A Simple Approach to Specimen Retrieval via Posterior Colpotomy Incision.

Introduction: Posterior colpotomy incision for specimen retrieval is infrequently used in gynecologic laparoscopic surgery unless a concomitant hysterectomy is performed. We aim to describe a simple and unique technique for creating the colpotomy incision and to describe intraoperative and postoperative outcomes.

Methods: Fifty patients underwent adnexal specimen retrieval through a posterior colpotomy incision.

Needleless laparoscopic abdominal cerclage placement.

Study Objective: To show a technique of laparoscopic interval abdominal cerclage placement with the use of a needleless mersilene tape.

Design: Step-by-step explanation of the technique using a surgical video.

Setting: Cervical insufficiency affects 1% of all pregnancies and up to 8% of those with second and early third trimester losses.

Incidental ureteral injury and repair during robotic-assisted total laparoscopic hysterectomy.

Study Objective: To show a surgical educational video in which an incidental ureteral injury was recognized intraoperatively and was repaired during robotic-assisted total hysterectomy for a very large uterus.

Design: Step-by-step demonstration of ureterolysis and repair of ureteral injury via a ureteroureterostomy technique using an educational video and schematic pictures.

Setting: Ureteral injuries are estimated to occur with a frequency of approximately 0.

Reproductive coercion and co-occurring intimate partner violence in obstetrics and gynecology patients.

Objective: Reproductive coercion is male behavior to control contraception and pregnancy outcomes of female partners. We examined the prevalence of reproductive coercion and co-occurring intimate partner violence among women presenting for routine care at a large, urban obstetrics and gynecology clinic.

Study Design: Women aged 18-44 years completed a self-administered, anonymous survey.

Role of routine monitoring of liver and renal function during treatment of ectopic pregnancies with single-dose methotrexate protocol.

Objective: To assess whether or not baseline serum transaminases and creatinine measurements, before administration of methotrexate, identified significant liver or kidney disease, which have the potential to alter the management plan for the treatment of ectopic pregnancies.

Design: This is a retrospective study of patients treated for ectopic pregnancy.

Setting: Women's emergency room and reproductive endocrinology office at a teaching hospital over a 3-year period.