Surgical techniques for removing problematic mesh.

abstract：:Ovarian cancer accounts for approximately 22,000 cases annually in the United States. Although the vast majority of ovarian cancers occur in postmenopausal women and are of advanced stage, a significant subset occurs in young women. Among those subtypes having a predisposition for young women are malignant ovarian ger...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Gershenson DM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is frequently called the silent disease because it lacks symptoms or signs until a fracture has occurred. Osteoporosis is common in aging women because of progressive postmenopausal bone loss. Fractures related to bone loss can result in reduced quality of life, lengthy hospital stays, long-term instituti...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Pollycove R,Simon JA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian neoplasms are common in women of all ages. As many as 10% of women in the United States will undergo surgical removal of an adnexal mass sometime in their lifetime. Gynecologic surgeons have pioneered laparoscopic surgery, developing what was originally a diagnostic tool into a safe and effective approach to m...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Hilger WS,Magrina JF,Magtibay PM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We live in a turbulant period with regard to interpersonal relationships. Individuals place great emphasis on their ability to form good relationships. It is a time of desiring and searching; desiring to be engaged in a rewarding relationship and searching for any principles which might promote such involvement. Obste...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Burchell RC

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increased use and quality of ultrasound in pregnancy, adenxal masses are being encountered with greater frequency. Fortunately, most of such masses are benign and resolve on their own. However, complications such as ovarian torsion can occur. In addition, a malignancy can be present in a small minority of cas...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Schwartz N,Timor-Tritsch IE,Wang E

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the clinical state of the cervix and spontaneous onset of labor has long been known. The cervix can be characterized by evaluating five parameters: effacement, dilatation, firmness, position, and level of the presenting part. The relative associations between successful labor induction and the...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Fuentes A,Williams M

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians and other health care providers requesting dual-energy x-ray bone density studies must be able to critically review and interpret such studies. This requires an understanding of the computerized result components of the studies and how such data can be applied in clinical practice. The timing and interpreta...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Bonnick SL

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of ectopic pregnancies can be diagnosed on transvaginal scan before treatment. Diagnosis should be based on positive visualization of an ectopic pregnancy rather the inability to visualize an intrauterine pregnancy. The majority of ectopic pregnancies will be visible on the initial transvaginal scan perfo...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kirk E

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries at the time of vaginal hysterectomy is a skill that must be acquired if one is to be a competent vaginal surgeon. Various techniques have been described and will be reviewed in this chapter. A single technique or series of steps often must be modified depending on the descent...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Shepherd JP,Zyczynski HM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perinatal transmission and reproductive decisions of HIV-infected women can be categorized in statistical and epidemiological terms. These reports and figures, however, do little to fully explain the complexities of human relationships, life experiences, personal and cultural influences, and situational and environmen...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Williams HA,Watkins CE,Risby JA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The UK Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths has been in operation for more than 60 years, during which time maternal mortality rates have fallen 10-fold. The program includes two aspects, surveillance and confidential case review, providing different information to aid quality improvement in maternity care. The e...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Knight M,Tuffnell D

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:State Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (PQCs) represent a major advance for scaling up quality improvement efforts for reducing maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity. The critical roles of partners, rapid-cycle low-burden data systems, and linkage to maternal mortality review committees are reviewed. The ch...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Main EK

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent published literature dealing with urinary tract calculi during pregnancy has been summarized. Our own experience with 17 patients, (0.08% of the deliveries) in a recent 12-year interval has been described. Emphasis must be placed on the safety and limitations of renal ultrasonography. Excretory urography sh...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Horowitz E,Schmidt JD

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The responsibility of the obstetrician is to identify during the first trimester women who are carriers for thalassemia. When she has been identified, the father of the baby should be screened and if he is also a carrier, the couple should be offered prenatal diagnosis. In the majority of cases, prenatal diagnosis can...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kilpatrick SJ,Laros RK

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1988 the International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO) developed a surgical staging system for endometrial cancer. The FIGO staging system was recently revised in 2009 to reflect our growing understanding of the natural history of endometrial cancer. In this review, we describe the revised 2009...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Lewin SN

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage is an important problem, resulting in significant mortality and morbidity. Attempts to reduce this complication require an understanding of its pathogenesis. In this chapter a model was proposed, consisting of a series of events resulting in rapid changes of cerebral blood f...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Morales WJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information generated from the various tests of fetal well-being must be interpreted correctly to avoid unnecessary intervention for assumed fetal distress. This applies to both the intrapartum and antenatal period. The presence of normal data (e.g., reassuring fetal heart rate tracing) allows the woman to continue co...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Nageotte MP

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nothing improves the subsequent care of a woman with endometrial cancer more than the accurate determination of the extent of her disease. A significant number of women whose malignancy is apparently confined to the uterus will have extrauterine disease after careful, complete surgical staging. The failure to detect a...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Orr JW Jr,Orr PF,Taylor PT

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a commonly held belief that labor induction increases the risk of cesarean delivery; women who are induced are at higher risk of cesarean as compared with those in spontaneous labor. This comparison group is inaccurate, however, as women and providers cannot choose spontaneous labor as the alternative to labor i...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Little SE,Caughey AB

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past decade, prophylactic doses of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) have been suggested to decrease the risk of placental-mediated complications. Herein, we review the prospective randomized trials that addressed the usefulness of LMWH in preventing placental-mediated complications in high-risk women. In...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Haddad B,Lecarpentier E,Touboul C,Sibai BM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ideal weight gain or energy intake for an individual woman cannot be determined from research studies. Current guidelines for maternal gain, however, combined with individualized assessment and follow-up, can provide the clinician and the pregnant women with a meaningful target and plan for achieving a healthy wei...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Abrams B

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The postpartum period in women with diabetes or GDM allows both the physician and mother to relax from the intensive medical and obstetric management that has permitted, in most cases, a successful and joyous outcome. The role of the physician, however, must switch to a proactive and preventive mode to formulate a rep...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Kjos SL

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly, patients are expecting to be more involved than they traditionally have been in medical and surgical decision making. The unilateral process of informed consent is evolving into one of informed collaborative choice. Hysterectomy is a procedure that is frequently performed when reasonable surgical and non...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Gambone JC,Reiter RC

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is an enigmatic disease affecting up to 10% of reproductive-aged women causing pain and infertility. Up to 50% of women with endometriosis are infertile, and agreement about treatment options has been difficult to establish. The association between endometriosis and infertility is derived from comparison...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Holoch KJ,Lessey BA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laproscopic sterilization techniques and the diagnostic use of laparoscopy are discussed. In a series of 1000 laparoscopic sterilizations by the 2-incision technique, there was a total failure rate, surgical and operative, of .4%. In a similar series with the 1-incision technique and electrocagulation only, the total...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Wheeless CR Jr

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal mortality is a complex problem requiring complex responses. Nevertheless, every intervention must operate through one of 3 pathways: preventing pregnancy, preventing complications, or preventing death when obstetric complications occur. We describe interventions following each pathway and assess their evidenc...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Fortney JA,Leong M

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The final decision to perform a certain method of hysterectomy customarily mirrors experience and level of comfort with a particular surgical approach in the context of the patient's condition and indication for surgery. Given the morbidity and recovery associated with a laparotomic incision, every effort should be ma...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Brill AI

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Causative factors in cerebral palsy (CP) vary to some degree according to gestational age group and clinical CP subtype. Such catastrophes of birth as placental abruption, cord prolapse, and uterine rupture sharply heighten risk of CP. These conditions are fortunately uncommon, and are sometimes not survived; individu...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Nelson KB

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of Interventional radiologic procedures for the management of suspected placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) has evolved considerably over last 3 decades. In this article, the authors describe the various techniques of vascular occlusion for the management of PAS and provide a brief review of the literature examin...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Shrivastava VK,Nageotte MP

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent clinical trials indicate that EA is feasible. The use of ancillary tools, such as ultrasound, requires only a slight modification of the previously established techniques for MA. The amniotic fluid can be obtained and cultured. Combining the reported populations sampled, the procedural and cytogenetic failu...

journal_title：Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

authors： Johnson A,Godmilow L

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00