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The broad picture of interstitial cystitis
Interstitial cystitis is a controversial diagnosis that has become muddied and oversimplified.
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Refining the use of electronic fetal monitoring
We are beginning to see evidence emerge that – if confirmed and expanded – will enable us to quantify and interpret indeterminate EFM patterns in...
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Electronic fetal monitoring: Is it information overload?
As technology continues to change and, in many ways, enhance the patient experience, the question we should continually ask is, “just because we...
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Moving toward safer morcellation techniques
In 2014, the FDA recommended against use of electronic power morcellation. Since then, the field has wrestled with how to prevent inadvertent...
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VIDEO: Tips for performing contained power morcellation
Dr. Tony Shibley offers his tips for performing power morcellation using the newly approved PneumoLiner containment device.
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Prenatal surveillance vital in monochorionic twin pregnancies
Prenatal care is important for every pregnancy. It ensures the health and safety of the mother and baby throughout gestation, and alerts the ob....
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Detecting and managing monochorionic twin complications
Approximately 20% of all twin pregnancies are monochorionic, with the fetuses sharing a single placenta. Although the majority of these...
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Diagnosis and treatment of global endometrial ablation failure
Along with the success of global endometrial ablation has come awareness that a substantial number of women will eventually experience...
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Alarming gaps in gestational diabetes care
Despite a widespread focus on the need to prevent prediabetes from becoming type 2 diabetes, women in the United States who have been diagnosed...
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VIDEO: The surgical treatment of pelvic congestion
Pelvic congestion syndrome accounts for 30%-70% of cases presenting with chronic pelvic pain and can be caused by pelvic venous insufficiency.
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The importance of studying the placenta
The placenta has been extraordinarily poorly understood. Much of medicine has regarded the placenta like the appendix – an organ that may be...