Colposcopy: A Practical Guide / Edition 2

by Mahmood Shafi, Saloney Nazeer

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107667822
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/19/2012
Pages:	92
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Mahmood I. Shafi is Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon and Oncologist, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.

Saloney Nazeer is Consultant at the Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Versoix, Switzerland.

Table of Contents

Foreword; Preface; Glossary of terms; 1. Basic principles of colposcopy; 2. The normal cervix and colposcopic appearance; 3. Natural history of cervical carcinoma, HPV and vaccination; 4. Colposcopic appearance of CIN; 5. Colposcopic directed biopsies; 6. Invasive cervical disease; 7. Glandular disease; 8. Inflammatory and infective conditions of the cervix and anogenital tract; 9. Management techniques; 10. Follow-up after treatment; 11. Vaginal abnormalities; 12. Vulval disease; 13. Pregnancy and puerperium; 14. Menopause, contraception, immunosuppression, HIV and smoking; Further reading; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'… very accessible … it is a concise, fast read supplying the information required in a quick and efficient way …' Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

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