The Menstrual Cycle
46The Menstrual Cycle William L. Ledger School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales Medicine, New South Wales, Australia The human female is monotocous. Multiple pregnancy is…
Benign Disease of the Uterus
59Benign Disease of the Uterus Thierry Van den Bosch Department of Development and Regeneration, University Hospitals KU Leuven, , Leuven, Belgium Benign disease of the uterus includes uterine fibroids, adenomyosis…
Menopause and Postmenopausal Health
50Menopause and Postmenopausal Health Nick Panay1,2 1 Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals, West London Menopause and PMS Centre, London, UK 2 Imperial College London, London, UK Menopause, from…
Uterovaginal Prolapse
55Uterovaginal Prolapse Mark Slack Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge Teaching Hospital, Cambridge, UK Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is defined as the downward displacement of pelvic organs from their original position…
Ectopic Pregnancy
43Ectopic Pregnancy George Condous Sydney Medical School Nepean, University of Sydney, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, Sydney, Australia The rate of ectopic pregnancy (EP) is 11 per 1000 pregnancies, with a maternal…
Normal Mechanisms in Labour
22Normal Mechanisms in Labour Andrés López Bernal1 and Errol R. Norwitz2 1 Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Dorothy Hodgkin Building and St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol, UK 2 Department of…
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Secondary Amenorrhoea
47Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Secondary Amenorrhoea Adam Balen Leeds Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Seacroft Hospital, Leeds, UK Defining polycystic ovary syndrome and secondary amenorrhoea The current understanding of polycystic ovary…
Assisted Reproduction
52Assisted Reproduction Geoffrey H. Trew1,2,3,4 and Stuart A. Lavery5 1 Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK 2 Imperial College London, London, UK 3 Imperial College Healthcare NHS, London, UK 4 IVF Hammersmith,…
The Placenta and Fetal Membranes
2The Placenta and Fetal Membranes Berthold Huppertz1 and John C.P. Kingdom2 1 Department of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria 2…
Chronic Pelvic Pain
54Chronic Pelvic Pain Janesh Gupta Centre for Women’s and Newborn Health, Institute of Metabolism and Systems Research (IMSR), University of Birmingham, Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK Pain perception is subjective,…
