Correlation of endometrial thickness, cycle day and histopathology in women with abnormal uterine bleeding.

Objective: To correlate the endometrial thickness measured by transvaginal sonography (TVS), cycle day and menstrual status with histopathology in women with abnormal uterine bleeding and to evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal sonography in detecting intrauterine abnormalities as compared to hysteroscopy.

Methods: This prospective study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital between January 1998 and July 2002. Transvaginal sonography was performed in 160 women with abnormal uterine bleeding, followed within 48 hours by hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy.

Caesarean sections at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital: A three year review.

Objective: To review the caesarean sections (C/S) performed at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH), Muscat, Oman, over a period of three years.

Method: The records of 727 patients who underwent C/S at SQUH during the three year period from 1st July 1998 to 30th June 2001 were analysed.

Results: The C/S rate during this period was 13%, 42.

Unilateral uterine artery embolization and systemic methotrexate therapy in cervical pregnancy.

The authors report a case of cervical pregnancy successfully treated with combined methods of uterine artery embolization and systemic methotrexate therapy. Unilateral selective embolization may play a role in preserving reproductive functions.