Risk of hemorrhage during surgical evacuation for second-trimester intrauterine fetal demise.

Objective: To assess risk of hemorrhage during surgical evacuation for intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD).

Methods: We compared hemorrhage associated with surgical evacuation for IUFDs ≥14weeks to surgical evacuations for other indications.

Results: From 12/2005 to 4/2013, 477 in-hospital surgical evacuations met inclusion criteria (123 IUFD, 354 comparators).

Association between gelatin-thrombin matrix use and abscesses in women undergoing pelvic surgery.

Objective: To assess the association between the use of gelatin-thrombin matrix and the development of pelvic abscess during hysterectomy as well as factors associated with surgeons' use of this product.

Methods: Data for patients undergoing hysterectomy for obstetric-gynecologic pathology were abstracted from databases at a tertiary hospital between 2009 and 2012. Open and minimally invasive hysterectomies were included and vaginal hysterectomies were excluded.