Materials and Methods Patients who underwent hysterectomy for benign disease from January 2010 through December 2012 and were recorded in the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program…
Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the incidence and risk factors for uterine sarcomas and parasitic myomas at the time of power morcellation. Study Design We performed…
Materials and Methods We constructed a decision tree to compare outcomes of laparoscopic hysterectomy with morcellation with abdominal hysterectomy for women with an enlarged uterus because of presumed benign leiomyomata ( Figure 1…
Schloendorff v Society of New York Hospital is regarded widely as a landmark in the history of informed consent because it is thought to have established individual self-determination as the…
The fetus is exposed to high plasma concentrations of unbound estrogens and progesterone throughout pregnancy. However, secretory or decidual changes in the fetal uterus occur relatively infrequently before birth, suggesting…
Maternal diabetes-induced birth defects occur in 6-10% of babies born to mothers with pregestational diabetes, representing a significant maternal-fetal health problem. Currently, these congenital malformations represent a significant maternal-fetal medicine…
Placenta accreta spectrum is one of the most morbid conditions obstetricians will encounter. The incidence has dramatically increased in the last 20 years. The major contributing factor to this is…
See related article, page 676 Although it was not the first in the world, the first live birth after in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the United States in 1981 was a…
See related article, page 627 The use of antimicrobial prophylaxis for the prevention of maternal, fetal, and neonatal infections is well-established in obstetric practice. Prevention of chorioamnionitis, neonatal sepsis, urinary tract infections,…
See related articles, pages 591 , 594 , 609 , and 685 One year ago, in an editorial contemplating the firestorm surrounding power morcellation during minimally invasive hysterectomy, I noted…
