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To study the various causes of female infertility, diagnosed at laparoscopy. Descriptive study. The study was conducted at Military Hospital Rawalpindi, Pakistan from April 2008 to December 2010. A series of 186 patients, having either primary or secondary infertility admitted through gynae outpatient department undergoing diagnostic laparoscopy and meeting inclusion criteria were studied. The data was collected prospectively and analysed in the form of frequency and percentages by using SPSS version 10. Amongst the cohort of 186 patients, 148 [79.6%] had primary and 38 [20.4%] had secondary infertility. Their ages ranged from 20 to 43 years. Mean age of study participants was 30.14 +/- 4.04 years. Mean duration of infertility was 9.5 years. No laparoscopic abnormality was found in 51 [27.9%], while there were abnormal findings in 135 [72.6%] patients. Commonest etiological factor was tubal blockade in both types of infertility. Other factors were endometriosis, pelvic adhesions and fibroids. Laparoscopy is minimally invasive yet a reliable procedure for visualization of internal architecture of the female pelvis
ABSTRACT
This is a twelve months report on the nlonthwise and genderwise data of scabies patients in the year 1995. The data was collected from the Institute of Skin Diseases Sindh, Karachi. No such reports are published for Karachi or other cities of Pakistan except few recent reports in 2002 and 2003 Although scabies is a common skin problem in Karachi and other parts of the country. Therefore, this data has been collected. The total skin disease patients visiting in each of the twelve months of the year, the scabies cases among them, in the adult males, females, male children and female children were recorded. The result s are presented in tabulated form and supported by charts to provide information about the incidence of this skin infection. It is concluded that scabies is the most common skin problem in Karachi as revealed by the patients visiting the Institute of Skin Diseases Sindh, Karachi