Acute appendicitis in pregnancy and its treatment are reviewed. Six cases are described. Early surgery is recommended and a conservative watchfulness for more than 4 to 6 hours is condemned.

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The diagnostic procedures and treatment of carcinoma in situ and severe dysplasia of the cervix are becoming more conservative. In a developing country special problems make such an approach more hazardous. During a 15-months ...

A case of inversion of the uterus in a 14 year old Xhosa girl is reported. The probable precipitating factor was a submucosal stromal sarcoma. The treatment of the condition is discussed.

The syndrome of amenorrhoea-galactorrhoea has been known for years, but new diagnostic methods opened up a new approach to the treatment of patients with this syndrome. Whether the increasing awareness of hyperprolactinaemia ...

Bowel preparation is still regarded as standard practice before extensive gynaecological surgery. It is requested routinely if there is a potential malignancy or if multiple adhesions are expected. This widely used ...

Objective. To determine the leading causes of perinatal deaths and to evaluate any changes, with the inclusion of placental histology. Method. At perinatal mortality meetings, primary and final causes of death were assigned ...