Obgyn Key

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In the two prior editions of this textbook, forceps delivery and vacuum extraction were covered in separate chapters. Following the lead of Williams Obstetrics (Cunningham, 2014),…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In some pregnancies, the placenta may develop at an abnormal location or may extensively invade the adjacent myometrium. Clinical entities include placenta previa, in which trophoblastic…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Hospital Discharge Summary, nearly 1.3 million cesarean deliveries were performed in 2013 (Martin, 2015)….

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In 1986, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiated a program of national surveillance of pregnancy-related deaths. It is serially updated and can be…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Postpartum hemorrhage caused by trauma to the birth canal is obvious in most cases. Important exceptions are unrecognized accumulations of blood within the uterus or vagina…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Uterine inversion is a rare complication of the third stage of labor but is potentially life-threatening. Although largely preventable, some occurrences are unavoidable. Prompt recognition and…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Just more than 15 years have elapsed since the publication of the Term Breech Trial. This is the largest randomized trial to compare planned vaginal and…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In the United States during survey years 2006 to 2010, sterilization was the most commonly reported form of contraception among women aged 15 to 44 years….

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Each year in the United States, approximately one third of more than 4 million neonates are born by cesarean delivery. Indeed, the operation is the most…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Peripartum hysterectomy refers to surgical removal of the pregnant or recently pregnant uterus. Most procedures follow delivery and are prompted by pregnancy or delivery complications. However,…