Description
Book SynopsisThis second edition has been fully revised to provide practising clinicians and trainees with the most recent advances in the field of operative obstetrics and gynaecology.
Divided into four sections, the book provides in depth coverage of general principles of surgery, followed by chapters on surgery for specific disorders in obstetrics, and then gynaecology. The final section examines recent advances including laser therapy and robotic surgery. Each topic describes preoperative and postoperative care, as well as the actual procedure.
Associated topics such as anaesthesia, operating theatre requirements, management of infection, and blood transfusions are also discussed in detail.
This new edition includes more than 900 clinical photographs, diagrams and tables, as well as eight DVD ROMs demonstrating surgical procedures.
Key points
- Fully revised, new edition providing clinicians and trainees with latest developments in operative obstetrics and gynaecology
- Recent advances section covers laser therapy and robotic surgery
- Includes eight DVD ROMs demonstrating procedures
- Previous edition published in 2009
Table of ContentsSection 1: General
- Historical Perspective—Last Five Decades
- Future of Gynecological Surgery: Next Five Decades
- General Care Principles in Surgery
- Intravenous Fluids, Blood Products and Transfusion
- Incisions and Sutures
- Perioperative Assessment and Drugs: Antibiotics, Analgesics, Others
- Analgesia for Obstetrics and Postoperative Case Principles
- Anesthesia for Obstetrics and Gynecology Surgery
- Intraoperative Investigative Tools
- Operation Theatre Set up
- Operation Theatre Protocols, Law and Administrative Requirement for Gynecological Surgeons
- Preoperative Management of the Gynecologic Surgery Patient
- Postoperative Infections
- Sepsis
- Postoperative Nutrition
- Physiotherapy in Postoperative Gynecological Surgery
- Grafts in Gynecological Surgery
Section 2: Obstetrics
- Labor Room Operative Procedures
- Induction and Augmentation Labor
- Operative Principles of Fetal Malpositions and Malpresentations
- Operative Delivery
- Repair of Tears: Vaginal, Perineal and Cervical
- Manual Removal of Placenta
- Uterine Rupture, Scar Dehiscence, Uterine Inversion
- Postpartum Hemorrhage—Surgical Interventions
- Peripartum Hysterectomy
- Bladder Injuries and Other Complications
- Cesarean Section
- Ectopic Pregnancy – Surgical Management
- Laparoscopy and Obstetrical Practice
- Prenatal Diagnostic Procedures
- Fetal Surgery
Section 3: Gynecology
- Perioperative Measures and Positioning the Patient, for Surgery
- Suture and Choice with Abdominal Wall Closures
- Hemostasis and Drains
- Abortions
- Vulva
- Vagina
- Cervix
- Tubes and Ovaries
- Uterus
- Laparoscopy
- Hysteroscopy
- Bladder, Urethra and Incontinent Surgery
- Small Bowel, Colon, Appendix in Gynecological Surgery
- Gynecologic Cancer Surgery
- Surgery for Ovarian Cancer
- Omentectomy, J Flap, TRAM Flap
- Role of Colposcopy in Gynecology
- Overview of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Procedures
- Male Infertility Surgery
- Male Sterilization, Vasectomy
- Making of a Surgeon (A Practical Life and Guidance for Neo-surgeons)
- Gynecological Surgery Instruments
Section 4: Recent Advances
- Applications of Laser in Gynecology
- Robotics Surgery
