In spite of the fact that smoking is the main cause of obstetric morbidity and mortality, 20% of North American women smoke during pregnancy. In Spain, this figure is as high as 30% to 35%. Treating smoking addiction in these patients should be the first and most important therapeutic measure undertaken by health professionals responsible for the care of pregnant women. All experts recommend th...

Cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) is a rare, but life-threatening type of ectopic pregnancy. An exact and early diagnosis of CSP is very important for prognosis. The aim of the present study was to describe 4 women with CSP and discuss their clinical presentations, diagnoses, and various management options along with the published literature. Four women with a suspicion of CSP or cervical pregnancy...

cases are " notoriously maltreated at present by methods almost invariably involving the sacrifice of organs," or that " women by the score, without previous attempt to cure, are persuaded to undergo operations dangerous to life and unwarranted bj' sound judgment, and which are followed by life-long consequences in them that are either carefully concealed, or else carelessly withheld from their...

Conservative Mastectomies provide removal of the entire breast parenchyma, saving the outer covering of the mammary gland with the possibility of performing an immediate reconstruction preserving women body image. With the oxymoron “conservative mastectomies”, we indicate Skin-Sparing Mastectomies (SSM), Nipple-Areola Complex-Sparing Mastectomies (NSM) and Skin-Reducing Mastectomies (SRM). Even...

tained by milk and nutrient enemata. On the 12th, he could open his mouth to a slight extent ; the symptoms were more favourable, and the spasms had diminished in force and frequency. On passing the flnger into the wound I detected a loose fragment of bone and removed it. The extremity of the lower fragment was sharp or pointed and this I cut off with the saw. From this date he gradually improv...