A practical guide to office gynecologic procedures

✍ Scribed by Berek, Jonathan S.; Blumenthal, Paul D

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 203
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Office based procedures in surgical fields are rapidly growing allowing for quicker diagnosis and treatment. This new book, A Practical Guide to Office Gynecologic Procedures provides the step-by-step guide to office-based procedures physicians need to treat women in the ambulatory setting.

Covering the most commonly used office gynecologic procedures, this new book covers indications, proper positioning, anesthesia and equipment needed for over 35 office-based procedures. Chapters also present careful guidance on effective patient management.

Perform gynecologic procedures in a cost-effective ambulatory setting, while improving the outcome for your patients with this easy-to-use clinical reference. 

FEATURES:
•    Written by the faculty, fellows, and residents of the Stanford Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
•    Includes foreword by prestigious Editor, Dr. Jonathan Berek
•    Practical, illustrated guide provides the “need-to-know” information on performing common office procedures
•   CPT codes are listed to save you time
•    Over 250 full color-figures (illustrations, photos) help identify and demonstrate how to perform techniques
•    Convenient companion website includes fully searchable text and images providing you access to the content anytime

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Pain relief for office gynecologic surgery --
External genitalia --
Acetic acid and iodine (Schiller's test) testing for vulvar intra-epithelial neoplasia --
Bartholin's gland cyst/abscess --
Condylomata and molluscum contagiosum --
External genitalia : toluidine blue testing --
Vaginal swab and wet prep --
Colposcopy : vagina and cervix --
Imperforate hymen, hymenotomy, and division of the hymenal band --
Pudendal block --
Clitoral hair tourniquet syndrome --
Exam of the prepubertal female --
Cervix --
Endometrial sampling --
Abortion --
Intrauterine insemination --
Trigger point injections : abdomen, buttocks, and skin --
Hysteroscopic sterilization (essure) --
Subdermal contraceptive implants --
Intrauterine contraception --
Office urodynamics --
Palpable breast mass.

✦ Subjects

Gynecology;Diagnosis.;Ambulatory medical care.;Generative organs, Female;Diseases;Diagnosis.;Generative organs, Female;Diseases;Treatment.;Generative organs, Female;Surgery.;Diagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical and Gynecological.;Ambulatory Care;methods.;Genital Diseases, Female;diagnosis.;Genital Diseases, Female;therapy.;Gynecologic Surgical Procedures.