Background: This study aimed to determine effectiveness of sweeping of membranes on the duration of pregnancy at term, and its effect on maternal and neonatal outcomes.Methods: In this prospective study, 145 women with uncomplicated pregnancy at 39 weeks or more gestation who were attending regular ANC clinic, were recruited for study, out of them 60 were cases (sweeping group) and 85 were control (no sweeping group). Primary outcome measure was occurrence of spontaneous labour and total duration of pregnancy. Other outcome measures included were interval of onset of labour from membrane sweeping, incidence of premature rupture of membranes, total duration of active labour, mode of delivery, rate of caesarean section and causes, and neonatal and maternal outcome.Results: There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups regarding maternal age, parity and bishops score at recruitment. There was a significant difference observed in spontaneous labour rate and interval time between recruitment to delivery in groups. There was no significant difference regarding mode of delivery, maternal and fetal outcomes.Conclusions: Membrane sweeping is a safe procedure that reduces the incidence of post-term pregnancies if applied at term.
Objectives: Ultrasonography (USG)-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of ovarian lumps is being increasingly used for the successful diagnosis of ovarian mass lesions and it is a rapid, accurate, economical, and safe procedure to diagnose various ovarian mass lesions. The aims of the study were to categorize and study the cytomorphological features of the ovarian mass lesions, study the age distribution and analyzing cytological features of the ovarian mass lesions, and to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy of USG-guided FNAC in diagnosing ovarian mass lesions.
Methods: A prospective observational study of 24 patients with clinically and radiologically diagnosed ovarian mass lesions and referred for FNAC in Department of Pathology of a tertiary care hospital. USG-guided FNAC was performed in each patient and cytological features were analyzed.
Results: In our study, out of total 24 USG-guided FNAC of ovarian lesions, ovarian malignancies were most common – 11 cases (45.83%), followed by benign ovarian tumors – ten cases (41.66%), inflammatory lesion – one case (4.16%), and two cases (8.33%) were unsatisfactory smears. In our study, diagnostic accuracy of USG-guided FNAC was found to be 91.66%.
Conclusion: USG-guided FNAC is a simple, safe, quick, reliable, efficient, and easily available diagnostic procedure and with less number of complications that it has a very important role in accurate diagnosis of ovarian mass lesions. It is a safer alternative to the more expensive and time consuming surgical procedure like diagnostic laparotomy.
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