1 Abdullah Göymen1, Yavuz Şimşek2, Şükran Esra Özkaplan1, Halil İbrahim Özdurak1, Yaşam Kemal Akpak3, Altuğ Semiz4, Serkan Oral5 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, SANKO University, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kırıkkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale, 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training a...

ENTOG is the European Network of Trainees in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. This organization aims to represent all European trainee organisations in obstetrics and gynaecology and speaks out on their behalf. Trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology have officially organised meetings for European trainees since 1992, but it was only in 1997 in Athens, that the first ENTOG Council took place. In orde...

The rare form of skeletal dysplasia is thanatophoric dysplasia. The meaning for thanatophoric dysplasia is death bearing which is derived from Greek word. It occurs 1in 20,000 to 50,000. It is mainly due to mutations in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 3gene. Features of thanatophoric dysplasia are frontal bossing, prominent eyes, narrow thorax, protruded abdomen and bowed legs. The knowle...

Heidi HY CHENG MBBS, MRCOG Pui-Wah HUI MBBS, MRCOG, M Med Sc, FHKCOG, FHKAM (O&G), Cert RCOG (Maternal & Fetal Med) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Kwok-Yin LEUNG MBBS, MD, MRCOG, FHKAM (O&G), FRCOG Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Jordan, Hong Kong Joyce J CHAI MBChB, MRCOG, FHKCOG, FHKAM (O&G) Mei-Chi CHENG ...

The development of a Canadian competency-based medical education (CBME) curriculum in obstetrics and gynaecology, slated to begin in 2017, must be rooted in, and aligned with, the principles of CanMEDS 2015 and Competence by Design. It must also reflect the unique realities of the practice of the specialty. The Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has been at the forefront of the movemen...

Objective: To identify the indications for hysterectomy, preoperative assessment, and available alternatives required prior to hysterectomy. Patient self-reported outcomes of hysterectomy have revealed high levels of patient satisfaction.These may be maximized by careful preoperative assessment and discussion of other treatment choices. In most cases hysterectomy is performed to relieve symptom...

©FSRH J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2010: 36(4) Summary The issue of gender is an essential feature of the provision of sexual and reproductive health services and policy formulation should be directed towards the needs of men as well as women. This approach is especially important for youth services, with an emphasis on personal relationships and the provision of condoms for safer sex. The vi...

New chapters have been added on " Radiotherapy in Gynaecology" and "Vaccine Treatment in Gynaecology, " and a very large number of new illustrations, particularly of operations and pathological specimens have been included. The author has had to do his proof-reading and corrections while " at the front" in Belgium and apologises ahead for any omissions in the acknowledgment of information or il...

The 21st European Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology took place in Antwerp 5-8 May 2010. The congress provided the participants with an overview of recent scientific and clinical developments throughout the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, and these are summarized in this article.

a Department of Obstetrics Gynaecology, CHUM-University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada b Department of psychology, University of Montreal, CP 6128, succursale Centre-Ville Montreal, Quebec, H3C 3J7, Canada c University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada d Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada e Department of Gynaecology, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, 3840, Saint-Ur...