Gynecology Obstetrics category: 1201 books

As an OB/GYN, Dr. Allison Hill has delivered thousands of babies; as a mom, she's given birth to her own two children. Hill has a unique perspective on the many questions moms have surrounding pregnancy and childbirth-especially when it comes to "going natural." Drawing on her twenty years...

Every woman, whether she realizes it or not, will undergo menopause. There are various stages of the process and some women will experience all of them, while others may experience only a few. True, natural menopause occurs when a woman transitions between her fertile and non-fertile years, generally...

When Jenni Townsend knew she was getting closer to the average age of menopause, she started to organise a party to celebrate its arrival. ‘Yoo Hoo,’ she chortled. ‘I’m fifty and free from that natural part of my life.’ When Ms Menopause knocked at her door, what Jenni actually encountered...

Hysterectomy is the surgery to remove the whole uterus.It may be done through:1. Vaginal hysterectomyA surgical cut in the vagina, and using a laparoscope2. Abdominal hysterectomyA surgical cut in the belly (called open or abdominal)3. Laparoscopic hysterectomyThree to four small surgical cuts in...

This book describes fibrocystic breast condition that is a benign disorder in which a female has painful breast lumps.The more important issue here is about the suffering of all females after puberty.The hormones that regulate the female's child bearing ability not only affect her uterus but also...

Vaginal atrophy is a medical disorder that is present when the tissues of the vagina are no longer well-lubricated and healthy.When these symptoms are produced by a reduced amount of estrogen in a woman’s body, this disorder is called atrophic vaginitis.Atrophic vaginitis happens very frequently...

Part 2 MRCOG: SBA Questions contains invaluable preparation and practice for candidates undertaking the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Part 2 MRCOG examination. It contains 400 practice questions written by a highly experienced team of MRCOG question writers, alongside detailed...

Long recognized as the standard general reference work providing a complete overview of contemporary gynaecological practice, this new edition of Shaw, Gynaecology provides all the information that trainees need to master in order to successfully take their professional certification exams as well...

While cancer affects primarily the elderly, it also occurs in younger age groups, with different implications specifically relating to reproduction. Cancer can also occur during pregnancy itself. This brings together two diverse areas of medicine, encompassing the complexity of cancer and its varied...

Infertility is defined as the inability to become pregnant (in a woman) or cause a pregnancy (in a male). The purpose of this book is to provide a stepwise approach to the diagnosis and treatment of an infertile couple. It describes the detailed workup, such as hormonal evaluation and transvaginal sonography,...

This issue of Medical Clinics of North America, Guest Edited by Joyce E. Wipf , MD is devoted to Women's Health. Dr. Wipf has assembled a group of expert authors to review the following topics:  Breast Cancer Screening; Cervical Cancer and HPV; Oral Contraception; IUD and Other Contraception; Menopause;...

A variety of new techniques that promise to revolutionize the clinical management of early pregnancy are fully detailed in this state-of-the-art book. Leading international researchers describe fast-moving topics such as embryo manipulation and the diagnosis of congenital abnormalities. The technology...

This volume contains papers presented at the Conference on the Demographic and Programmatic Consequences of Contraceptive In­ novations, which was sponsored by the Committee on Population and held at the National Academy of Sciences, October 6-7, 1988. The papers consider how new contraceptive methods...

This book discusses a rare form of female genital tract abnormality. It starts with an introduction to modern pre-surgical diagnostic tools, including hysterosalpingography, 3D ultrasound and MRI. From external to internal genitalia, this book introduces all commonly known malformations, as well as...