Strategies in Gynecologic Surgery edited by Herbert J. Buchsbaum, Leslie A. Walton.

This volume is directed toward physicians who perform gynecologic sur­ gery. The problems addressed are those encountered specifically in the performance of surgical procedures on the female genitalia. This book is not intended to be an atlas of surgery, but rather to supplement the many atlases ava...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Buchsbaum, Herbert J. (Editor), Walton, Leslie A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1986.
Edition:1st ed. 1986.
Series:Clinical Perspectives in Obstetrics and Gynecology,
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Preoperative Assessment
  • 2 Informed Consent to Gynecologic Surgery
  • 3 Surgical Incisions and Their Anatomic Basis
  • 4 Mechanical and Chemical Preparation of the Abdomen and Vagina
  • 5 Mechanisms of Wound Healing, Suture Material, and Wound Closure
  • 6 Avoiding Urinary Tract Injuries
  • 7 The Gastrointestinal Tract
  • 8 Prophylactic Antibiotics for Abdominal and Vaginal Hysterectomy
  • 9 Control of Surgical Bleeding
  • 10 Monitoring High-Risk and Critically Ill Patients
  • 11 Postoperative Venous Thromboembolic Disease: Natural History, Risk Factors, and Prophylaxis
  • 12 Reconstructive Techniques
  • 13 The Pediatric Patient
  • 14 Surgery in the Aged
  • 15 The Role of Surgical Drains
  • 16 Postoperative Bladder Drainage
  • 17 Major Posthysterectomy Infections: Diagnosis and Management.