Surgery in Pregnancy.

Nonobstetric surgery during pregnancy is of important concern for both the pregnant patient and the fetus. In a series of 25 peripartum patients, symptomatic relief was obtained in 24/25 patients with morbidity reported in only 1 patient (significant postoperative hemorrhage). In general, a pregnant patient should never be denied medically necessary surgery or have life-threatening or urgent surgery delayed, regardless of trimester. Regarding the pregnant patient, surgery for major trauma should proceed as clinically indicated because delaying surgery can often be life-threatening, and without surgical intervention, both the pregnant patient and fetus remain at risk in such cases. [Extracted from the article]