Pregnancy Complicated by Nonobstetric Surgical Disease

Non‐obstetric surgery during gestation: Risk factors for lower birthweight

“…Surgery during gestation is a rare event. Previous studies have reported an incidence between 0.2 and 2.2% 1–4 . Over a 10‐year period, we were able to collect 116 cases, which represented 0.2% of the delivering population of our two centres.…”

“…Previous studies demonstrate that 0.5–2.2% of the obstetric population will undergo a surgical procedure not related to an obstetric indication 1–4 . Delay in diagnosis and treatment secondary to pregnancy, as well as high rates of maternal and fetal morbidity, have been voiced 1,2,4 . Many of the available studies, however, are more than 20 years old, are limited in outcomes described, and may not reflect current practices.…”

“…Radman collected a series of 74 non‐obstetric surgeries at the New York Hospital over an 11‐year period. Seventy of the 74 patients had a ‘term delivery’ in this series, but more detailed data are not included in the report 2 …”