Basic, Advanced, and Robotic Laparoscopic Surgery, by Tommaso Falcone, MD and Jeffrey M. Goldberg, MD, is the ideal way
to enhance your skills in this key area of gynecologic surgery. In this volume in the Female Pelvic Surgery Video Atlas
Series, edited by Mickey Karram, MD, hours of video footage, together with detailed discussions and illustrations,
clarify how to most effectively perform a variety of laparoscopic operations and manage complications. Case-based
videos take you step by step through endometriosis surgery, myomectomy, hysterectomy, robotic surgery, and more.
Key Features
Case-based videos, narrated by the authors and with a professional voiceover introduction, take you step by step
through a variety of procedures including endometriosis surgery, myomectomy, hysterectomy, and robotic surgery.
Highly illustrated, quick-reference chapters discuss all of the possible diagnoses for which each procedure is
indicated.
Case studies describe the clinical history surrounding each case featured in the videos.
Author Information
By Tommaso Falcone, MD, Professor and Chair of Obstetric and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH and Jeffrey M.
Goldberg, MD, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic
Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Section I: INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPETENCIES
Chapter 1 How to Study This Book
Chapter 2 Medical Knowledge: An Essential Competency
Chapter 3 Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
Chapter 4 Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Chapter 5 Professionalism from Hippocrates to the Residency Review Committee
Chapter 6 The Systems-Based Practice Competency
Chapter 7 How to Succeed on the Ob/Gyn Clerkship
Chapter 8 Using the Competencies to Become an Effective Teacher
Chapter 9 Oral Presentations in Obstetrics
Appendix 1: ACGME Clincial Competencies
Appendix 2: Competency Self-Assessment Form: Obstetrics
Appendix 3: Competency Self-Assessment Form: Gynecology
Section II: CASES IN OBSTETRIC MANAGEMENT
Chapter 10 Obstetric Tools: Prenatal Ultrasound in Each Trimester
Chapter 11 Routine Prenatal Care (Case 1)
Chapter 12 Antenatal Screening and Prenatal Diagnosis for Fetal Genetic Disorders (Case 2)
Chapter 13 Antenatal Fetal Surveillance (Case 3)
Chapter 14 Teaching Visual: Fetal Heart-Rate Interpretation
Chapter 15 Obstetric Anesthesia (Case 4)
Chapter 16 Normal Labor (Case 5)
Chapter 17 Abnormalities of Labor and Their Management (Case 6)
Chapter 18 Postpartum Hemorrhage (Case 7)
Chapter 19 Teaching Visual: Managing Post Partum Hemorrhage
Professor's Pearls: Cases in Obstetric Management
Section III: CASES IN MATERNAL/FETAL MEDICINE
Chapter 20 Early Pregnancy Loss and Miscarriage (Case 8)
Chapter 21 Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy (Case 9)
Chapter 22 Diabetes in Pregnancy (Case 10)
Chapter 23 Pulmonary Diseases in Pregnancy (Case 11)
Chapter 24 Premature Labor, Abnormal Bleeding, and Abdominal Pain in the Second and Third Trimester (Case 12)
Chapter 25 Twin Gestations (Case 13)
Professor's Pearls: Cases in Maternal/Fetal Medicine
Section IV: CASES IN INFECTION IN PREGNANCY
Chapter 26 HIV and Pregnancy (Case 14)
Chapter 27 Chorioamnionitis and Endometritis (Case 15)
Chapter 28 Acute Pyelonephritis in Pregnancy (Case 16)
Chapter 29 Pneumonia in Pregnancy (Case 17)
Chapter 30 Syphilis in Pregnancy
Professor's Pearls: Infections in Pregnancy
Section V: CASES IN GYNECOLOGY
Chapter 31 The Menstrual Cycle (Case 18)
Chapter 32 Teaching Visual: The Menstrual Cycle
Chapter 33 Contraception (Case 19)
Chapter 34 Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (Case 20)
Chapter 35 Vaginitis (Case 21)
Chapter 36 Pelvic Pain (Case 22)
Chapter 37 Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (Case 23)
Chapter 38 Uterine Leiomyomas (Case 24)
Chapter 39 Imaging Tools for Common Pelvic Disorders
Chapter 40 The Premenstrual Syndrome (Case 25)