Gynecologic Surgery
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Models stratify hysterectomy risk with benign conditions
Adhesions were most predictive of complications. However, an expert says the models miss some important factors that drive outcomes, such as...
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Postpartum sexual enjoyment: Does mode of delivery matter?
Eleven years after delivery cesarean delivery was associated with a 74% increased likelihood of pain in the vagina during sex, compared with...
Conference Coverage
New ESC guidelines for cutting CV risk in noncardiac surgery
The guidelines, which aim to reduce cardiovascular complications from noncardiac surgery, introduce new concepts and recommendations, compared...
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Increased risk of dyspareunia following cesarean section
“Caesarean section may not help protect against sexual dysfunction, as previously thought, where sex-related pain was higher among women who gave...
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Power-morcellation hysterectomies declined and most performed with no containment bag
Despite a possible overestimation of risk by the 2014 FDA safety warning about power morcellators, there has been an almost total nationwide...
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10 new ways docs could face legal troubles post Roe
Antiabortion legislators in several states are mounting efforts to clamp down on out-of-state abortions, which they view as a legal loophole.
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Should patients undergoing surgical treatment for cervical lesions also receive an HPV vaccination?
“HPV vaccination might reduce the risk of recurrence of CIN, in particular when related to HPV16 or HPV18, in women treated with local excision...
Opinion
A hypogastric nerve-focused approach to nerve-sparing endometriosis surgery
My collaborators and I have recently developed an alternative to the laparoscopic neuronavigation approach that uses the hypogastric nerves as...
Opinion
Spare the nerves in deep infiltrative endometriosis surgery
As the treatment of deep infiltrative endometriosis has become more aggressive and radical, it is certainly feasible to consider nerve-sparing...
From the Journals
Add AFib to noncardiac surgery risk evaluation: New support
Preexisting atrial fibrillation should again be part of pre–noncardiac surgery cardiac risk assessment, argues a new report.
Conference Coverage
Surgeons may underestimate recovery from incontinence operation
The researchers found that just over 40% of women reported returning to work and other normal activities within 2 weeks of having undergone...