Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 11 , Pages 315-322, November 2009

Principles of surgical technique

Syeda Batool Mazhar MBBS FRCOG is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the MCH Centre, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan

Mahmood I Shafi MB BCh MD DA FRCOG is a Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon & Oncologist and Lead Consultant for Gynaecological Oncology at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK

Abstract 

The principles in relation to gynaecological surgery are detailed. The importance of preoperative management, counselling, consent, surgical approaches, prophylaxis and proactive postoperative management are discussed. Gynaecological conditions are varied and descriptions of the individual surgical procedures are not included.

Keywords: consent, complications, incisions, preoperative evaluation, prophylaxis

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PII: S1751-7214(09)00143-2

doi:10.1016/j.ogrm.2009.07.003

Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 11 , Pages 315-322, November 2009

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