“…In obstetrics, much of that research concerns either antenatal screening (in the current issue, for example, we find non-invasive prenatal testing for genetic conditions, screening for antenatal depressive symptoms and diabetic retinopathy screening) [9][10][11] or prophylaxis (in this issue, for thromboembolism and post-operative infection following caesarean section). 12,13 In gynaecology, new techniques replace old -in this issue, outpatient hysteroscopy where once inpatient dilatation and curettage was used, 14 and day-case total laparoscopic hysterectomy, unimaginable in 1960, giving good results where once open hysterectomy with prolonged inpatient post-operative convalescence was standard. 15 However, pelvic pain remains enigmatic, as in 1961.…”