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62Tubo-Ovarian Cancers: Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal   CHARACTERISTICS •   Upon review of pathogenesis for high-grade serous adnexal cancers and reflecting standard clinical practice, ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal…

62Tubo-Ovarian Cancers: Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, and Primary Peritoneal   CHARACTERISTICS •   Upon review of pathogenesis for high-grade serous adnexal cancers and reflecting standard clinical practice, ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal…

277Critical Care   PULMONARY •   Complications related to pulmonary factors occur in 20% to 30% of postoperative patients. The functional residual capacity (FRC) is reduced when patients are supine, or have…

258Perioperative Management of Medical Comorbidities   ENHANCED RECOVERY PATHWAYS IN GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY Accelerated recovery with multimodal postoperative clinical pathways has been shown to improve outcomes. It starts in the preoperative…

125Uterine Cancer   CHARACTERISTICS •   Uterine corpus cancer is the most common female gynecologic cancer in the United States with an estimated 61,380 cases and 10,920 deaths in the United States…

219Preoperative Risk Assessment and Optimization   RECOMMENDED LABORATORIES Recommended laboratories include: complete blood count (CBC), partial thromboplastin time (PTT), prothrombin time (PT), comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP), and liver function tests…

201Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancers   •   Hereditary breast and ovarian cancers (HBOC) is usually attributed to the BRCA mutations 1 and 2. The genetic mutation is found on chromosomes 17q21…

37Cervical Cancer   CHARACTERISTICS There are approximately 400,000 new cases of cervical cancer worldwide annually. In 2017 there were 12,820 anticipated new cases identified with approximately 4,210 deaths in the…

251Postoperative Complications   GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLICATIONS •   Ileus         The etiology is often intraoperative manipulation, electrolyte abnormalities, narcotics, peritonitis, abscess, hematoma, or fistula.         Signs are nausea and vomiting, hypoactive or absent bowel sounds,…

228Surgical Procedures   LAPAROTOMY INCISIONS •   The most common vertical incision used for an exploratory laparotomy in oncology is a vertical midline incision. A less commonly used vertical incision is the…