Introduction: Postpartum haemorrhage is the most life-threatening complication during pregnancy and atonic postpartum haemorrhage being the commonest one, often poses difficulties in management. B-Lynch suture with a high success rate has emerged as a life-saving measure in uncontrolled atonic postpartum haemorrhage refractory to uterotonics. The objective of this study was to find out the prevalence of B-Lynch suture management among patients with post-partum haemorrhage in a tertiary care centre.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Hepatitis E virus causes self limiting hepatitis most of the times but, during pregnancy it can lead to severe hepatitis along with various complications thereby increasing the mortality.
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old woman gravida two, para one at 38 weeks and 6 days of gestation presented with multiple episodes of nonbilious vomiting, severe dehydration, and later developed right upper quadrant abdominal pain. The patient had a positive serological test for the hepatitis E virus, and liver enzymes were severely elevated.
Introduction: Genitourinary syndrome of menopause incorporates vulvovaginal and lower urinary tract symptoms related to estrogen deficiency which affects more than half of postmenopausal women. This study aimed to find out the prevalence of genitourinary syndrome of menopause among postmenopausal women attending a tertiary care center.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of tertiary care hospital from October 2019 to April 2021 after obtaining ethical approval from the Institutional Review Committee (Reference number: 452 6-11).
J Nepal Health Res Counc
September 2021
Epithelial ovarian canceris usually diagnosed in late stage with high recurrence rate and fatality. Long term survival in late recurrence is not very common. We present a case of 66 year woman who had come in early stage of epithelial ovarian cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The most common pathological cause of abnormal vaginal discharge in reproductive-aged women is bacterial vaginosis (BV). Amsel's criteria and Nugent scoring systems are commonly employed approaches for the diagnosis of BV. Despite the Nugent scoring system being the gold standard method for diagnosing BV, Amsel's criteria are generally preferred in clinical setup owing to the fact Nugent scoring requires considerable time and expert microscopist.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOvarian vein thrombosis is one of the rare causes for acute abdomen. Occult presentation of this disease may lead to diagnostic dilemma. A sixteen years female who was operated as a case of ectopic pregnancy was finally diagnosed as having ovarian vein thrombosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Nepal Health Res Counc
January 2018
Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia is extremely rare entity accounting 1% of all gynecological malignancies. Invasive mole is a form of Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia which is locally invasive with propensity of metastasis. Association of partial mole with invasive mole and/or theca lutein cysts is a rare occurrence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: In Nepal medical abortion has been approved for use since 2009. There were many cases coming to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital coming with problems and complications following medical abortion. Thus the objective of this study was to analyze the cases that came to TUTH following medical abortion with problems and complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA pregnant woman, gravida 3 with two living children, who frequently experienced syncope from 23(+5) weeks of pregnancy onwards and recurring every week for a period of 3 weeks, was repeatedly treated in line for a case of acid peptic disease/appendicitis in various peripheral hospitals of Nepal, until ultrasonogram/magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of an (undisturbed) live 27(+5) weeks abdominal pregnancy was made at our hospital. On laparotomy, this materialized to be secondary to the rupture of a left rudimentary horn pregnancy (evidenced from its sealed margin) which still retained a complete placenta, from where an umbilical cord was seen, traversing across towards the right side of the abdominal cavity just below the liver, securing its attachment to the surviving fetus and enclosed in an intact amniotic sac. Excision of the rudimentary horn containing the placenta was accomplished, after the delivery of a live baby weighing 650 g who unfortunately died on the third day of life.
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