several thousand sets of quotation marks, parentheses, and italics. Hardly a page in the book does not have at least a dozen words in quotations unnecessarily. Despite these objections there is much useful information in the book, which would be well for physicians to know. The book is at its best when it discusses sex education of the child and parental attitudes toward children. It is at its ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Genital endometriosis is still an unclear enigma of the female. It occurs in approximately 20% to 35% of all women of reproductive age. The urinary tract is seldom affected. METHODS We report on a patient with bladder endometriosis with recurrent heavy pain at menstruation within the framework of 5 similar cases. RESULTS A combined vaginal and laparoscopic treatmen...

The Silent Scream is an anti-abortion [5] film released in 1984 by American Portrait Films, then based in Brunswick, Ohio. The film was created and narrated by Bernard Nathanson, an obstetrician and gynecologist from New York, and it was produced by Crusade for Life, an evangelical anti-abortion [5] organization [6]. In the video, Nathanson narrates ultrasound [7] footage of an abortion [5] of ...

An indirect inguinal hernia containing an incarcerated fallopian tube and ovary is extremely rare in adult females. The current report describes a woman of reproductive years presenting with an irreducible indirect hernia which required the surgical intervention of a general surgeon as well as counseling regarding future fertility by a gynecologist. The diagnosis was made by physical and sonogr...

MD. Doctoral student in the Postgraduate Program on Medicine and Human Health, Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública (EBMSP), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. MD, MSc. Assistant professor, Gynecological Service, Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública (EBMSP), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Scientific initiation student, Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública (EBMSP), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. MD....

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has a high incidence predominantly in young individuals, it also affects family planning and pregnancy. In this review we will summarize a number of issues and challenges that arise from this, such as the chances of having a successful pregnancy, how IBD affects pregnancy, what investigations are needed during pregnancy, as well as what is the correct management...

Pathological discharge from the genital tract and other signs of discomfort external genitalia are a common cause visit to gynecologist. The these disorders in most cases is vulvovaginal infection, accompanied (vaginitis) or not (vaginosis) by leukocyte reaction. Methods for treating infection predominantly local therapy systemic agents with highly selective antimicrobial activity. Since signif...

Dr. Jones is a gynecologist who has been seeing Amy for the past few years to help with menstrual suppression. Amy was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth; she experienced some global developmental delay as a child and was in special education in school. Now 25, Amy works part-time at a local grocery store. Amy’s mother currently holds her medical power of attorney, but she makes a concerted...

A 26-year-old woman presented to her gynecologist with persistent clear vaginal fluid loss for 2 months, accompanied by symptoms of headache and vertigo. Subsequently, she developed tenesmus. Surgical exploration revealed a duplicated anus and a presacral mass draining clear fluid containing white particles. In the following hours the patient developed a fulminant meningitis. Imaging (figure) r...

no longer exists. Therefore it is refreshing to pick up a book written by a great American surgeon and teacher like Dr. Reed who deals with his subject with the broad views of a gynecologist who may in the course of a large field of modern surgery have at any moment to deal in addition with injuries or conditions of kidney, ureter, bladder, rectum, or gut. This book is, we think, the best that ...