Gynaecology, Obstetrics, and Reproductive Medicine in Daily Practice

Preface.<br>Scientific Committee.<br>Introduction by the Presidents of the Scientific Committee.<br>Acknowledgements.<br>Fertility research and treatment in 2005.<br>Anovulation diagnostics.<br>WHO-classification of anovulation: background, evidence and problems (M. Dhont).<br>PCOS: Backgrounds, evidence and problems in diagnosing the syndrome (J.S.E. Laven et al.).<br>Ovulation induction.<br>Ovulation induction with clomiphene or gonadotropins (C.B. Lambalk et al.).<br>Laparoscopic electrocautery of the ovaries in patients with clomiphene citrateresistant polycystic ovary syndrome (F. van der Veen et al.).<br>Position of alternatives: insulin sensitizers and others (P. van Zonneveld).<br>Ovarian stimulation.<br>'Controlled' ovarian stimulation: who's kidding who? (N. Macklon).<br>Ovarian stimulation havoc (P.A. van Dop).<br>Outcome of ovarian stimulation, pregnancy rates and multiple pregnancies (P. De Sutter).<br>IUI.<br>Intrauterine insemination: facts and fairy-tales (B.J. Cohlen).<br>Keynote lectures.<br>Is women's emancipation still compatible with reproduction in this century? (E.R. te Velde).<br>Reproduction and demography in Europe (H. Leridon).<br>Gynaecology - prevention, diagnostics and therapy in 2005. <br>Chronic pelvic pain.<br>Epidemiology of chronic pelvic pain (K.T. Zondervan, S.H. Kennedy).<br>Laparoscopic adhesiolysis for chronic abdominal pain is not indicated (D. Swank).<br>Chronic pelvic pain: Sailing between the "Scylla" and the "Charybdis" (A.A.W. Peters).<br>Keynote lecture.<br>Is the sexological issue inadequately recognised in gynaecology? (H. Joos, R.-M. Van Hoof).<br>Infections.<br>HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) after occupational and non-occupational exposure (J.M. Prins).<br>Strategies for the prevention of neonatal herpes: just a matter of opinion? (W.I. van der Meijden).<br>Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: is screening desirable? (W. Foulon).<br>Aerobic vaginitis: Abnormal vaginal flora entity that is distinct from bacterial vaginosis (G.G.G. Donders et al.).<br>Precision control of white corpuscles for cancer immunotherapy (C.J.M. Melief).<br>Keynote lecture.<br>Postmenopausal hormone therapy and cancer risk (P. Kenemans, R.A. Verstraeten, R.H.M. Verheijen).<br>Endometrial carcinoma.<br>Diagnostic strategies in endometrial cancer (D. Timmerman, T. Van den Bosch).<br>Investigations into the molecular background of endometrial cancer (L.J. Blok, C.W. Burger).<br>Sex hormones, anti-hormones and adenocarcinoma of the endometrium (P. Kenemans, R.A. Verstraeten).<br>Surgical staging in endometrial cancer (M.J. Mourits, J.G. Aalders).<br>The role of radiotherapy in the treatment of endometrial carcinoma (C.L. Creutzberg).<br>Keynote lecture.<br>Molecular biology of benign tumours (C. Braem, J. Declercq, W. Van de Ven).<br>New diagnostics and operating techniques.<br>Do we need guidelines for the introduction of new interventions? Views from the UK, the USA, The Netherlands, and Ancient Greece (W.M. Ankum).<br>Intravenous contrast ultrasound in gynecology (C. Van Holsbeke, D. Timmerman). <br>EMMY trial: a randomised comparison of uterine artery embolisation and hysterectomy for the treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids (W.J.K. Hehenkamp et al.).<br>Hysteroscopic sterilization: away with the laparoscope? (A.L. Thurkow). <br>New haemostatic technologies; has conventional ligation become obsolete? (P. van Kesteren).<br>Postgraduate course prenatal imaging and screening.<br>The mid-gestational scan (M.C. Haak).<br>Ultrasound examination in twin pregnancies (M. Sueters, D. Oepkes).<br>Nuchal translucency (I. Witters, Ph. Moerman, J.P. Fryns).<br>First trimester ultrasound screening for chromosomal anomalies: Fetal nasal bone<br>evaluation and maxillary length measurement (C.M. Bilardo).<br>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).<br>On screening for Down syndrome (J.M.M. van Lith). <br>Organization of screening Down syndrome in the Netherlands (A.T.J.I. Go).<br>Fetal aneuploidy screening practice in Flanders and Belgium (W. Gyselaers, A. Vereecken, J. Nijhuis). <br>Prenatal screening and the communication and perception of risks (D.R.M. Timmermans).<br>Obstetrics - preconceptional, antenatal and perinatal prevention of morbidity and mortality in 2005.<br>Preconceptional counselling.<br>Recurrent miscarriage (N. Exalto). <br>Prepregnancy counseling: preterm birth (D.N.M. Papatsonis).<br>Preconception care of women with diabetes (M.G.A.J. Wouters). <br>Long-term follow-up after pre-eclampsia/HELLP syndrome (M. van Pampus).<br>Keynote lectures.<br>Preconception care. Teratogenic risks of medication (E.A.P. Steegers).<br>Molecular biology related to pre-eclampsia (C. Williamson).<br>Antepartum foetal care.<br>Amniotic fluid volume (P. Defoort).<br>Fetal growth (K.W.M. Bloemenkamp).<br>The role of venous Doppler studies in the monitoring of growth-restricted fetuses (C.M. Bilardo, A.A. Baschat).<br>The value of uterine artery Doppler flow velocity in the prediction of uncomplicated pregnancies (S.G. Oei).<br>Antenatal cardiotocography (G.H.A. Visser).<br>Keynote lecture.<br>When to deliver the small, for gestational age, fetus? (J.G. Thornton).<br>Intrapartum fortal care.<br>Intrapartum fetal heart rate monitoring (H.P. van Geijn).<br>Intrapartum fetal surveillance: Monitoring fetal oxygenation with fetal blood sampling and umbilical cord blood analysis (P. van den Berg).<br>ST-analysis (Y. Jacquemyn).<br>Hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy: facts and insights (G. Braems).<br>Early and long-term consequences of intrapartum asphyxia (E. Ortibus).<br>Postpartum haemorrhage.<br>Misoprostol in the management of postpartum haemorrhage (A.H. Feitsma, H.H.H. Kanhai).<br>Medical therapies for primary postpartum hemorrhage (A.C. Bolte, L.S. Bouma, H.P. van Geijn).<br>Surgical treatment of postpartum haemorrhage (H.W. Bruinse, G.C.H. Metz, A. Kwee).<br>Newborn life support.<br>Newborn life support (J.F.M. Bruinenberg).<br>Postgraduate course vaginal prolapse and urine incontinence.<br>Vaginal prolapse.<br>Distribution of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in the general population (M.C.P. Slieker-ten Hove et al.).<br>Synthetic and biodegradable prostheses in pelvic floor surgery (J. Deprest et al.).<br>Review of surgical techniques to insert implants in urogynaecology (P. Hinoul).<br>The role of laparoscopy in genital prolapse (H. Br&ouml;lmann).<br>Keynote lecture.<br>European Urogynaecology Association — A new perspective to practice urogynaecology in Europe (H. Koelbl).<br>Urine incontinence.<br>Diagnosis and treatment of the overactive bladder syndrome (C.H. van der Vaart, J.P.W.R. Roovers).<br>Treatment of urge urinary incontinence when drug treatment fails (J.P.F.A. Heesakkers).<br>Medicinal treatment of stress urinary incontinence among women (M.E. Vierhout).<br>Which sling for stress urinary incontinence? (H.A.M. Vervest).<br>Author index.<br>Keyword index.