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edited by Duncan E. Reid and C. D. Christian, 854 pp, 133 illus, $28.50, Philadelphia, Saunders, 1974.

Robert W. Kistner, MD, Reviewer
Harvard Medical School Boston

JAMA. 1975;231(10):1088.

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This is the second edition of this compendium of controversial topics in obstetrics and gynecology. It comprises 25 subjects authored by 102 nationally known experts. The format for each controversy is arranged to present three or four alternative points of view followed by terse editorial comment. Ten subjects cover basic obstetrical problems such as management of premature rupture of the fetal membranes, impending labor prior to the 35th week, placenta praevia, fetal monitoring, pain relief, trophoblastic disease, and cesarean hysterectomy.

A discussion of medical and surgical methods of conception control is an outstanding contribution since it concentrates on the ever-present controversy of vaginal hysterectomy vs tubal ligation for permanent sterilization. The authors favoring hysterectomy emphasize the fact that abnormal uterine bleeding, pelvic pain, and symptoms of descensus occur in 15% of posttubal ligation patients within three years and that 24% of these patients underwent hysterectomy within five years, 34% within . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Edited by Lester S. King, MD, Contributing Editor.

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