General Obstetrics

Obstetrics and gynaecology handle the care of the pregnant woman, the unborn child and the management of women-specific diseases. Medicine and surgery are combined into the speciality.

General Obstetrics and gynaecology care for women of all ages and in all stages of life. Our doctors offer annual preventive exams and screenings, preconception and obstetric care, contraceptive counselling and management, management of gynaecologic problems and menopause care. Should there be a need for surgery, our doctors are trained in an extensive range of nominally invasive surgical techniques, which includes advanced laparoscopy and in-office procedures.

Our experienced gynaecologists in Dubai offer the highest standards of clinical practice and patient education and satisfaction. By ensuring patient understanding, we firmly believe that our patient can better participate in their medical care and hence maintain wellness. With that, we partner with you, and our team of professional remain your primary health care provider throughout life, thus committing to put your well-being first.

Nature of the work

Most doctors within the speciality work in obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G), many have a significant interest in a particular field like high-risk obstetrics, minimal access surgery or fertility care. It is a varied speciality, often dealing with healthy women, where uncertain challenges can present themselves on an everyday basis. Work includes a significant number of hands-on procedures, both in gynaecology and obstetrics.

In gynaecology, patients differ from those who have chronic disorders but are not life-threatening (however, interfere naturally with quality of life), to those where the first indication of a gynaecological problem is an acute emergency presentation. Gynaecology is concerned mainly with the health and well-being of the female reproductive organs and the ability to reproduce. It also includes endocrinology, pelvic malignancy and female urology.

In obstetrics, most women, even though pregnant, are otherwise healthy and fit. Still, others will have acute or chronic medical conditions that can lead to complications during pregnancy and are under the special care of an obstetrician. Many new procedures and techniques have been developed during the past 30 years. And have led to the transformation in the health of women and babies. Advancements in ultrasound have made care of the baby in the womb an essential part of the speciality.

Common procedures

Obstetrics

In obstetrics, midwives take care of most mothers who are at low risk and perform uncomplicated deliveries.

An obstetrician undertakes about 35% of births, usually for more complicated cases or if the baby becomes distressed during labour. The work includes:

• using instruments to support delivery – that includes forceps or a ventouse (vacuum-assisted delivery)
• carrying out caesarean sections, either as a planned or emergency procedure

Gynaecology

Within gynaecology procedures include:

• carrying out surgical interventions following miscarriage
• treating abnormal bleeding and polyps
• major surgery for gynaecological cancers
• minimal access surgery for problems including endometriosis

Keyhole or minimal access surgery is now commonplace and has many advantages.

Assisted reproduction (fertility treatment) has helped many thousands of women have a family, which would not have been possible in the last generation.

Patient Care

The Department of General Obstetrics & Gynaecology provides services in Dubai and Sharjah. Facilities include an extensive range of consultation and treatments. From routine well-woman care and examinations to the most advanced diagnosis and treatments of obstetrical and gynaecologic conditions for women of all ages. Our doctors design individualized management, treatment, and follow up care, exploring and explaining options and procedures to each patient.

Obstetrics

We offer expectant mothers exceptional care, from preconception visits to regular prenatal exams which include several diagnostic procedures and sophisticated screening to monitor fetal development and growth and to identify various potential conditions. Our obstetricians track the expectant mother’s health just as thoroughly and carefully, to identify and treat any maternal complexities that may develop. Our physicians work with interdisciplinary teams of prenatal and postnatal specialists to provide the best care alternatives for each patient, before and after birth.

Conditions and Diseases

Menstrual irregularities

• Infrequent periods (oligomenorrhea)
• Heavy periods (menorrhagia)
• Painful periods (dysmenorrhea)
• Too frequent periods (metrorrhagia)
• Endometriosis
• Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
• Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)
• Absence of periods (amenorrhea)

Uterine problems

• Prolapse of the uterus, bladder, or rectum
• Polyps of the lining of the uterus
• Uterine fibroids (leiomyomata)

Infections and irritation

• Vaginitis
• Bacterial vaginosis
• Yeast infection (candidiasis)
• Vaginal and vulvar irritation and skin
• Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
• Vaginal dryness
• changes, such as sores, itching, lumps, stinging or burning

Family planning

• Placement of long-acting reversible contraception
• Contraceptive counselling and management (all forms)
• Implanon/Nexplanon
• Surgical sterilizations
• Preconception counselling
• Intrauterine device (IUD)
• Preconception counselling

Perimenopause and menopause issues

• Hormone replacement counselling and management
• Osteoporosis prevention and management
• Mid-life health care and menopause management

Breast pain, infections or changes

• Galactorrhoea (milk flow from breast unrelated with nursing or childbirth)
• Breast infection, like mastitis
• Breast pain
• Changes in the breasts:

1. Thickening or growth of the breast or armpit
2. Puckering, dimpling or other changes in the skin of the breast
3. Newly retracted nipples, or bleeding or discharge from the nipple

Obstetrics

• Family planning
• Prenatal counselling
• Infertility
• Full range of pregnancy, delivery and postnatal care, including vaginal birth and caesarean deliveries
• Management of ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage
• Obstetrical emergencies, such as heavy bleeding

Gynaecologic concerns which may affect or arise during pregnancy