Gynae Flashcards
What are the special components of a gynae history?
Menstrual history Contraception Cervical smear Obstetric history Previous gynae history
What are the important things to note for a gynae history?
Age
Parity
Date of LMP
Date of last smear
How do you take a menstrual history?
Menarche / menopause Duration of bleeding Cyclicity - interval from first to first day Any change in amount or duration Pain Date of LMP Contraception use Intermenstrual / Post-coital bleeding
How do you denote cycles?
5/28
Duration of bleeding / days between first day of bleeding
How do you denote an obstetric history?
Parity = number of births (live or still) after 24weeks gestation Gravidity = total number of pregnancies including current one
When is colposcopy done?
Women with smears suggestive of CIN or with an abnormal-looking cervix
What happens at colposcopy?
Done in OP
Microscope allows visualisation of cervical epithelium
Cusco’s speculum allows passage of scope
Any abnormal looking areas are biopsied
If histology shows severe cellular changes, abnormal areas should be removed using laser treatment
What do cervical smears identify?
Cytological cellular dyskaryosis
What do cervical biopsies identify?
Histological cellular dysplasia
CIN I, II, III or invasive disease
When is TVUS done?
Early pregnancy
Empty bladder
What USS is used in PMB and why?
Transabdominal
Measure endometrial thickness
>5cm in post menopausal women then proceed to biopsy
What is the purpose of an early pregnancy USS?
Check fetal heartbeart (present by 6weeks’ amenorrhoea)
Number of fetuses
CRL to calculate gestation
What is HSG and what is it used for?
Hysterosalpingography
To assess uterine cavity and patency of tubes
Catheter into cervix, radiocontrast medium injected into uterine cavity and X-rays taken
What is the gold-standard investigation for abnormal uterine bleeding?
Hysteroscopy + pipellle Biopsy
What are the complications (+ rates) of laparoscopy?
Bowel injury 0.6 per 100
Bladder injury 0.3
Ureteric injury 0.3
Vascular injury 0.1
What are the different types of hysterectomy and how do you decide which is done?
Vaginal
Abdominal
Laparoscopic
Depends on uterine findings
What is a subtotal hysterectomy?
Cervix left behind
When is total abdominal hysterectomy used?
Large uterus
Multiple large fibroids
Adenomyosis
Endometriosis
What are the complications of hysterectomy?
Short-term: fever, haemorrhage Ureteric damage 1 in 200 Bladder 1 in 100 Bowel 1 in 200 Long-term: pain, regret, pelvic floor laxity, prolapse, premature ovarian failure, bladder and bowel dysfunction
What is cystometry?
Measures bladder pressure during filling and voiding
Detects detrusor instability
What are the components of a gynae examination?
General
Abdo
Pelvic: speculum then bimanual
How do you determine / compare uterine size?
Level at which fund us can be palpated
12 weeks = symphysis pubis
20 weeks = umbilicus
36 weeks = xiphisternum
What do you look for on external inspection of the vulva?
Abnormal discharge Anatomy Inflammation Ulceration Swellings Atrophic changes Scars Prolapse (with and without patient bearing down)
How do you examine for prolapse?
With and without patient bearing down
Cough: may show SUI
Sims speculum with patient in left lateral position