Berek & Novak's Gynecology

Section I Principles of Practice Chapter 1 Initial Assessment and Communication Chapter 2 Principles of Patient Care Chapter 3 Quality Assessment, Performance Improvement, and Patient Safety Chapter 4 Epidemiology for the Gynecologist Section II Basic Principles Chapter 5 Anatomy and Embryology Chapter 6 Molecular Biology and Genetics Chapter 7 Reproductive Physiology Section III Preventive and Primary Care Chapter 8 Preventive Health Care and Screening Chapter 9 Primary Care in Gynecology Chapter 10 Family Planning Chapter 11 Sexuality, Sexual Dysfunction, and Sexual Assault Chapter 12 Common Psychiatric Problems Chapter 13 Complementary Therapy Section IV General Gynecology Chapter 14 Benign Diseases of the Female Reproductive Tract Chapter 15 Pelvic Pain and Dysmenorrhea Chapter 16 Genitourinary Infections and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Chapter 17 Intraepithelial Disease of the Cervix, Vagina, and Vulva Chapter 18 Early Pregnancy Loss and Ectopic Pregnancy Chapter 19 Benign Breast Disease Section V Operative Gynecology Chapter 20 Preoperative Evaluation and Postoperative Management Chapter 21 Gynecologic Endoscopy Chapter 22 Hysterectomy Section VI Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery Chapter 23 Lower Urinary Tract Disorders Chapter 24 Pelvic Organ Prolapse Chapter 25 Anorectal Dysfunction Section VII Reproductive Endocrinology Chapter 26 Puberty Chapter 27 Amenorrhea Chapter 28 Endocrine Disorders Chapter 29 Endometriosis Chapter 30 Infertility Chapter 31 Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Chapter 32 Menopause Section VIII Gynecologic Oncology Chapter 33 Uterine Cancer Chapter 34 Cervical and Vaginal Cancer Chapter 35 Ovarian and Fallopian Tube Cancer Chapter 36 Vulvar Cancer Chapter 37 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Chapter 38 Breast Cancer

Doody's Book Review Service, Andrea R. Hagemann, MD, Washington University School of Medicine -- "This edition continues to uphold the goals of Emil Novak's original 1941 publication: to provide a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the expanding field of gynecology, serving as a gold-standard reference for private practitioners as well as an excellent teaching tool for those in training...The book covers the entire spectrum of women's healthcare, tidily yet comprehensively, organized into eight sections. This edition's structure represents an improvement over the 13th edition, appropriately mirroring the expansion of the field and its subspecialties over the past few years. "Specifically, a separate section now covers urogynecology and three separate chapters now cover lower urinary tract disorders, pelvic organ prolapse, and anorectal dysfunction, topics previously compressed into one chapter. The family planning chapter now includes newer contraceptive options such as vaginal rings, subcutaneous depomedroxyprogesterone acetate, the Implanon subdermal implant, and Essure sterilization. The addition of a complementary therapy chapter is unique, and will serve as an important reference as more and more patients make use of alternatives to mainstream healthcare... "The addition of multicolored figures and tables...will facilitate quicker access during a busy clinic...[and can] serve as a teaching tool on the hospital floor. This will allow the book to continue to be of use for an increasingly Internet-savvy generation of physicians, while other books without these features may fall out of use. "In comparing this book to Stenchever's Comprehensive Gynecology, 4th edition (Mosby, 2001), which has been touted by some as the "Bible" of gynecology for residents, Berek and Novak's seems to appeal to a wider range of training levels and offers a wider range of references...as well as broader and more numerous author contributions. The 14th edition is structurally