Gynaecology and obstetrics

Medicine is changing at a speed never witnessed before in history.

Surgical Diseases in Pregnancy explores the special problems confronted by the gynecologic surgeon treating pregnant patients.

The newest information in the basic sciences and the resulting changes in clinical management of problems of the uterus are discussed for gynecologists active in patient care.

Postpartum Depression: Causes and Consequences chronicles a decade and a half of research into this relatively common mood disorder experienced in various forms by between 10-40% of all women following delivery.

A Woman With Cancer Deborah came to University Hospital when she was 25.

Physical illness cannot be effectively treated other than in the context of the psychological factors with which it is associated.

Due to the introduction of molecular and cellular biology approaches, our understanding of ovarian physiology has reached a new level during the last few years.

SIDNEY CALLAHAN AND DANIEL CALLAHAN This book, like many other things to do with abortion, is a product of long controversy.

One of the first applications of lasers was for surgery on the retina of the eye.

Prefaces of textbooks are generally meant to give editors an opportunity to express the rationale for the creation of yet another textbook.

It has been exactly five years since I was privileged to write the foreword for the previous edition of this distinguished book on gynecologic endocrinology.

Interest in bone densitometry methods has recently experienced a resurgence within the medical community.

The aim of this book is to transmit the message that asphyxia is the major cause of infant mortality in the ne- asphyxia-if severe, caus- onatal period.

A little over 12 years ago I wrote a small volume entitled Infertility.

Interest in mechanisms of embryo implantation is increasing, particularly with the realization that failure of implantation after in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer places significant limits on the success of treatment.

The frontispiece, Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of the embryo in the womb, was chosen as a starting point for this book.

The idea for this book developed during the course of several discussions among the editors while we were working together as staff scientists in the laboratories of the Clinical Neuro- science Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health.

Why Efforts to Expand the Meaning of "e;Teratogen"e; Are Unacceptable Disagreement about nomenclature in teratology is not new.

The VIIIth Annual International Spring Symposium on Health Sciences held at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.

The incidence of endometrial cancer rose sharply in the United States in the early 1970s, paralleling changes in the use of postmenopausal estrogens by American women.

Most textbooks are cumbersome to carry, expensive to buy, difficult to read, and boring.

During recent decades, it has been firmly documented that chlamydiae are com- mon and important pathogens in humans and animals.

The World Congress of In Vitro Fertilization and Alternate Assisted Reproduction, held in Jerusalem, Israel, 2-7 April, 1989, was the sixth in the sequence of these Congresses, but was the first to emphasize the major importance and the place of assisted reproductive technologies in the treatment of infertility.

The use of human in vitro fertilization in the management of infertility is the outgrowth of years of laboratory observations on in vitro sperm-egg interaction.

This volume, focusing on the ureter and the diseases which involve it, is an updated second edition.

Nearly one-half of an American woman's life is spent after the cessation of reproductive function.

Why another dermatology text?

This volume is directed toward physicians who perform gynecologic sur- gery.

for a significant portion of the new information in this book.

In obstetrics and gynecology, as in other medical disciplines, great satisfaction comes from doing, but a greater satisfaction comes from knowing.

A lifetime of work by a dedicated scientist who monitored the growing variety of methods for the control of human fertility and foresaw the need for information on the social, psychological, economic, and political aspects of fertility regulation and the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and births is reflected in the pages of this book.

The advent in the 1960s of the unique and exciting new form of energy called laser brought to medicine a marvelous tool that could accomplish new treatments of previously untreatable disorders as well as improved treat- ment of mundane problems.

As office technology has exploded and decision-making become increasingly complex, physicians are faced with an endless list of treatment options for commonly presenting gynecologic disorders.

In the middle of the 17th century, the great French philosopher Rene Descartes wrote (L'Homme, J.

For most areas of medical ultrasound, textbooks that provide physicians with detailed, practical information are readily available.

Bernard (Barney) Berelson had a major influence in the application of social science concepts and methods to population policy during the period from 1962 to 1980.

As I read this unique volume on diabetes and pregnancy edited by Lois Jovanovic, I was struck by two themes that run throughout these collected chapters.

For many years now, our understanding of the somatotrophic and reproduc- tive axes has evolved essentially independently, both fields of study reaching a highly advanced, although far from complete, level of under- standing.

Ultrasonic surgical techniques were first used by Dr.

Cesarean section rates Percentage Indication Low High Failure to progress 2.

In the five years since laparoscopic methods have gained widespread use in general surgery, a wealth of experience has accumulated.

Since the awarding of the Nobel Prize to Drs.

This book was prepared to present an integrated review of selected topics in Human Embryology.

Trophoblast cells coordinate the activities of maternal and embryonic tissues by secreting hormones, cytokines, and various growth factors that selectively and specifically gain access to maternal and embryonic compartments.

It is a genuine honor and a privilege of distinction to provide the foreword for the proceedings that follow.