Handbook of gynaecology management / [edited by] Sylvia K. Rosevear.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION AND STERILISATION:- The Oral contraceptive pill--Types of injectable contraceiption--Intrauterine devices--Barrier methods of contraception--Sterilisation--Vasectomy--Stopping contraception--Hormone replacement therapy and contraception--The premenstrual syndrome--2. EARLY PREGNANCY:- Diagnosing pregnancy--Bleeding in early pregnant (threatened miscarriage or missed miscarriage)--First trimester miscarriage--Second trimester miscarriage--#ectopic pregnancy--Termination of pregnancy--Gestational trophoblastic disease--3. CERVICAL SCREENING AND PREMALIGNANT DISEASE OF THE CERVIX:- Prevention--Screening for cervical cancer--Diagnoses--4. GYNAECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY:- Polycystic ovary syndrome--Hirsutism--Ovulation induction in anovulatory women with PCOS--Amenorrhoea--Premature ovarian failure--Anorexia nervosa--Hyperprolactinaemia--5. INFERTILITY AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES:- Fecundity--Treatment of male infertility--Ovulation disorders and ovulation induction--In vitro fertilisation--Tubal surgery--6. ULTRASOUND AND THE USE OF IMAGING IN GYNAECOLOGY:- Pelvic ultrasound--Early pregnancy - first trimester ultrasound--Uterine pathology--Ultrasound assessment of the endometrium--The adnexa - ovarian lesion--Polycystic ovaries--Adnexal abnormalities--Fallopian tube pathology--Pelvic pain--Mimics of gynaecological disease--Paediatric age group--Fertility--Cervical abnormalities--Urogynaecological ultrasound--Ultrasound and the diagnosis of breast disease--Conclusion--7. MENORRHAGIA:- Dysfunctional uterine bleeding--Medical management of menorrhagia--Surgical treatment for menorrhagia--8. THE MONOPAUSE AND HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY:- The menopause--Effects of oestrogen deficiency--History taking prior to commencing HRT--Effects of oestrogens--Types of oral oestrogen--Non-oral administration of oestrogen--Progestogens--Oestrogen and progestogen regimens--Side effects of HRT--Endogenous ovarian activity and exogenous hormone treatment--The theoretical benefits of HRT--Osteoporosis--Cardiovascular disease and oestrogen replacement therapy: mechanisms of protection--HRT and the risk of breast cancer--HRT and those with established breast cancer--Oestrogen replacement therapy and venous thromboembolism--Oestrogen replacement therapy and fatal colorectal cancer--Dementia--Androgen replcement--Other effects of oestrogen--Oestrogen and diet--HRT and diabetes--Hyperlipidaemia--HRT and endometrial cancer--Summary of use of HRT--9. UROGYNAECOLOGY:- Urinary incontinence--History--Quality of life--Examination--Investigations--Genuine stress incontinence--Detrusor instability--Overflow incontinence/difficulty voiding--10. SEXUAL HEALTH AND DISEASE:- Sexual health--Sexually transmitted infections--Lower genital tract bacterial infections--Upper genital tract bacterial sexually transmitted infection - Pelvic inflammatory disease--STIs and sexual assault--Syphilis (Treponema pallidum)--Genital herpes - herpes simplex 1 and 2--Genital warts - human papillomavirus--Hepatitides--Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV 1 and 2)--Other conditions affecting the external genital area--11. ENDOMETRIOSIS AND CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN:- Definition of endometriosis--Symptoms of endometriosis and diagnosis--Clinical findings--Investigation--Aims of management--Visual features of endometriotic lesions at laparoscopy--Classification of endometriosis--Treatment--Medical therapy for endormetiosis--Surgical treatment--Pelvic pain - irritable bowel syndrome--Bladder-related pain--Musculoskeletal pain--Nerve-related pain--12. VULVAL DISEASE AND GYNAECOLOGICAL DERMATOLOGY:- Vulval disease--Dermatological vulval conditions--Topical steroids and vulval disease--Creams and emollients--Management of Bartholin\'s swelling--Extramammary paget\'s disease--Squamous hyperplasia--Vulval intraepithelial neoplasia--Vulval carcinoma--13. GYNAECOLOGICAL SURGERY:- Consent for surgery--Operating theatre set-up--Anatomical considerations in gynaecological surgery--Principles of laparoscopic surgery--Hysterectomy--Vaginal hysterectomy--Prophylactic oophorectomy--Laparoscopic hysterectomy--Laparoscopic oophorectomy--Supracervical hysterectomy--Genital prolapse--Operating for gynaecological cancer--14. GYNAECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY:- Cervical malignancies--Ovarian malignancies--Fallopian tube malignancies--Endometrial carcinomas--Uterine sarcomas--Vulval malignancies--Vaginal malignancies.

This is an easily accessible guide offering advice on all gynaecological conditions and treatment. The comprehensive text provides information on conditions and treatment modalities.