Surgery and postoperative care

Abdominal surgery remains integral to modern gynaecological practice. All trainees must have an understanding of the principles and practice of open surgery for the most commonly encountered indications.

This course will help you to be more confident in recognising postoperative complications and provide a secure framework for the investigation, management and due process.

This course concentrates on minimal access surgery (MAS) as a surgical approach or technique that can be applied to all of the recognised surgical subspecialties in gynaecology.

This course will give you an understanding of the applied anatomy of the external genitalia and the perineum.

This course is developed with the aim of helping you explore current evidence in the preoperative management of gynaecological patients. This will allow you to assess and proactively minimise risks and complications, enabling you to develop and monitor an appropriate plan for reducing risks.

This course explores the evidence surrounding some of the major components to postoperative care, while not considering the treatment of pre-or postoperative complications as this is covered in other Core Knowledge courses.

This course aims to familiarise you with current practice and issues in uterine cavity surgery.