Master Class
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New data points to slower course of labor
By appreciating both the new labor curve and our understanding of how labor induction, obesity, and other patient characteristics can affect labor...
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Rethinking the management of labor
This month’s Master Class highlights a critical area of obstetrics where the convergence of technology, clinical observation, and research...
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Understanding stillbirth
Evidence suggests that low-molecular-weight heparin, aspirin, or vitamin supplements, in combination with appropriate surveillance and management...
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Research adds insight on stillbirth risk factors
What we can do as obstetricians is be aware that stillbirth is one of the most common adverse pregnancy outcomes in the United States and counsel...
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Radiofrequency volumetric thermal ablation for symptomatic uterine fibroids
In 2002, Dr. Bruce Lee first described a laparoscopic technique to ablate symptomatic uterine fibroids utilizing radiofrequency under ultrasound...
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RFVTA system offers alternative to myomectomy
Considering the theoretical advantages of the Acessa procedure – that it is less damaging to healthy myometrium – and the outcomes reported thus...
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Lessons learned from the history of VBAC
As VBACs became more common, the approach to the procedure became more relaxed. VBACs went from only being performed in tertiary care hospitals...
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Barriers to VBAC remain in spite of evidence
There continues to be an underutilization of attempted VBAC. We must ask ourselves, are women truly able to choose a trial of labor after cesarean...
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Making cystoscopy accessible in gynecology
The lines between urology and gynecology have blurred, and cystoscopy has become an even more important and natural part of gynecology’s realm.
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Cystoscopies are us
In this edition of the Master Class in Gynecologic Surgery, I have asked urogynecologist Dr. Neeraj Kohli to discuss the use of cystoscopy in...
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Keeping laparoscopy safe for the obese patient
The minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon is dealing with an increasing population of women with comorbidities related to their obesity that can...