Description
Overview
Operative Obstetrics is the cornerstone text on obstetrical procedures, providing clinicians with clear, step-by-step, detailed guidance for every major surgical procedure performed in current obstetrical practice. The book emphasizes the scientific underpinnings of clinical obstetrics and is enhanced by more than 670 illustrations, including sonograms, magnetic resonance images, photographs, and micrographs. The third edition of this trusted classic has been completely updated and redesigned to reflect today’s practice and incorporate current guidelines from respected professional and academic organizations.
Key Features
- Over 670 illustrations to aid understanding, many in full color.
- Updated to include timely new material on laparoscopy, placenta accreta, fetal therapy, perioperative radiological imaging, and clinical simulation.
- New full-color surgical illustrations provide visual guidance for both simple and complex procedures.
Highlights
This third edition has been completely updated and redesigned with a more streamlined presentation that incorporates current guidelines from respected professional and academic organizations such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Book Structure
The book is logically organized in four sections: General Considerations, which includes valuable surgical basics such as needle and suture selection, knots, surgical instruments, anatomy, and incisions and closures; Antepartum, which describes management of first-trimester pregnancy-related complications, fetal diagnosis and therapy, and preparation of the gravida for surgery; Intrapartum, which presents complex vaginal and cesarean deliveries; and Postpartum, which offers guidance on obstetrical hemorrhage, surgical complications, and puerperal sterilization.
Authors
Edward R. Yeomans, Barbara L. Hoffman, Larry C. Gilstrap, F. Gary Cunningham
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