LibGuides: Women and Newborn Health Library (WNHL): Gynaecological Procedures

New Resources in the Library

Do You Really Need Surgery? by Michele Moore; Caroline M. De Costa
ISBN: 9780813533933
Using anecdotes drawn from a combined fifty years of experience, doctors Moore and de Costa provide clear and accurate information about women’s anatomy, physiology, common gynecological ailments, diagnosis, alternative treatments, and, finally, full details about surgery itself.
Saving the Whole Woman by Christine Ann Kent
ISBN: 9780970144010
Publication Date: 2007

New books June 2024
New books are available from the library for a 2 week loan.

The following is a selection of information available online. Click the link to go to the pamphlet.

Cervical screening tests: the plain facts (Cancer Council) This book is written in easy to read language.
Dilatation and Curettage - D&C (KEMH) A Dilatation and Curette (D&C) is an operation to lightly scrape the inside of the uterus (womb).
Endometrial Ablation (Medicinenet.Com)
Endometrial Biopsy (Medicinenet.Com)
Going home after your Vulvectomy (KEMH) This is an information leaflet to help you following your Vulva Surgery
Hysterectomy (WHQ)
Hysteroscopy (Mater Hospital) A hysteroscope is a thin, telescope-like device that is inserted into the uterus through the vagina and cervix. Hysteroscopy is a way to look inside the uterus.
Myomectomy (Better Health Channel) A myomectomy is an operation performed to remove benign tumours called fibroids from the muscular wall of the uterus.

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