International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Ekpo Ekpi Edet
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar, Cross River State, NigeriaPublications
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Research
Risk Factors and Hysteroscopic Findings in Women with Primary and Secondary Infertility in South-South Nigeria: A Comparative Study
Author(s): Ekpo Ekpi Edet, Sylvester Etenikang Abeshi, Amarachukwu Nnaemezie Njoku*, Charles Obinna Njoku, Saturday Job Etuk, Eric Ime Archibong and Jessica Tochukwu Nzeadibe
Background: Infertility is a distressing condition that affects couples’ mental and social well-being. Uterine pathologies such as intrauterine adhesions, cervical stenosis, submucous fibroid, polyps have been reported in women with infertility. Objectives: To compare risk factors of infertility and hysteroscopic findings in women with primary and secondary infertility in Calabar, Nigeria. Methodology: It was a cross-sectional study of 57 women of reproductive age, presenting with infertility in the gynecological clinic that consented to hysteroscopy between August 2019 and September 2020. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain socio-demographic data and hysteroscopy was done. Results: There was no significant difference in risk factors between primary and secondary infertility. Cervical stenosis (100%) (p=0.002) and intrauterine adhesions (89.5%) (p = 0.031) were higher .. Read More»
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