Adolescent gynecology for the pediatrician.

Abstract

This article outlines some of the most common problems that a physician treating the female adolescent will encounter in his practice. It is important for the primary care pediatrician to initiate the gynecological examination in the adolescent. Few special instruments are required, no new techniques need be mastered, and if the pediatrician is patient and shows his concern, he will rapidly develop competence and find that this examination is as important as the evaluation of any other organ system in the care of the adolescent female.