Most women with uterine myoma are asymptomatic and do not require any treatment. However, myoma can also lead to menorrhagia, pressure symptoms, abdominal pain, and infertility. Management of symptomatic women…
Morcellation is the fragmentation of tissue to facilitate removal of the specimen through small incision in minimally invasive surgery. This technique is not unique to gynecology and is used in…
All laparoscopic procedures, laparoscopic or robotic-assisted, start with a trocar entry. Unfortunately unknown to most, this is an extremely important part of the surgery, as 80% of major vascular injuries…
The complexity of gynaecologic surgery has increased in recent years, while the duration of residency training has remained fixed with reduced work hours compared with our predecessors. Residents may not…
Over many years, newer and sophisticated techniques have been implemented in minimal-access surgery. In experienced hands, its quality has become comparable to other methods, eventually being even superior in many…
1. Commonly used approaches to measure perinatal depression in large research studies in LMICs include which of the following? a) Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale b) Patient Health Questionnaire c) Psychiatrists’…
Despite the impressive progress gains for maternal and child health during the Millennium Development Goals era, over 5.6 million women and babies died in 2015 due to complications during pregnancy,…
. 1. a) T b) F c) F d) F e) F Option (a) is the only true answer. This data was published by Professor Charles Chapron in a series…
This review provides an overview of perinatal depression and its impacts on the health of mothers, their newborns, and young children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We define and…
Access to contraception reduces maternal deaths by preventing or delaying pregnancy in women who do not intend to be pregnant or those at higher risk of complications. However, not all…
