Ultrasonographic Study of Gynaecological Disorders seen at Central Hospital, Warri, Delta State in Nigeria

Abstract

Objective: Gynaecological disease and its complications
has been observed to increase female morbidity and
mortality. The objective of this study was to evaluate the
distribution and age variations of gynaecological disorders
seen at Central Hospital, Warri, Delta State Nigeria.
Methods: The purposive sampling and retrospective study
design was employed. A total of 363 female patients’
records were obtained from the Ultrasound unit of the
Radiology Department of Central Hospital, Warri, Delta
State, Nigeria. Ethical Consent was issued by the Research
and Ethics Committee of Human Anatomy and Cell
Biology, Delta State University, Abraka. Data were
analysed and presented in a tabular form.
Results: The most predominant age group affected with
gynaecological disorders and the least were those of ages
21-30 and 71-80 years with frequencies of 118(32.5%), and
1(0.3%) respectively. Findings from this study also
depicted pelvic inflammatory disease (166, 43.0%) as the
most predominant diagnosis, followed by Endometriosis
(69, 17.9%). Significant association (p<0.05) between age
groups and gynaecological diagnosis was observed.
Conclusion: The study reveals that pelvic inflammatory
disorder is the most predominant gynaecological disorder
and that age has a significant association with
gynaecological abnormality/diseases.