Surgery
Medicolegal Issues
Signs of chorioamnionitis ignored? $3.5M settlement
Notable judgments and settlements
News
Study: High rate of medical errors in postop drug administrations
One in twenty perioperative medication administrations may involve a medication error and/or adverse drug event, according to a new study.
News
Robotic surgery: Resistance is futile
Despite the lack of a clear-cut cost-effectiveness case, it appears that the use of robotics in surgery is on its way to becoming the norm.
Conference Coverage
Frail elders at high mortality risk in the year following surgery
Elderly patients face a significantly increased risk of mortality in the year after undergoing major elective noncardiac surgery, a large study...
News
Essure reoperation risk 10 times higher than tubal ligation
Laparoscopic tubal ligation works as well as Essure, with fewer reoperations and a lower price tag.
From Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
Pubovaginal sling for stress urinary incontinence using autologous fascia lata
These surgeons review indications and demonstrate patient positioning and their minimally invasive fascia lata harvest technique.
News
Power morcellation risks increase with age
Laparoscopic hysterectomy provides better overall outcomes than either laparoscopic hysterectomy with electric power morcellation or abdominal...
Clinical Review
2015 Update on cancer
When the cancer patient is elderly, how do you weigh the risks of surgery?
Surgical Techniques
Vaginal hysterectomy with basic instrumentation
An expert vaginal surgeon details her technique for this procedure, including tips and tricks to facilitate surgery in a woman with a narrow...
Medicolegal Issues
Postpartum preeclampsia, mother dies: $6.9M settlement
Notable judgments and settlements
Commentary
Making cystoscopy accessible in gynecology
The lines between urology and gynecology have blurred, and cystoscopy has become an even more important and natural part of gynecology’s realm.