The IUD (intra uterine device) is a highly effective method of contraception that is underused. New developments in intrauterine technology, smaller frameless copper and levonorgestrel-releasing devices, could help increase the prevalence-- of use in adolescents and nulliparous women. Because adolescents and young nulliparous women contribute disproportionately to the epidemic of unintended pre...

There are few methods to control heavy intra-operative bleeding during cesarean delivery of placenta previa. Transient occlusion of uterine arteries (TOUA) during operation has previously been reported as a quick and safe method to control intra-operative uterine bleeding. We reported 2 cases of cesarean delivery with complete placenta previa in which TOUA was performed to safely reduce intra-o...

Maternal infection is a cause of adverse developmental outcomes. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced embryonic resorption, intra-uterine fetal death (IUFD) and preterm labor have been well characterized. In the present study, we investigated the effects of maternal LPS exposure on intra-uterine fetal growth and skeletal development. All pregnant mice except controls received an intraperitoneal inj...

Sexually mature male Mongolian gerbils, Meriones unguiculatus, from known intra-uterine positions were each paired with a succession of nulliparous females. Those males that had matured in intra-uterine positions adjacent to two males (2M males) sired an average of 28% more young than did those males that had matured in intra-uterine positions between two females (2F males). In a second experim...

The reproductive biology of Dromiciops gliroides is described from five females collected during spring (October, December 1984) in southern continental Chile. Developmental morphology of intra-uterine embryos (October litters) was examined by microscopic analysis and compared with morphological attributes of 8 pouched young (December litters). Intra-uterine embryos demonstrate ontogenetic feat...

H M N J Herath1, A W M Wazil1, N V I Ratnatunga2, A S Badurdeen1, K G A D Weerakoon3 1Nephrology and Transplant Unit, Teaching Hospital, Kandy, 2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, and 3Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka. Correspondence: HMNJH, e-mail: . Recei...

Amenorrhea and menorrhagia are opposites and not in any way related to each other. However, the main goal of endometrial ablative therapy in menorrhagia is to establish amenorrhea. Therefore, it is obvious that we spend some words on this subject. Menorrhagia is an important problem in premenopausal women visiting their gynaecologist or general practitioner. Treatment of menorrhagia is diverse:...

A 26-year-old patient presented at the emergency department because of uterine bleeding for the previous 3 days. She had undergone voluntary termination of pregnancy by curettage 2 months before. Upon clinical examination, metrorrhagia was moderate, with heart rate: 90/min, blood pressure: 110/80 mmHg and temperature: 36.9°C. Intra-vaginal ultrasound examination showed a heterogeneous intra-ute...

Although premature separation of normally implanted placenta is considered the most serious complication of pregnancy, knowledge of uterine behaviour during this con­dition is meager, on the basis of electronic recording of intra-uterine pressure two type of contraction pattern has been identified.  In type I uterine tonus has values below 30mmHg  with a frequency of 4-9 contractions per 10 m...