaluate the laparoscopic Wndings in genital tuberculosis (TB). Methods A total of 85 women of genital TB, who underwent diagnostic laparoscopy for infertility or chronic pelvic pain were enrolled in this retrospective study c…
OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of incidental Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome in women undergoing diagnostic laparoscopy for sterilization, infertility or chronic pelvic pain. METHODS: This was a prospective study over a 4-year period in wh…