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Obstetrics

This article is about the medical specialty. For the health profession, see Midwifery.

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What Is OB-GYN? The Difference Between Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Ob/Gyn

If you are interested in women | s health and reproductive care, then you may consider a career as an OB/GYN, meaning a doctor specially trained in obstetrics and gynecology.

What is an OB/GYN? Obstetrics involves care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum

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Process of normal delivery

Normal delivery refers to childbirth through the vagina without any medical intervention.
Normal delivery refers to childbirth through the vagina without any medical intervention.

Normal delivery refers to childbirth through the vagina without any medical intervention. It

Women in India Get a New Birth Control Option
Photo: McKay Savage
By Guest Contributor | PUBLISHED: March 8, 2016
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by Raina Lipsitz

On February 20 The New York Times reported that government facilities in India, which has long relied on female sterilization as its primary form of birth control, will begin offering injectable

Permanent Contraception
(Sterilization)

By Frances E. Casey

, MD, MPH, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
Last full review/revision Feb 2022
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Permanent Contraception for Men (Vasectomy)
Permanent Contraception for Women
Permanent contraception by laparoscopy
Minilaparotomy

Birth Control and Sterilization
Medically Reviewed by Traci C. Johnson, MD on June 13, 2022
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Permanent Birth Control: Men and Women Options
Three years after they got married, Alexandra Paul and her husband, Ian, wanted better birth control. Paul was fed up with side effects of the pill, so she switched to a diaphragm. But when contraceptive jelly gave her infections, she avoided using it.

Tubal ligation: A permanent birth control surgery
Definition

Tubal ligation, also known as getting your “tubes tied” or “female sterilization,” is a permanent birth control surgery. It prevents a woman from getting pregnant and is effective immediately after the procedure.
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The procedure is done by cutting and removing a section of both tubes,

The Effect of Low-Level Laser on Postoperative Pain After Elective Cesarean Section
Sara Poursalehan,1,* Sholeh Nesioonpour,1 Reza Akhondzadeh,1 and Soheila Mokmeli2
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Background

Postoperative pain is one of the major concerns about a cesarean in pregnant

Laparoscopic Surgery in the Pregnant Patient: Results and Recommendations
Kerrey B. Buser, MDcorresponding author
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The complete experience of a single surgeon in a rural hospital over more than 11 years was evaluated with respect to laparoscopic