Sexually Transmitted Infections

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64Sexually Transmitted Infections Peter Greenhouse Bristol Sexual Health Centre, Bristol, UK Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) make a substantial and often under‐appreciated contribution to gynaecological and obstetric morbidity, because their covert…

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Obstetric Emergencies

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25Obstetric Emergencies Sara Paterson‐Brown1 and Timothy J. Draycott2 1 Queen Charlotte’s Hospital Imperial NHS Trust, London, UK 2 Department of Women’s Health, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK This chapter details how…

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The Menstrual Cycle

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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…

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Benign Disease of the Uterus

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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…

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Menopause and Postmenopausal Health

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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…

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Uterovaginal Prolapse

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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…

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Ectopic Pregnancy

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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…

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Normal Mechanisms in Labour

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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…

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