OBESITY AND INFERTILITY

Infertility, explained as a failure to achieve a pregnancy after atleast twelve months of regular and unprotected sexual intercourse.  Obesity is a known modifiable risk factor for female infertility and can affect maternal health; it also puts the offspring’s health at risk. As such, addressing obesity in women , especially if women of reproductive age […]

PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION

Embryoscopy (time-lapse)

TIME LAPSE TECHNOLOGY AND USES  In the past few decades there have been many advances in the technologies used in IVF . Still some improvements are required, one such thing is that due to relatively low implantation rate multiple embryos need to be transferred during IVF which leads to multiple gestation.Nearly 20 percentage of IVF  pregnancies […]

CARCINOMA ENDOMETRIUM

ISTHMOCELE

 Definition There is no universal definition of isthmocele or standard characterization that clearly indicates its location and size. Most studies refer to isthmocele, cesarean scar defect, niche or diverticulum as a myometrial discontinuity or a hypoechoic triangle in the myometrium of the anterior uterine wall at the site of hysterotomy presented in transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) […]

leucorrhea

Vaginal discharge(LEUCORRHEA) is the most common gynaecological condition encountered by physicians. Normal secretion or discharge from the vagina is white and odourless and collects in the dependent part of vagina (posterior fornix). The normal Ph of vagina is 3.8 – 4.5 and the normal vaginal flora are Aerobic bacteria like Lactobacilli, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus and Gardnerellavaginalis, […]

Unveiling Fertility Potential: Understanding the Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) Test

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE

STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE: Incontinence is the ability to maintain urine storage and voluntary empty when socially acceptable. Stress urinary incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine when the intra vesical pressure in the absence of detrusor activity. Leakage happens on the effort of exertion or on sneezing or coughing. Sir. EARDLY HOLLAND in 1992 introduced […]

AUB – CURRENT NOMENCLATURE AND TREATMENT.

Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is a broad term that describes irregularities in the menstrual cycle involving frequency, regularity, duration, and volume of flow outside of pregnancy. Up to one-third of women will experience abnormal uterine bleeding in their life, with irregularities most commonly occurring at menarche and perimenopause. A normal menstrual cycle has a frequency […]

OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is an iatrogenic complication of ovarian stimulation by assisted reproductive techniques and other infertility treatments. This involves ovarian enlargement in multiple cystic forms and mainly fluid shift from the intravascular to third space of extravascular space due to increased capillary permeability and ovarian agenesis. It is mainly dependent on administration of […]