Operative Obstetrics

John Patrick O'Grady, M.D., is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. He is Medical Director of both the Family Life Center for Maternity and the Mercy Hospital Perinatal Service Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Massachussets. He graduated from the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and has published numerous books in the field of obstetrics. Martin L. Gimovsky, B.S., M.D., is Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. A graduate of the New York University School of Medicine, he is Residency Program Director for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in New Jersey.

Forward Leon Speroff; Preface; Part I. Antepartum: 1. A history: operative delivery John Patrick O'Grady and S. L. Burke; 2. Prenatal genetic assessment Gabriel M. Cohn; 3. Ultrasound Stuart Weiner and Alisa Modena; 4. Ectopic pregnancy David B. Seifer; 5. The cervix and cervical insufficiency Munir A. Nazir and Matin L. Gimovsky; 6. Pregnancy termination F. P. Bailey and Heather Z. Sankey; 7. Placental complications Karen W. Green and Matthew A. Esposito; 8. Legal commentary I. Kevin C. Giordano; Part II. Intra Partum and Postpartum: 9. Anesthesia Paul Youngstrom, Margaret Sedensky and Daniel F. Grum; 10. Labor Lucy Bayer-Zwirello, Rebecca Viloria and John Patrick O'Grady; 11. The third stage Lucy Bayer-Zwirello; 12. Breech presentation Martin L. Gimovsky; 13. Multiple gestation Viswanathan Ravishankar and J. Gerald Quirk; 14. Shoulder dystocia James J. Nocon; 15. Legal commentary II Kevin C. Giordano; Part III. Surgery During Pregnancy: 16. Surgery in pregnancy R. Figueroa and J. Gerald Quirk; 17. Instrumental delivery John Patrick O'Grady; 18. Cesarean delivery John Patrick O'Grady, Timothy K. Fitzpatrick and J. Johnson; 19. Urologic complications Richard J. Scotti, Janice N. Young and Mat. H. Ho; 20. Fetal surgery Russell W. Jennings and Shaun M. Kunisaki; 21. Legal commentary III Kevin C. Giordano; Part IV. Special Issues: 22. Fetal assessment Barry Shifrin and Wayne R. Cohen; 23. Birth injury John Patrick O'Grady; 24. Midwives and operative obstetrics Lisa Summers; 25. Education and certification Andrew J. Satin and Shad H. Deering; 26. Ethical issues Joanna M. Cain; 27. Perinatal loss S. L. Burke; 28. Legal commentary IV Kevin C. Giordano; Appendices: 1. Legal issues: principles Kevin C. Giordano; 2. Venous thrombosis/thromboembolism John Patrick O'Grady; 3. Fetal heart rate monitoring: surgical procedures John Patrick O'Grady.