Obgyn Key

377Palliative Care Pathways   PALLIATIVE CARE Palliative care is an area of health care that specifically focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients from diagnosis onward. It facilitates…

365Surveillance Recommendations   SURVEILLANCE GUIDELINES •   At completion of primary surgery and/or initial adjuvant treatment, patients should be counseled regarding the purpose of follow-up. •   History and physical examination should include a…

14Preinvasive Disease   The Lower Anogenital Squamous Terminology (LAST) Project developed terminology for lower anogenital tract preinvasive disease to create a unified histopathological nomenclature with a single set of diagnostic…

353Sexual Function, Fertility, and Cancer   SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION Sexual dysfunction is common in patients who undergoing diagnosis of and treatment for gynecologic malignancies. This is due to pain, discomfort, bleeding,…

165Vulvar Cancer      CHARACTERISTICS •   Vulvar cancer represents 3% to 5% of all female genital cancers and 1% of all malignancies in women. In 2017, there are 6,020 new cases and…

387Statistics   DEFINITIONS •   General definitions         Variable—anything manipulated in an experiment.         Independent variable—one varied by and under the control of the experimenter.         Dependent variable—one that responds to manipulation.         Nominal variable—a named…

213Anatomy   LAYERS OF THE ABDOMEN Layers of the abdomen (from superficial to deep): skin, Camper’s fascia, Scarpa’s fascia, deep fascia (composed of the aponeuroses of the external oblique, internal…

399Reference Material   SURVEILLANCE VISIT CHECKLIST: CHECKLIST FOR SURVEILLANCE OF GYNECOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES Patient name _________________________________________ Visit date ____________________________________________ Disease site and stage __________________________________ Date of diagnosis/surgery _______________________________ Date treatment completed…

247Postoperative Care Protocols   RADICAL VULVAR SURGERY •   Drains:         Groin Jackson–Pratt (JP) drains should be discontinued when output is less than 30 mL per day.         Foley catheter: depending on site of…

3Cervical Cancer Screening   The Lower Anogenital Squamous Terminology (LAST) project has developed terminology for lower anogenital tract preinvasive disease to create a unified histopathological nomenclature with a single set…