Colposcopy
A Practical Guide

State-of-the-art guide to colposcopy, directly applicable to clinical practice, updated with the latest nomenclature, staging, classification and evidence-based treatment guidelines.

Mahmood Shafi (Author), Saloney Nazeer (Author)

9781107667822, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 April 2012

92 pages, 12 b/w illus. 120 colour illus. 9 tables
24.6 x 18.8 x 0.5 cm, 0.28 kg

'… 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

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Gynaecology & obstetrics [MJT]