ADVANCED HANDBOOK OF OPERATIVE GYNECOLOGY: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide to Surgical Anatomy, Patient Selection, Preoperative Planning, Minimally ... Management, and Perioperative Care - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798170800155

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Advanced Handbook of Operative Gynecology is a comprehensive clinical reference for understanding the principles, planning, execution, and postoperative management of contemporary gynecologic surgery.

Designed for clinicians, trainees, and surgical professionals, this handbook brings together the essential knowledge required to approach operative gynecology with greater clarity, precision, and clinical judgment. It places particular emphasis on the relationship between surgical anatomy, patient selection, procedural planning, operative technique, complication avoidance, and perioperative decision-making.

The book provides detailed coverage of pelvic and reproductive anatomy, preoperative assessment, risk stratification, informed consent, surgical positioning, instrumentation, hemostasis, tissue handling, and operative documentation. It also examines the practical considerations that influence whether an open, vaginal, laparoscopic, hysteroscopic, robotic, or other minimally invasive approach is appropriate for a particular patient.

Readers are guided through the principles underlying both common and complex gynecologic procedures, including surgery for uterine, ovarian, tubal, cervical, pelvic-floor, endometriosis-related, and other benign or complex pelvic conditions. Rather than presenting procedures as isolated technical steps, the text emphasizes operative reasoning—why a procedure is selected, how anatomy influences the surgical plan, what complications must be anticipated, and how intraoperative findings may alter management.

Particular attention is given to minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, advanced pelvic dissection, adhesiolysis, management of difficult anatomy, prevention of injury to surrounding organs, bleeding control, conversion decisions, and the recognition and management of operative complications. The handbook also addresses postoperative recovery, pain control, thromboprophylaxis, infection prevention, urinary and gastrointestinal complications, wound care, discharge planning, and follow-up.

Additional discussions focus on surgical safety, perioperative teamwork, enhanced recovery principles, fertility considerations, complex patient selection, reoperative surgery, and the clinical judgment required when balancing operative benefit against procedural risk.

Inside this handbook, readers will find detailed coverage of:

1. Surgical pelvic and reproductive anatomy
2. Patient selection and operative risk assessment
3. Preoperative planning and informed consent
4. Open, vaginal, laparoscopic, hysteroscopic, and robotic approaches
5. Principles of minimally invasive gynecologic surgery
6. Hemostasis, suturing, tissue handling, and operative technique
7. Hysterectomy and uterine surgery
8. Adnexal and ovarian procedures
9. Endometriosis and complex pelvic surgery
10. Pelvic-floor and reconstructive procedures
11. Adhesions and distorted pelvic anatomy
12. Intraoperative decision-making and conversion planning

Written in a clear, clinically sophisticated style, Advanced Handbook of Operative Gynecology is intended for gynecologists, obstetrician-gynecologists, residents, fellows, medical students, perioperative clinicians, surgical nurses, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals involved in women’s surgical care.

More than a procedural reference, this handbook is designed to strengthen the clinical reasoning that surrounds gynecologic surgery—from the initial decision to operate to the management of recovery and complications. It offers a structured, practical, and advanced foundation for readers who want to develop a deeper understanding of operative gynecology and the principles that support safe, effective, and patient-centered surgical care.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798170800155
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 486