Pubertal evaluation of adolescent boys with beta-thalassemia major and delayed puberty.

Objective: To examine the hormonal status of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in adolescent males with beta-thalassemia major.

Design: Controlled clinical study.

Setting: Tertiary referral teaching hospital.

Emergency peripartum hysterectomy in Northern Jordan: indications and obstetric outcome (an 8-year review).

Objective: To review cases of emergency peripartum hysterectomy regarding their incidence, risk factors, indications and complications and their results were carefully analysed.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective study of cases of emergency peripartum hysterectomy which were performed in the period between February 1994 and February 2002 at the Princess Badeea Teaching Hospital in Northern Jordan. Demographic and clinical data were extracted and closely interpreted

Results: In the study period there were a 70,252 deliveries and 61 cases of emergency peripartum hysterectomies.