Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Gynecologic Emergencies

Botros Rizk, MD, MA, FRCOG, FRCS, HCLD, FACOG, FACS Medical Director, Elite IVF, Houston, Texas; President of the Middle East Fertility Society; formerly Professor and Head, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama; Adjunct Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cairo University, Kasr Al-Aini Hospital, Cairo, Egypt Mostafa A. Borahay, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Director of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland Abdel Maguid Ramzy, MBBCh, MSc, MD Professor, formerly Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cairo University; Co-Founder, Senior Consultant, and former Director of Kasr Al-Aini Assisted Conception IVF Unit, Cairo University, Egypt

List of Contributors. 1.Gynecologic emergencies: An introduction. 2.Ectopic pregnancy: Extrauterine pregnancy and pregnancy of unknown location. 3.Interstitial, cornual, and angular pregnancy. 4.Cervical ectopic pregnancy. 5.Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy. 6.Ovarian ectopic pregnancy. 7.Abdominal ectopic pregnancy. 8.Heterotopic ectopic pregnancies. 9.Pelvic inflammatory disease: An underestimated serious health problem. 10.Septic abortion. 11.Toxic shock syndrome and other related severe infections. 12.Endometriosis. 13.Adnexal/ovarian torsion. 14.Haemorrhagic and ruptured ovarian cyst and acute complications of uterine fibroids. 15.Prediction and management of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. 16.Miscarriage. 17.Pediatric hematocolpos. 18.Vulvar and vaginal trauma and Bartholin gland disorders. Index.