Gynecology
For Residents
Access to abortion care: Facts matter
When proposed bills are being discussed in your state, or when a patient or colleague iterates a misconception, we urge you to...
Opinion
‘The birth of a mother is a complex process’
Editor’s Note: Alison M. Heru, MD, the Families in Psychiatry columnist, invited Dr. Reinstein to address this topic.
“But this was...
From the Journals
Von Willebrand disease screening is low prior to hysterectomy
The level of screening – less than 1% – is out of alignment with current recommendations that call for consideration of underlying bleeding...
Arnold Advincula's Surgical Techniques
Minilaparotomy: Minimally invasive approach to abdominal myomectomy
Technique for removing symptomatic fibroids in a nulliparous 37-year-old patient seeking fertility
From the Journals
Mucinous ovarian tumor survival rates stress correct diagnosis
Women with invasive, well-differentiated mucinous ovarian cancer are more likely to die from their disease within 10 years of diagnosis than women...
Conference Coverage
Antipsychotics show no link to increased risk of major congenital malformations
LAS VEGAS – In the general U.S. population, the estimated risk of major birth defects ranges between 2% and 4%.
News
FDA panel tackles mesh for anterior repair of POP
Patient-reported outcomes should trump anatomic outcomes as FDA evaluates marketed devices.
From the Journals
Tranexamic acid shows improvements in heavy menstrual bleeding
Adolescents girls with heavy menstrual bleeding show significant improvements in quality of life with tranexamic acid.
From the Journals
Riboflavin helps visualize urine flow during cystoscopy
Indigo carmine has been in short supply, so surgeons have been looking for other options.
From the Journals
Preoperative acetaminophen does not improve prolapse surgery pain
Women given preop intravenous acetaminophen before pelvic organ prolapse surgery show no improvements in pain, compared with those given placebo...
Medicolegal Issues
Woman loses hands and feet after cystectomy
Woman loses hands and feet after cystectomy: $109M award
On November 1, a 45-year-old woman underwent laparoscopic excision of a benign...