Obstetrics & gynaecology
We publish case reports as an aid to MPS members, to alert them to pitfalls that have caught their colleagues unawares. We believe that these are an invaluable risk-management tool and, as such, they should be rooted in fact – i.e. based on actual events.
Here are some obstetrics and gynaecology cases published in recent editions of Casebook.
- Sooner or later - May 2008
- Managing shoulder dystocia - September 2007
- Ventouse not to blame
- Failure to take cervical smear
- Ultrasound, antibiotic prophylaxis and endocarditis
- False reassurance and faulty follow-up
- The importance of being earnest
- Widespread confusion
- Failed tubal occlusion
- A swollen abdomen
- Omitted thromboprophylaxis
- Recurrent post-coital bleeding
- If only we had the gift of foresight
- A notable error
- Prepare to be flexible
- Missed ectopic pregnancy
- Ureteric damage
- Post-operative hypotension