Gynaecology Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine in Daily Practice - Proceedings of the 15th Congress of Gynaecology Obstetrics and Reproductive Me

Preface. Scientific Committee. Introduction by the Presidents of the Scientific
Committee. Acknowledgements. Fertility research and treatment in 2005.
Anovulation diagnostics. WHO-classification of anovulation: background,
evidence and problems (M. Dhont). PCOS: Backgrounds, evidence and problems in
diagnosing the syndrome (J.S.E. Laven et al.). Ovulation induction. Ovulation
induction with clomiphene or gonadotropins (C.B. Lambalk et al.). Laparoscopic
electrocautery of the ovaries in patients with clomiphene citrateresistant
polycystic ovary syndrome (F. van der Veen et al.). Position of alternatives:
insulin sensitizers and others (P. van Zonneveld). Ovarian
stimulation. 'Controlled' ovarian stimulation: who's kidding who? (N. Macklon).
Ovarian stimulation havoc (P.A. van Dop). Outcome of ovarian stimulation,
pregnancy rates and multiple pregnancies (P. De Sutter). IUI. Intrauterine
insemination: facts and fairy-tales (B.J. Cohlen). Keynote lectures. Is women's
emancipation still compatible with reproduction in this century? (E.R. te
Velde). Reproduction and demography in Europe (H. Leridon). Gynaecology -
prevention, diagnostics and therapy in 2005. Chronic pelvic pain. Epidemiology
of chronic pelvic pain (K.T. Zondervan, S.H. Kennedy). Laparoscopic
adhesiolysis for chronic abdominal pain is not indicated (D. Swank). Chronic
pelvic pain: Sailing between the "Scylla" and the "Charybdis" (A.A.W. Peters).
Keynote lecture. Is the sexological issue inadequately recognised in
gynaecology? (H. Joos, R.-M. Van Hoof). Infections. HIV post-exposure
prophylaxis (PEP) after occupational and non-occupational exposure (J.M.
Prins). Strategies for the prevention of neonatal herpes: just a matter of
opinion? (W.I. van der Meijden). Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: is
screening desirable? (W. Foulon). Aerobic vaginitis: Abnormal vaginal flora
entity that is distinct from bacterial vaginosis (G.G.G. Donders et al.).
Precision control of white corpuscles for cancer immunotherapy (C.J.M. Melief).
Keynote lecture. Postmenopausal hormone therapy and cancer risk (P. Kenemans,
R.A. Verstraeten, R.H.M. Verheijen). Endometrial carcinoma. Diagnostic
strategies in endometrial cancer (D. Timmerman, T. Van den Bosch).
Investigations into the molecular background of endometrial cancer (L.J. Blok,
C.W. Burger). Sex hormones, anti-hormones and adenocarcinoma of the endometrium
(P. Kenemans, R.A. Verstraeten). Surgical staging in endometrial cancer (M.J.
Mourits, J.G. Aalders). The role of radiotherapy in the treatment of
endometrial carcinoma (C.L. Creutzberg). Keynote lecture. Molecular biology of
benign tumours (C. Braem, J. Declercq, W. Van de Ven). New diagnostics and
operating techniques. Do we need guidelines for the introduction of new
interventions? Views from the UK, the USA, The Netherlands, and Ancient Greece
(W.M. Ankum). Intravenous contrast ultrasound in gynecology (C. Van Holsbeke,
D. Timmerman). EMMY trial: a randomised comparison of uterine artery
embolisation and hysterectomy for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids
(W.J.K. Hehenkamp et al.). Hysteroscopic sterilization: away with the
laparoscope? (A.L. Thurkow). New haemostatic technologies; has conventional
ligation become obsolete? (P. van Kesteren). Postgraduate course prenatal
imaging and screening. The mid-gestational scan (M.C. Haak). Ultrasound
examination in twin pregnancies (M. Sueters, D. Oepkes). Nuchal translucency
(I. Witters, Ph. Moerman, J.P. Fryns). First trimester ultrasound screening for
chromosomal anomalies: Fetal nasal bone evaluation and maxillary length
measurement (C.M. Bilardo). Towards a national program for Down syndrome and
neural tube defect screening in the Netherlands (P.C.J.I. Schielen, L.H.
Elvers, J.G. Loeber). On screening for Down syndrome (J.M.M. van Lith).
Organization of screening Down syndrome in the Netherlands (A.T.J.I. Go). Fetal