USMLE Step 2 CK Lecture Notes 2019: Obstetrics/Gynecology (Kaplan Test Prep)

Figure II-1-2. Taking a Sample of Cells during Pap Smear instrument, lower likelihood of air-drying artifacts, an ...

COLPOSCOPY Colposcopy is an outpatient office procedure. A binocular, short focal-length instrument with built-in ...

ENDOCERVICAL CURETTAGE In endocervical curettage (ECC), the mucous membrane of the cervical canal is scraped ...

COLD KNIFE CONE BIOPSY Cold knife cone biopsy is a minor outpatient surgical procedure performed i ...

Figure II-1-4. Cold Knife Cone Biopsy ...

LOOP ELECTROSURGICAL EXCISION PROCEDURE Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) is a minor outpatient s ...

CRYOTHERAPY Cryotherapy is a minor outpatient procedure performed without anesthesia. It destroys dysplastic cervi ...

HYSTERECTOMY Hysterectomy, removal of the uterus, is a major inpatient surgical procedure performed under eithe ...

HYSTEROSCOPY Hysteroscopy is a minor outpatient surgical procedure performed in the operating room under ...

LAPAROSCOPY Laparoscopy is a minor outpatient surgical procedure performed in the operating room under genera ...

HYSTEROSALPINGOGRAM Hysterosalpingogram (HSG) is a diagnostic outpatient radiologic imaging procedure performed with ...

DILATION AND CURETTAGE Dilation and curettage (D&C) is a minor outpatient surgical procedure performed ...

ENDOMETRIAL BIOPSY Endometrial biopsy, an outpatient office procedure, is a diagnostic test that examines the hist ...

Figure II-1-7. Endometrial Biopsy ...

VULVAR BIOPSY Vulvar biopsy is a minor outpatient office procedure performed under local anesthesia. It is a ...

PELVIC RELAXATION ...

LEARNING OBJECTIVES Demonstrate the relation between uterine/vaginal prolapse and urinary incontinence Describe othe ...

PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE A 62-year-old woman complains of low back pain and perineal pressure for 18 month ...

The severity of prolapse is indicated by increase in grade from 1 to 4: Grade 1: cervix descends h ...

VAGINAL PROLAPSE The diagnosis of pelvic relaxation is mainly made through observation at the time of pelvic e ...