Publications by authors named "Ghoubara A"

Background: Cervical pregnancy is a rare type of ectopic pregnancy. The management of cervical pregnancy is challenging because of the rarity of the condition, late presentation, which is associated with increased risk of failed medical treatment, and excessive post-evacuation bleeding that may require hysterectomy. There is no good evidence in the literature regarding the pharmacological management of living cervical ectopic pregnancy of more than 9 + 0 weeks of gestation, and there is no standard protocol on methotrexate doses in these cases.

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This retrospective study assessed the efficacy and long-term satisfaction of radiofrequency endometrial ablation outside the context of clinical trials in 408 women, and compared the outcome between office-setting (211, 52%) and day-case procedures under general anaesthetics (197, 48%). The Kaplan Meir time-to-event analysis showed that the cumulative number of women undergoing surgical re-intervention was 32 with a probability of 9.4% (95% CI: 6.

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Objectives: To evaluate the hysteroscopic morcellation service in office-setting in everyday practice outside the context of clinical trials. The primary objectives were to assess level of acceptability and factors affecting women satisfaction. The secondary objectives included assessment of complete resection rate, complications rate, pain score during the procedure and on discharge, and the correlation between the lesion size as subjectively estimated by the hysteroscopists versus the volume of morcellated tissues as semi-quantitively measured by the laboratory.

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Modern medical practice strives for a personalized approach to patient care. The evidence regarding the prevalence of endometrial cancer in various ethnic groups is scarce and conflicting. This study was conducted to determine this prevalence in postmenopausal bleeding (PMB) women.

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There is a lack of consensus about the significance and the management of an incidental finding of endometrial thickness (ET) > 4 mm on transvaginal ultrasound scans in postmenopausal women without postmenopausal bleeding (PMB). The data of 1995 consecutive women attending PMB clinic were collected prospectively; of them 81 (4.1%) were referred because of ET >4 mm without PMB.

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Objectives: Women with recurrent postmenopausal bleeding (PMB) are considered as being at higher risk for endometrial hyperplasia and cancer, and guidelines suggest offering hysterectomy in unexplained cases with repeated negative investigations. This study aims to determine the prevalence of endometrial pathology in women referred with recurrent PMB to help inform clinical practice.

Methods: This was an observational study of prospectively collected data over a 5-year period, including 1902 women referred to the PMB clinic.

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Objective: There is lack of consensus as whether benign-looking endometrial polyps should be removed in postmenopausal women. To help inform clinical practice, this study was conducted to quantify the prevalence and identify the predictors of hyperplasia and cancer in polyps.

Methods: The data of 2625 consecutive women attending a postmenopausal bleeding clinic were collected prospectively in a UK teaching hospital between January 2011 and December 2015.

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