Operative Vaginal Delivery
Operative Vaginal Delivery Michael A. Belfort GENERAL PRINCIPLES Definition The use of forceps or vacuum extraction (VE) to facilitate delivery of the baby’s head during the second stage of labor…
Vaginal Fistula Repair
Vaginal Fistula Repair Jeffrey P. Wilkinson Chisomo Chalamanda Ennet Banda GENERAL PRINCIPLES Obstetric fistula is a condition that is largely found in low-resource countries where access to emergency obstetrics care…
Endovascular Aortic Balloon Occlusion in Obstetrics
Endovascular Aortic Balloon Occlusion in Obstetrics Karin A. Fox Laura J. Moore GENERAL PRINCIPLES Definition Postpartum hemorrhage is a leading preventable cause of maternal morbidity and mortality worldwide. In cases…
Delivery Management in Morbid Obesity
Delivery Management in Morbid Obesity Karin A. Fox GENERAL PRINCIPLES Definition (1) Obesity is defined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) as a…
Low-Resource Operative Obstetrics
Low-Resource Operative Obstetrics Abida Hasan Kelli Barbour Bakari Rajab GENERAL PRINCIPLES Definition Low-resource operative obstetrics encompasses the adaptation or modification of obstetric procedures to resource-limited settings wherein myriad of barriers…
Massive Transfusion
Massive Transfusion Shiu-Ki Rocky Hui Lisa Hensch Jun Teruya GENERAL PRINCIPLES Definition Massive transfusion is defined as: Traditional definition: Transfusion of ≥10 units of red blood cells (RBCs) within 24…
Management and Delivery of Conjoined Twins
Management and Delivery of Conjoined Twins Alireza A. Shamshirsaz Amy R. Mehollin-Ray Michael A. Belfort GENERAL PRINCIPLES 1.5/100,000 to 1/500,000 live births (1) Each set of twins poses distinctive anatomical…
Postcesarean Complications
Postcesarean Complications Karin A. Fox GENERAL PRINCIPLES Definition Cesarean delivery is the most commonly performed surgery worldwide, and although it is ubiquitous and routinely performed, it is a major, open…
Peripartum Hysterectomy
Peripartum Hysterectomy Katherine M. Johnson Scott A. Shainker GENERAL PRINCIPLES Definition Peripartum hysterectomy is defined as the removal of the uterus ± cervix at the time of delivery or in…
Postpartum Sterilization
Postpartum Sterilization Efua B. Leke Susan P. Raine GENERAL PRINCIPLES Definition Female sterilization is the most common method of contraception in the United States (used by ˜36% of fertile contracepted…
