Multiple pregnancy: diagnosis and screening
Figure 24.1 Ultrasound features of dichorionic versus monochorionic twins. The most recent and largest study to date on the accuracy of amnionicity and chorionicity determination using lambda and T signs…
Multiple pregnancy: pathology and epidemiology
Figure 23.1 Zygosity, chorionicity and amnionicity. Triplet pregnancies may result from various fertilization and division scenarios involving ovum and sperm. Triplets can be trizygotic, dizygotic and monozygotic. Zygosity in higher…
Post-abortion care
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Red blood cell alloimmunization
Test for FMH not required.Therapeutic termination of pregnancy250 IU within 72 h of the eventIrrespective of gestational age. Test for FMH not required.Ectopic pregnancy250 IU within 72 hRegardless of method…
Methods of abortion
Table 19.1 Summary of abortion methods appropriate for use in abortion services in the UK by gestational age in weeks[1] Whilst the majority of induced abortions are performed in the…
The law and epidemiology of induced abortion
B (alone, or with C or D)C (alone)D (alone, or with C)E (alone, or with A, B, C or D)61130180,1172,1222,6921481141,6441,6052092124,257431366211812,259851,43117101,9571875Total185,122143,36425,08413,8142,860 The HSA4 form allows the recording of all medical conditions…
Fetal abdomen and abdominal wall anomalies
Figure 10.1 Exomphalos with stomach within peritoneal sac. The incidence is 1 in 4,000 births. There is a high association with chromosomal abnormalities (approximately 33–61% depending on gestational age) mainly…
Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
Figure 16.1 Suggested management plan. CS: cesarean section; FNAIT: fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia; HPA: human platelet antigen; ICH: intracranial hemorrhage; IVIG: intravenous immunoglobulin; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; US, USS:…
Excision of Vaginal Cysts
Fig. 14.1 Bartholin gland and Skene/paraurethral gland duct openings within the vagina The Vagina The formation of the vagina starts with the development of two solid sinovaginal bulbs in the…
Instrumentation for Female Pelvic Surgery
Open surgery Catheters Diluted indigo carmine solution Yellofin® Stirrups (Allen Medical Systems, Hill-Rom Company, Batesville, IN) Cystoscope Weighted vaginal speculum Uterine tenaculum Allis forceps DeBakey forceps Metzenbaum scissors Mayo scissors…
