Surgery
From the Editor
Give vasopressin to reduce bleeding in gynecologic surgery
5 units, in a very dilute solution, is plenty
Clinical Review
Laparoscopic myomectomy: 8 pearls
From preoperative imaging to postoperative analgesia, the choices you make determine the ease of the procedure and the quality of the outcome
Clinical Review
Remove the ovaries at hysterectomy? Here’s the lowdown on risks and benefits
Oophorectomy causes more harm than good in many women undergoing hysterectomy for benign disease
Clinical Review
A guide for clinicians: Bariatric surgery and the ObGyn patient
A boom in surgical weight-loss procedures means you will be called on to manage women who have undergone—or are considering—one of these...
Expert Commentary
What is the 5-year cumulative failure rate of global endometrial ablation?
News for Your Practice
ROUNDTABLE PART 2 OF 2: Using mesh to repair prolapse: Averting, managing complications
Some complications arise from faulty technique. A few may be caused by mesh itself. The expert panel differentiates those two sources of surgical...
News for Your Practice
ROUNDTABLE: PART 1 OF 2: Using mesh to repair prolapse calls for more than a kit—it takes skill
Mesh augmentation isn’t right for every prolapse repair—or every surgeon. When it is called for, mesh necessitates extra training, meticulous...
Expert Commentary
Repair of a constricted or shortened vagina: What works?
Iatrogenic damage that does not yield to estrogen cream or dilators requires individualized surgery
News for Your Practice
Voices of experience weigh in: Do electronic medical records make for a better practice?
Success, apprehension, satisfaction, struggle—all describe ObGyns’ experience with EMR. Part 2 of 2.
Expert Commentary
Treating the range of lower-tract symptoms in prolapse
Does prolapse correlate with lower urinary-tract symptoms? What are the testing and treatment options for those symptoms?
Expert Commentary
Managing troublesome urethral diverticula
Which test is best? Does medical therapy work? When should you consider surgery?