Population
Pregnant patients with nonobstetric disease requiring surgery
Design
Review
Authors
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Supports urgent surgery without delay in pregnancy; leaves open need for prospective validation in contemporary cohorts.
Urgent or emergent surgical procedures should not be delayed due to pregnancy, as the risks of maternal instability outweigh the risks of anesthesia and surgery to the fetus.
William M. Barron (1984) studied this question.
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