GYNECOLOGY

Comprehensive Gynecology

Comprehensive Gynecology is a new and opportune addition to the current selection of textbooks in the area of care of the female patient. The text is the in toto contribution of four distinguished chairmen of departments of obstetrics and gynecology located across the country, who dispense with the usual format of a multi-editor, multi-author compilation. Each is a leader in his own field of in...

Conservative Gynecology

cases are " notoriously maltreated at present by methods almost invariably involving the sacrifice of organs," or that " women by the score, without previous attempt to cure, are persuaded to undergo operations dangerous to life and unwarranted bj' sound judgment, and which are followed by life-long consequences in them that are either carefully concealed, or else carelessly withheld from their...

Geriatric gynecology.

Most postmenopausal vaginal bleeding is benign; however, it merits diagnostic evaluation by transvaginal ultrasound or endometrial biopsy after emergency department evaluation. Patients and physicians may treat menopausal symptoms with hormone replacement therapy or other agents, such as venlafaxine or gabapentin. Hormone replacement therapy, when initiated close to the start of menopause and c...

Medical Gynecology

Adolescent gynecology.

Given new developments in the field of adolescent reproductive health, this review focuses on highlighting new guidelines and practice patterns in evaluation and management of adolescent gynecologic problems. First, understanding the proper techniques for the initial examination is key to establishing a long-term relationship with this age group. Reservations about the first gynecologic examina...