{"title":"Approach to Gynecologic Surgery in the Patient With Obesity","authors":"M. Kole, J. Villavicencio, Beth Cronin","doi":"10.1097/01.PGO.0000499834.93703.f7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Learning Objectives: After participating in this activity, the obstetrician/gynecologist should be better able to: 1. Implement careful preoperative planning and counseling to optimize surgical outcomes in the patient with obesity. 2. Identify intraoperative considerations unique to the obese patient. 3. Identify operative approach with the lowest risk of complications in the patient with obesity, with emphasis on minimally invasive approach.","PeriodicalId":193089,"journal":{"name":"Topics in Obstetrics & Gynecology","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Topics in Obstetrics & Gynecology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/01.PGO.0000499834.93703.f7","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Learning Objectives: After participating in this activity, the obstetrician/gynecologist should be better able to: 1. Implement careful preoperative planning and counseling to optimize surgical outcomes in the patient with obesity. 2. Identify intraoperative considerations unique to the obese patient. 3. Identify operative approach with the lowest risk of complications in the patient with obesity, with emphasis on minimally invasive approach.