Health technology The use of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for Chinese women in the first 24 hours following elective gynaecological surgery was compared with the use of intermittent intramuscular (IM) injection. A PCA machine delivered morphine intravenously by bolus, with a lockout time of 8 to 10 minutes. For IM treatment, the morphine doses were 0.1 0.2 mg/kg, with a maximum of 10 mg e...

A new scale for the detection and assessment of maternity blues was completed by 56 women daily for ten days after elective gynaecological surgery. When their responses were compared with those of 87 post-natal women, they differed significantly in frequencies of different symptoms at different times. The findings suggest that post-natal mood changes ('maternity blues') are characteristic of th...

Professor Graves has produced an exceedingly good text-book and general reference book on gynaecology. He has divided it into three parts suitable for the standards of reading of students and post-graduates. Part III deals more particularly with the technic of gynaecological surgery. He has limited himself, however, to tliose operations which, from his own personal experience, seem to give the ...

Health technology The use of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for Chinese women in the first 24 hours following elective gynaecological surgery was compared with the use of intermittent intramuscular (IM) injection. A PCA machine delivered morphine intravenously by bolus, with a lockout time of 8 to 10 minutes. For IM treatment, the morphine doses were 0.1 0.2 mg/kg, with a maximum of 10 mg e...

Background. Operative laparoscopic surgery has many advantages over traditional/open laparotomy. However, it is also associated with complications particularly when performed for complex gynaecological procedures. There are very few reports on operative from developing countries. Objective. To evaluate the intra- and postoperative conditions by a single surgeon at tertiary institution. Method. ...

AIM Studies have shown effects of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy on quality of life in cases of gynaecological cancer. Very few studies are available examining the quality of life of individuals in Turkey who have been diagnosed with gynaecological cancer and undergoing treatment. METHOD This study was performed to evaluate the quality of life of such patients using the EORTC-QLQ-C30 Qua...

PURPOSE Worldwide there are nearly 1.1 million new cases of gynaecological cancer annually. In England, uterine, ovarian and cervical cancers comprize the third most common type of new cancer in women. Research with gynaecological cancer patients within 6 months of diagnosis is rare, as is data collection that is roughly contemporaneous with treatment. Our aim was to explore the experiences of ...

BACKGROUND Non-selective cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors or non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are frequently omitted for perioperative pain relief because of potential side-effects. COX-2-selective inhibitors may have a more favourable side-effect profile. This study tested the hypothesis that the COX-2-selective inhibitor rofecoxib has less influence on platelet function than the...

AIM Surgical treatment of women due to gynaecological disorders is the cause of stress and may lead to psychological changes. Studies concerning human response to stress emphasize the importance of the effect of the level of the sense of coherence, anxiety, depression, dispositional optimism and skills of expressing emotions on the quality of feelings and experiences in difficult situations. ...

44 45 Background and objective: Treatment for gynaecological malignancies is complex and may 46 cause unintended or accidental adverse events (AE). We evaluated the costs of hospitalization 47 associated with those AEs among patients who had an abdominal or laparoscopic procedure 48 for proven or suspected gynaecological cancer at a tertiary gynaecological cancer center in 49 Australia. 50 51 M...