Gynecologic Oncology. Evidence-Based Perioperative and Supportive Care

Description

• New edition fully includes Grades and Levels of evidence, providing a better idea of what the sum total of existing evidence suggests regarding key topics
• Grades and levels of evidence consistently highlighted throughout
• Greater number of tables and algorithms ("decision trees") for key decision-making areas
• "Scope of concept" introduction to chapters are significantly enhanced, allowing the reader to reference the concepts while reviewing the specific details in the clinically oriented chapters
• The only available book with an evidence-based approach covering this specific subject matter in one compendium

Table of Contents

Part I. General Principles.

• 1. Introduction (Steven A. Vasilev and Scott E. Lentz).
• 2. Evidence Based Medicine and Decision Support (Steven A. Vasilev).
• 3. Vascular Access and Other Invasive Procedures (Paul Koonings and Scott Lentz).
• 4. Fluids, Electrolytes and Nutrition (Howard Silberman).

Part II. Perioperative Management of Gynecological Surgery .

• 5. Preoperative Evaluation (Devansu Tewari).
• 6. Postoperative Surveillance and Perioperative Prophylaxis (Harriet Smith and Lejla Delic).
• 7. Perioperative Infections: Prevention and Therapeutic Options (Amy Stenson and Steven Vasilev).
• 8. Intraoperative and Perioperative Considerations in Laparoscopy (Steven A. Vasilev and Scott E. Lentz).

Part III. Oncologic Perioperative Decision Making.

• 9. Cervical Carcinoma (Fernando Valea).
• 10. Endometrial Carcinoma (Wendell Naumann).
• 11. Pelvic Masses and Ovarian Carcinoma (Margarett Ellison).
• 12. Molar Gestation (Allison E. Axtell and Steven A. Vasilev).
• 13. Perioperative Issues in the Management o f Vulvar Carcinoma (Maliaka Ammeus and Kathryn F. McGonigle).

Part IV. Complimentary Medicine/Supportive Care.

• 14. Perioperative Psychosocial Considerations (Judith McKay).
• 15. Pain Management in Gynecologic Oncology (Laszlo Galffy and Clayton Varga).
• 16. Fertility Preservation in Gynecologic Oncology (Nicole Fleming).
• 17. Herbs (Scott Lentz and Alexander Vasilev).
• 18. End-of-Life Decision Making (Scott E. Lentz).