ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2019
Non-obstetric surgery during pregnancy - an eleven-year retrospective analysis.
Article in BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06052878 (Association Between Prenatal Anesthesia Exposure and Neurodevelopmental Outcome), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Association Between Prenatal Anesthesia Exposure and Neurodevelopmental Outcome : an Ambi-directional Cohort Study
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- Appendicitis in Pregnancy: A Multidisciplinary Approach and Optimal Management from the Perspective of Gynecology and Obstetrics - A Case Report.Visceral medicine · 2025Article
- Case - Inferior vena caval thrombus associated with a left-sided renal cell carcinoma during pregnancy.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2024Article
- Perioperative management of surgical procedure during pregnancy: a systematic review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- Fetal biometric and Doppler measurements following abdominal radical trachelectomy in the second trimester of the pregnancy.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- General anaesthesia for nonobstetric surgery during pregnancy: A narrative review.European journal of anaesthesiology and intensive care · 2022Review
- Laparoendoscopic single-site compared with conventional laparoscopic surgery for gynaecological acute abdomen in pregnant women.The Journal of international medical research · 2021Article
- Do Small Incisions Need Only Minimal Anesthesia?-Anesthetic Management in Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Pregnant patients requiring emergency general surgery: a scoping review of diagnostic and management strategies.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgieArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDiagnosis and management of non-obstetric abdominal pathologies during pregnancy are clinically challenging for both obstetricians and general surgeons. Our aim was to evaluate the outcome of pregnant patients who had undergone non-obstetric abdominal surgery.
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed 76 pregnant patients who had required surgery for non-obstetric abdominal pathologies during pregnancy at our department from January 2005 to December 2015. Data were collected retrospectively from medical records as well as from our institutional perinatal database. We evaluated data for clinical presentation, perioperative management, preterm labor, and maternal and fetal outcomes.
resultsThe patients' mean age was 29 (interquartile range IQR 25-33) years. Indications for surgery were acute appendicitis in 63%, adnexal pathology in 11%, cholecystolithiasis in 5% and other indications in 21%; surgery was performed in an elective setting in 18% and in an emergent/urgent setting in 82%. In five cases, complications, three of them oncological, called for further surgery. Ninety-seven percent of operations were conducted under general anesthesia. Median skin-to-skin time was 50 (37-80) minutes, median in-hospital stay was 4 (3.5-6) days, and 5 % required postoperative intensive care. Preterm labor occurred in 15%, miscarriage in 7% (none of them directly related to abdominal surgery).
conclusionAbdominal surgery for non-obstetric pathology during pregnancy can be performed safely, if mandatory, without increases in maternal and fetal pathology, miscarriage, and preterm birth rates.
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