Colposcopy
Subtitle: a practical guide
By: Mahmood Shafi, Saloney Nazeer
Contributors: Nazeer, Saloney
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781107667822
Subjects: Methods; Cervix Uteri; Vaginal Diseases; Vagina; Colposcopy; Diagnosis; Pathology; Uterine Cervical Diseases
Description: "This new, fully revised edition of Colposcopy: A Practical Guide is a state-of-the-art guide to colposcopy, directly applicable to daily clinical practice, and a key text for all those involved in the screening and management of women with cervical cytological abnormalities. All chapters have been updated for this new edition with the latest nomenclature, staging, classification and evidence-based treatment guidelines, as well as important new material on HPV testing and vaccination. Concise text is enhanced by full-colour illustrations and flow-diagrams throughout. Colposcopy: A Practical Guide is essential reading for the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology colposcopy training programme and is also an important practical guide for all gynaecologists, nurse colposcopists and gynaecological oncologists"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Basic principles of colposcopy; title: The normal cervix and colposcopic appearance; title: Natural history of cervical carcinoma, HPV, and vaccination; title: Colposcopic appearance of CIN; title: Colposcopic directed biopsies; title: Invasive cervical disease; title: Glandular disease; title: Inflammatory and infective conditions of the cervix and anogenital tract; title: Management techniques; title: Follow-up after treatment; title: Vaginal abnormalities; title: Vulval disease; title: Pregnancy and puerperium; title: Menopause, contraception, immunosuppression, HIV, and smoking.