BMJ

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether an educational package could influence the management of menorrhagia, increase the appropriateness of choice of non-hormonal treatment, and reduce referral rates from primary to secondary care. DESIGN: Rando…

Concerns about high rates of hysterectomy have increased interest in alternative surgical and medical treatments for menorrhagia. Hysteroscopic procedures that ablate and resect the endometrium without hysterectomy have been widely adopted …

OBJECTIVE: To determine patterns of use of dilatation and curettage in Britain as compared with those in the United States; to examine variations in utilisation rates within one regional health authority. DESIGN: Analysis of routinely coll…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness and acceptability of three regimens of postcoital contraception. DESIGN: Randomised group comparison of ethinyloestradiol 100 micrograms plus levonorgestrel 500 micrograms repeated after 12 hours (Yu…

Inevitable miscarriage. Pain in the stomach brings a woman to her doctor's surgery early, especially when she is pregnant. In most such cases the problem is not serious, but all cases need careful assessment as some women will need an immed…

Episiotomy is one of the most commonly performed operative procedures and yet little information is available on the subjective reactions in the puerperium to this procedure. The present study was designed to furnish information on the atti…