Operative Obstetrics

The ten years since the first edition of Operative Obstetrics have witnessed considerable changes in obstetric practice. There has been a continued increase in the rate of cesarean delivery, and the use of minimally-invasive surgery has rapidly gained popularity. Social changes affecting practice have also been significant, prompting a re-evaluation of the appropriateness of certain types of operations during pregnancy. This fully-updated edition includes chapters on cesarean delivery, birth injury, ectopic pregnancy, and common surgical complications. It features a new discussion of surgical procedures performed by non-physicians and an updated treatment of fetal surgery. The text also considers complicated and controversial subjects such as cervical insufficiency, pregnancy termination, instrumental delivery, and shoulder dystocia. Each of the four sections includes an in-depth analysis of the important ethical and legal issues underlying practice for the area in question. An expanded appendix reviews legal concepts pertinent to practitioners in the field of obstetrics.

Spis treści:
Forward Leon Speroff
Preface
Part I. Antepartum
1. A history, operative delivery John Patrick OGrady and S. L. Burke
2. Prenatal genetic assessment Gabriel M. Cohn
3. Ultrasound Stuart Weiner and Alisa Modena
4. Ectopic pregnancy David B. Seifer
5. The cervix and cervical insufficiency Munir A. Nazir and Matin L. Gimovsky
6. Pregnancy termination F. P. Bailey and Heather Z. Sankey
7. Placental complications Karen W. Green and Matthew A. Esposito
8. Legal commentary I. Kevin C. Giordano
Part II. Intra Partum and Postpartum
9. Anesthesia Paul Youngstrom, Margaret Sedensky and Daniel F. Grum
10. Labor Lucy Bayer-Zwirello, Rebecca Viloria and John Patrick OGrady
11. The third stage Lucy Bayer-Zwirello
12. Breech presentation Martin L. Gimovsky
13. Multiple gestation Viswanathan Ravishankar and J. Gerald Quirk
14. Shoulder dystocia James J. Nocon
15. Legal commentary II Kevin C. Giordano
Part III. Surgery During Pregnancy
16. Surgery in pregnancy R. Figueroa and J. Gerald Quirk
17. Instrumental delivery John Patrick OGrady
18. Cesarean delivery John Patrick OGrady, Timothy K. Fitzpatrick and J. Johnson
19. Urologic complications Richard J. Scotti, Janice N. Young and Mat. H. Ho
20. Fetal surgery Russell W. Jennings and Shaun M. Kunisaki
21. Legal commentary III Kevin C. Giordano
Part IV. Special Issues
22. Fetal assessment Barry Shifrin and Wayne R. Cohen
23. Birth injury John Patrick OGrady
24. Midwives and operative obstetrics Lisa Summers
25. Education and certification Andrew J. Satin and Shad H. Deering
26. Ethical issues Joanna M. Cain
27. Perinatal loss S. L. Burke
28. Legal commentary IV Kevin C. Giordano
Appendices
1. Legal issues, principles Kevin C. Giordano
2. Venous thrombosis/thromboembolism John Patrick OGrady
3. Fetal heart rate monitoring, surgical procedures John Patrick OGrady.