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Preoperative Care

Preoperative Anesthesiology Clinic (PAC)
The Virtual Anaesthesia Textbook: Pre-operative Assessment and Pre-medication
The preoperative preparation and assessment is a vital part of the care given to patients scheduled for both routine and emergency surgery.

Postoperative Care

Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery
To provide guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis on the basis of the type of surgical procedure.
 
Ceftizoxime: A Third-Generation Cephalosporin Active Against Anaerobic Bacteria
For perioperative prophylaxis ceftizoxime has been found to be as effective as cefoxitin in cases of vaginal hysterectomy and elective colorectal surgery.

Management of Complications of Gynecologic Surgery

Abstracts on Surgical Complications 
Regardless of the degree of care and caution exercised, complications can occur.  Timely recognition of a complication is essential to proper management.  Complications associated with operative laparoscopy appear to be very low when procedures are performed by experienced laparoscopists. The incidence of complications is related directly to the severity of the pelvic and abdominal pathology.
 
A Patient's Guide To Adhesions And Related Pain, or "You Are Not Alone", by David Wiseman, MD

Patient Safety During Laparoscopic Electrosurgery
During the past two decades, the number of minimally invasive, laparoscopic surgical procedures has risen dramatically...
 

Laser Surgery in Gynecology

Laparoscopic Treatment of Endometriosis with Laser and Videocamera Augmentation 
Abstract.  Camran Nezhat, Wendy K. Winer, RN, BSN, Farr Nezhat, MD, & Ceana Nezhat, MD; J of Gynecologic Surgery, 5:163, 1989
 
Laparoscopic Treatment of Infiltrative Rectosigmoid Colon and Rectovaginal Septum Endometriosis by the Technique of Videolaparoscopy and the CO2 Laser 
Abstract.  Camran Nezhat, Farr Nezhat, Earl Pennington; British J of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, August/1992, Vol. 99, pp. 665-667
 
Safe Laser Endoscopic Excision or Vaporization of Peritoneal Endometriosis 
Abstract.  Camran Nezhat, MD, Farr R. Nezhat, MD; Fertility & Sterility, Vol. 52, No. 1, 7/89
 
Surgical Treatment of Endometriosis Via Laser Laparoscopy 
Abstract.  Camran Nezhat, MD, Scott R. Crowgey, MD, Charles P. Garrison, MD; Fertility & Sterility, Vol. 45, No. 6, 6/86
 
Videolaseroscopy for the Treatment of Endometriosis Associated with Infertility 
Abstract.  Camran Nezhat, MD, Scott Crowgey, MD, Farr Nezhat, MD; Fertility and Sterility, 51:237, 1989
 
Videolaparoscopy and Videolaseroscopy: Alternatives to Surgery? 
Abstract.  Camran Nezhat, MD, Wendy K. Winer, RN, Farr Nezhat, MD, Ceana Nezhat, MD; The Female Patient, Vol 13, 9/88

Surgery for Benign Ovarian Neoplasia

Clinical Articles on Surgical Treatment of Ovarian Cysts 
A collection of abstracts on the surgical treatment of ovarian cysts, including oophorectomy, treatment of ovarian remnant syndrome, endometriomas, and dermoids.
 
Search John Hopkins Medical Center

Surgery for Anomalies of the Mullerian Ducts

Shall we operate on Mullerian defects?
 
Residual Uterine Septum of Less Than 1 cm After Metroplasty Does Not Impair Outcome
The objective of this study was to ascertain if incomplete correction leaving a residual uterine septum of <= 1 cm affects fertility outcome.

Myomectomy

Comparison Of Vasopressin And Tourniquet As Hemostatic Agents During Myomectomy
A randomized comparison of vasopressin and tourniquet as hemostatic agents during myomectomy
H Fletcher, J Frederick, M Hardie, and D Simeon
 
Laparoscopically Assisted Myomectomy: A Report of a New Technique in 57 Cases 
Abstract.  Camran Nezhat, MD, Farr Nezhat, MD, Oleg Bess, MD, Ceana H. Nezhat, MD, Roy Mashiach, MD; Int J Fertil 39(1):39-44, 1994
 
Laparoscopic-Assisted Myomectomy 
Abstract.  Daniel S. Seidman, MD, Ceana H. Nezhat, MD, Farr Nezhat, MD, Camran Nezhat, MD; Vol. 7, No. 1, Jan/1996
 
Laparoscopic Myomectomy 
Abstract.  Camran Nezhat, MD, Farr Nezhat, MD, Sheryl L. Silfen, MD, Natalie Schaffer, LPN, Debra Evans, LPN; Int J Fertil, 36(5), 1991, p.275-280
 
Laparoscopic Myomectomy Today: Why, When and for Whom? 
Abstract.  Farr Nezhat, Daniel S. Seidman, Camran Nezhat, & Ceana H. Nezhat; Human Reproduction, Vol 11, No. 5, pp.933-37, 1996
 
Removing Uterine Fibroids Laparoscopically
By Herbert A. Goldfarb, MD.  This article originally appeared in Contemporary OB/GYN Magazine.

Hysterectomy

Early Discharge after Vaginal Hysterectomy by Irvin J. Reiner, MD
 
Radical Hysterectomy for Stage IB Cervical Cancer
Two hundred patients with stage IB carcinoma of the cervix were treated with radical hysterectomy. We evaluated the impact of recurrence interval on survival and determined its relationship to other prognostic factors.
 
Extracorporeal Total Abdominal Hysterectomy
This procedure has been developed by Edouard Servy, M.D. and Robert Kaufmann, M.D. at Augusta Reproductive Biology Associates, Inc. in Augusta Georgia as an alternative to laproscopic, vaginal and traditional abdominal hysterectomies.
 
Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Bilateral Salpingo-oophorectomy Using Multifire GIA Surgical Stapler 
Abstract.  Camran Nezhat, MD, Farr Nezhat, MD, & Sheryl L. Silfen, MD; J Gynecol Surg 6:287, 1990
 
Variations in Hysterectomy Rates in Ontario: Does the Indication Matter?
Objective: To examine variations in rates of hysterectomy for the five main indications for the procedure in regions of Ontario.
 
Alternatives to Hysterectomy: New Technologies, More Options
 
Endometrial Ablation
Over the past decade, techniques have been developed that now permit the reduction or cessation of menstruation without the necessity of hysterectomy. There are two methods available and both require a general or regional (epidural or spinal) anesthesia.

Vaginal Surgery

Update on Retropubic Incontinence Surgery: A Comparison of Two Procedures
An article from the November, 1997 Female Patient
 


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