Benign hydatidiform mole in Benghazi, Libya

A statistical review of 65 cases of hydatidiform mole [HM] seen at Al Jamahiria Hospital, Benghazi, from January 1979 to December 1980 is presented. During that period there were 32722 Deliveries and 6217 abortions managed in the same hospital. The hospital incidence of HM was 1: 600 pregnancies and the condition was seen most commonly in young women and those near the end of their reproductive years. There was no correlation between HM and parity or previous abortions. Management of the condition generally was conservative because of the interest of our patients to have big families. Subsequent pregnancies in some patients followed within 6 months of treatment

Clinical study of 300 cases of circulage operation for habitual abortion caused by cervical incompetence

A total of 300 cervical circulage operations were performed on 250 patients, at Al Jamahiria Hospital, Benghazi, Libya, during the period between January 1976 and December 1981. These 300 operations resulted in 255 live births and 45 failures,. The preoperative total salvage rate in 1760 pregnancies in this group of patients was 35%, and the postoperative salvage rate including surviving premature deliveries was 85%. When the suture was inserted ofter 18 weeks of gestation, the failure rate was 40.5%, compared to 13.5% in patients sutured before 18 weeks gestation. No significant complications occurred from this circulage operation. Operations done between 12-18 weeks of gestation, gave the best results