1. Ovarian Cancer Research Center and Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology; 2. Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 3. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland; 4. Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, China; 5. Department of...

a Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Legon, Ghana b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St Luke’s Medical Center Global City, University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital, Philippines d Department of...

I recommend this book to family physicians, pediatricians, and all other physicians and health workers who care for females ranging from over 10 to 21 years of age. The obstetrician and gynecologist who may care for comparatively few members of that age group may also learn much from it about the nature of these young people: their physiology and growth, their attitudes, needs, traits, and sour...

The field of robotic surgery has developed rapidly, and its use for gynecologic conditions has grown exponentially. Surgeons should be skilled at abdominal and laparoscopic approaches for a specific procedure before undertaking robotic approaches. Surgeon training, competency guidelines, and quality metrics should be developed at the institutional level. Robot-assisted cases should be appropria...

The field of robotic surgery has developed rapidly, and its use for gynecologic conditions has grown exponentially. Surgeons should be skilled at abdominal and laparoscopic approaches for a specific procedure before undertaking robotic approaches. Surgeon training, competency guidelines, and quality metrics should be developed at the institutional level. Robot-assisted cases should be appropria...

Factor XII, (Hageman factor) is a serine protease zymogen that, when activated, initiates the intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. Patients with Factor XII deficiency do not have excessive bleeding tendency despite prolongation of the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) in their serum. Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) is a potentially fatal obstetric complication, and its presence in the...

This chapter summarizes the diagnostic performance (sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios) of ultrasound, computer tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of various gynecological diseases and tumors. Positron emission tomography is not discussed. Imaging in infertility, in the diagnosis of Mullerian duct anomalies and in gynecological oncology (s...

1. “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “St. Pantelimon” Clinical Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania 2. Department of Surgery, Nephrology Clinical Hospital, “Dr. Carol Davila” UMPh, Bucharest, Romania 3. 2nd Surgery Department, ”St Mary” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania 4. “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 3rd Ob...

1Shaheen, 2Seema Hakim, 3Veena Maheshwari, 4Smriti Bhargava 1Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 3Professor, Department of Pathology, JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim Univer...