WOMEN'S GYNAECOLOGY BLOG
Some of the case studies involve surgical images taken during procedures. They are intended to illustrate aspects of various procedures that some patients feel are useful.
Laparoscopy - Endometriosis
A 33 year old woman presented with infertility.
Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy - Adenomyosis
A 46 year old woman presented with heavy menstrual bleeding and painful periods.
Laparoscopy - Adhesions
A 47 year old woman presented with sharp shooting pelvic pain. The pain was predominantly left sided.
Hysteroscopy - Fibroids
A 39 year old woman presented for a second opinion. She was experiencing torrential and irregular bleeding. She also complained of left pelvic pain.
Laparoscopy - Endometriosis
A 40 year old woman presented with infertility.
Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy - Cyst
A 49 year old woman presented with increasing heavy menstrual bleeding and associated pain.
Laparoscopic Sacral Colposuspension - Prolapse
A 68 year old woman presented with complete procidentia (a very large prolapse of uterus and bladder).
Laparoscopy - Cyst, Fibroid & Endometriosis
A 32 year old woman presented with infertility. She experienced dysmenorrhoea.
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
A 21 year old woman presented with severe lower pelvic pains. There was no cyclical pattern to the pain.
Myomectomy - Fibroid
A 49 year old woman presented with one episode of severe right sided pelvic pain.
Laparoscopic Dermoid Cystectomy & IVF
A 31 year old woman presented with infertility.
Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy - Endometriosis
A 43 year old woman had experienced debilitating chronic pelvic pain since a caesarean section 10 years prior.
Laparoscopic Hysterectomy - Grade IV Endometriosis
A 32 year old woman presented with a long history of excruciating pelvic pain which significantly impacted her ability to work and function normally.
Laparoscopic Hysterectomy - Endometriosis
A 48 year old woman presented with worsening pelvic and bowel related pain. She also had anaemia because of torrential menorrhagia.
Laparoscopy - Endometriosis
A 23 year old woman presented with a long history of pelvic pain.
Cystectomy- Ovarian Dermoid Cyst
A 20 year old woman presented with a history of intermittent severe sharp shooting pelvic pain.
Laparoscopy - Mucinous Cystadenoma
A 63 year old woman presented with a short history of abdominal swelling.
Laparoscopy - Endosalpingiosis
A 16 year old girl presented with a long history of pelvic pain. She described severe period pain and also intermittent sharp shooting pelvic pains.
Laparoscopy - Endometriosis
A 35 year old woman presented with a history of worsening pelvic pain.
Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for Fibroids
A 50 year old woman presented with a long history of heavy bleeding.
Laparoscopy for Endometriosis
A 39 year old woman presented with significant pain with a full bladder.
Laparoscopy & Cystectomy for Ovarian Cyst & Endometriosis
A 33 year old woman presented with primary infertility.
Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
A 36 year old woman presented with a long history of pelvic pain - including dysmenorrhoea.
Pouch of Douglas Endometriosis - Laparoscopy
A 35 year old woman presented with severe dysmenorrhoea and cyclical rectal pain.
Endometriosis - Laparoscopy for Endometriosis
A 21 year old woman presented with chronic pelvic pain.
Ovarian Cysts - Cystectomy & Oophorectomy
A 46 year old woman presented with severe dysmenorrhoea.
Multi-Fibroid Uterus - Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
A 50 year old woman presented with heavy bleeding.
Large Fibroid Uterus - Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
A 44 year old woman presented with a 12 month history of abdominal distention, bloating, pelvic pain and urinary frequency.
Asherman’s Syndrome - Hysteroscopy
A 36 year old woman presented with secondary infertility.
Pelvic Adhesions - Laparoscopic Resection
A 31 year old woman presented with a 6 year history of severe pelvic pain.