Role of saline infusion sonohysterography in diagnosing endometrial polyps

Study carried out in Radiology Department of Jinnah Hospital Lahore on four patients with age ranges from 3546 years revealed that the Saline Infusion Sonohysterography plays an important role in diagnosing endometrial abnormalities especially Endometrial Polyps in women's with complaint of intermenstural bleeding. Saline Infusion Sonohysterography requires minimal patient's preparation, has few complications and is well tolerated by patients. Given its advantages over other techniques for uterine evaluation, Saline Infusion Sonohysterography will play an even larger role in pelvic imaging in future

Penetrating abdominal trauma

Audit of 73 consecutive patients with penetrating abdominal trauma managed from June 94 to June 95 is presented. Victims were predominantly young males. Age ranged from 14-85 years. Mode of injury was firearm in 58 cases [79.4%] and stab in 15 [20.5%], twenty six [35.6%] cases had associated extra-abdominal injuries. In this series 70 cases underwent exploratory laparotomy, of which 63 [90%] were therapeutic and in 7 cases [10%] non- therapeutic. Twenty seven [37%] patients had postoperative complications and 15 [20%] patients expired during this study period, including 3 [4%] intraoperative deaths. Suggestions to reduce such a high rate of morbidity and mortality include, a strict control on firearms, enforcement of ban on their display and development of fully equipped regional centers for managements of such patients