Perioperative management of a pregnant woman with coarctation of aorta

Perioperative radiation exposure in a pregnant woman

The perioperative imaging of a pregnant woman presents a unique challenge to orthopaedics surgeon as concern about the radiation risk to the embryo or fetus. This article highlights effect of radiation exposure on foetus.I would like to discuss about the amount of radiation exposure in a pregnant woman during fluoroscopic guided closed femoral Interlock nailing as radiation has significant...

perioperative radiation exposure in a pregnant woman

the perioperative imaging of a pregnant woman presents a unique challenge to orthopaedics surgeon as concern about the radiation risk to the embryo or fetus. this article highlights effect of radiation exposure on foetus.i would like to discuss about the amount of radiation exposure in a pregnant woman during fluoroscopic guided closed femoral interlock nailing as radiation has significant canc...

Management of Anesthesia During Splenectomy and Cholecystectomy in a Pregnant Woman With Hereditary Spherocytosis

Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is a familial hemolytic disorder with intracorpuscular mechanism that characterized by the production of red blood cells with sphere-like shape prone to hemolysis and can lead to hemolytic anemia, splenomegaly, jaundice and gallstones. One of the main reasons for referring these patients to the operating room is splenectomy and cholecystectomy to treat the complica...

Current management of coarctation of the aorta

A series of 55 surgically treated cases of coarctation of the thoracic aorta is presented with an operative mortality of 5-4%. The problems encountered in infants are discussed and postoperative complications in adults and children detailed. The advantages of patch graft aortoplasty over resection and end-to-end anastomosis are described.

A Pregnant Woman with Factor V Deficiency