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Anesthesia for Non-delivery Obstetric Procedures

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Obstetric anesthesia providers most commonly provide either labor analgesia or cesarean delivery anesthesia, though there are a number of other obstetric procedures that also require anesthesia care. This chapter highlights the surgical and anesthetic considerations of the most common non-delivery obstetric procedures, including: postpartum tubal sterilization, external cephalic version, cerclage, dilation and curettage or evacuation, and minimally invasive fetal procedures.

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Coffman, J.C., Herndon, B.H., Thakkar, M., Fiorini, K. (2018). Anesthesia for Non-delivery Obstetric Procedures. In: Goudra, B., et al. Anesthesiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74766-8_52

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