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...

INTRODUCTION Hysteroscopy is one of the oldest endoscopic procedures which uses the cervix for introducing a telescope to place a camera into the uterine cavity. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to present our experiences with this procedure during the long-term work starting from the time when hysteroscopic method of treatment was first introduced at this Clinic until today. METHODS This...

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...

Wen-Hui Zhou1,2, Mei-Rong Du1, Lin Dong1, Xiao-Yong Zhu1, Jin-Ying Yang1, Ying-Yan He1 and Da-Jin Li1,3,4 Laboratory for Reproductive Immunology, Hospital and Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai 200011, People’s Republic of China; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, People’s Republi...

MONICA MIHAELA CIRSTOIU1, IULIAN ANTONIAC2, LIANA PLES3, ELVIRA BRATILA4*, OCTAVIAN MUNTEANU1 1 Bucharest Emergency University Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department,169 Splaiul Independenþei, 050098, Bucharest, Romania 2 University Politehnica of Bucharest, Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, 313 Splaiul Independentei, 060042, Bucharest, Romania 3 Sfantul Ioan Emergency Hospital...

a Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA b Instituto de Efectividad Clinica y Sanitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina c UNDevelopment Programme, UN Population Fund,WHO, andWorld Bank Special Programmeof Research, Development and Research Training inHumanReproduction,WorldHealthOrganization, Geneva, Switzerland d...