Operative Obstetrics, 2nd edition has been updated and expanded to reflect current practice in obstetrical procedures:

• New chapter authors
• New Study Guide with CME credit
• More than 470 illustrations
• Study Guide with 1,000 questions and answers

This 2nd Edition of the comprehensive Operative Obstetricscontinues to bring you step-by-step instructions for every major surgical procedure performed in obstetrical practice.

Contents

1. Needles, sutures, and knots
2. Surgical instruments and drains
3. Asepsis and infection control
4. Anatomy, incisions, and closures
5. Episiotomy
6. Forceps delivery
7. Operative delivery by vacuum
8. Breech delivery
9. Multifetal gestations
10. External cephalic version
11. Shoulder dystocia
12. Genital tract lacerations and puerperal hematomas
13. Diagnosis and management of uterine inversion
14. Surgical treatment of lower-genital-tract infections
15. Cesarean delivery
16. Obstetric hysterectomy
17. Postoperative complications
18. Evauation of the surgical abdomen
19. Adnexal masses
20. Abdominal pregnancy
21. Ectopic pregnancy
22. Female sterilization
23. Management of postpartum hemorrhage
24. Cancer in pregnancy
25. Urologic and gastrointestinal injuries
26. Diagnostic and operative laparoscopy
27. Invasive prenatal diagnostic procedures
28. Operative procedures on the cervix
29. Cervical ripening and induction of labor
30. Pregnancy termination: first and second trimesters
31. Multifetal pregnancy reduction
32. Trauma
33. Breast disease during pregnancy and lactation
34. Gestational trophoblastic disease
35. Prophylactic antibiotics for obstetric procedures
36. The fetus as a surgical patient
37. Circumcision
38. Anesthesia

Index

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