Study to Know Gynaecological Disease Pattern in Postmenopausal Females

Population ageing is emerging as a pre-eminent phenomenon throughout the world. Among the aged women deserve special attention because they outlive men in most societies. This longevity also makes them vulnerable to different morbidities of which gynaecological disorders remain hidden and hitherto neglected because of the “culture of silence” surrounding women's lives¹.

To find the incidence of different gynaecological disorders in post menopausal females.

This is hospital based prospective observational study of the postmenopausal females attending Gynaecology OPD and admitted in Sultania Zanana Hospital, Assciated with GMC, Bhopal, M.P. Our study included 401 cases from the period of 1st July 2014 to 30th June 2015.

Out of 401 cases, in the present study analysis The commonest presenting symptom in this study was something coming out from private part (26.1%). Most common disease is Uterovaginal prolapse (28.4%). Second most common disease is malignant disorder of genital tract and Squamous Cell Carcinoma was commonest histological type accounting for 82% case.

So, from above study it can be concluded that most of the patients were diagnosed in advanced stage of malignancy. This is unfortunate as cancer cervix is preventable to a large extent as it take a decade or more to progress from pre-invasive to invasive lesion, there are various screening modalities to diagnosed the cervix in pre-invasive age i.e. when it still curable.