Recent Advances in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Abstract

An interval of seven years has elapsed between the appearance of the third edition and the present one. In this book the authors have included information concerning practically all the important advances made in obstetrics and gynecology during the past few years. In the section on obstetrics the subjects discussed are antepartum care, antepartum hemorrhage, breech deliveries, pyelitis, cesarean section, anesthesia and analgesia and puerperal sepsis. It is gratifying to see that antepartum care is receiving the important consideration which it deserves. Likewise cesarean section, particularly when combined with blood transfusion for the treatment of placenta praevia, is accorded an important place. In the treatment of pyelitis, mandelic acid and sulfanilamide are included. The authors are not convinced of the superiority of the cervical cesarean section over the classic one, but the only cesarean section they illustrate is the cervical one with a transverse incision in the lower uterine segment.