BACKGROUND Sub-total abdominal hysterectomy is a surgical procedure in which body of the uterus is removed while ovaries and cervix are preserved. The study was done with the objectives of assessing the frequency of peripartum hysterectomies, common indications and risk factors associated with this surgery. The postoperative complications including the severity of andemia in these patients and ...

Background: Pregnancy along with a fibroid is a high risk pregnancy which may lead to complication with unequal gravity. Objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and obstetric complications of fibroids during pregnancy, this cross-sectional study was carried out in the Department of Gynaecology, Unit ‘C’, Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad. Method: Data of all patients who presented ...

CRIPTO-(CR)1 is a protein associated with tumorigenesis and metastasis. Here we demonstrate that CR-1 expression in normal and creta placentas is associated with various degrees of uterine invasion. Cytokeratin (CK) and CR-1 protein expression was visualized by immunohistochemical staining of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded placental specimens (control placentas, n = 9; accreta, n = 6; incret...

Introduction Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is a condition often resulting in severe maternal morbidity. Scheduled delivery by an experienced team has been shown to improve outcomes; however, the benefits must be weighed against risk of iatrogenic prematurity. The aim this study investigate rates emergency seen for antenatally suspected PAS and compare outcomes 15 referral centers Internationa...

Caesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy, and its incidence has been increased due to the increased rate of Cesarean sections performed. A special type of CSP, concealed CSP, was found in the clinical work in our institution. A retrospective review was performed. From September 2011 to June 2014, 208 women were presented with cesarean scar pregnancy by use of transvagi...

I NVASION of the uterine surface by the chorionic villi is Iimited by protective eIements in the decidua basalis. Wislockr has shown the presence of a mucopoIysaccharide in the decidua that serves to limit trophobIastic erosion of maternal tissue. Microscopic sections from most cases of placenta accreta show an absence of the decidua basaIis and atrophy of the decidua Vera. The degree of invasi...

The widely distributed hawk moth Psilogramma increta (Walker, 1865) is found in the south part of Primorskii krai 2020. genus Rothschild et Jordan, 1903 recorded from Russia for first time.