Surgical Techniques
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Obstetric anal sphincter injury: 7 critical questions about care
When and how you manage an injury determines the patient’s quality of life. Here are 7 issues to consider.
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Risks and remedies when your surgical patient is obese
How to plan and safely manage surgery—and ensure that the patient’s expectations are realistic
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Endometrial ablation devices: How to make them truly safe
Nonhysteroscopic, minimally invasive ablation devices are not entirely benign. Recognizing that fact is the first step toward a solution.
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How to manage the cuff at vaginal hysterectomy
The high McCall culdoplasty and its modifications can prevent apical prolapse and enterocele
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Secrets to successful vaginal hysterectomy
Challenges such as an enlarged uterus or history of pelvic surgery need not precipitate a switch to the abdominal route
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Vaginal hysterectomy: 6 challenges, an arsenal of solutions
Obesity, fibroids, previous surgeries and other obstacles usually give way to targeted tactics
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The Retroperitoneal Space: Keeping vital structures out of harm’s way
Knowledge of the retroperitoneal space is critical, to avoid unnecessary blood loss and injury of the ureter, bladder, bowel, and nerves
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Things go better with Burch
CARE trial: Burch colposuspension at the time of prolapse surgery improves postop urinary control
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Cystocele and rectocele repair: More success with mesh?
Graft materials have been used for years in other types of surgery. Can they reduce the high failure rate of prolapse repairs?
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Pelvic organ prolapse: Which operation for which patient?
The stream of new technologies seems never-ending. That’s part of the problem.
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Preventing VTE: Evidence-based perioperative tactics
The perfect strategy has yet to be devised, but good data point to drug and mechanical methods that come close