TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Adnexal Masses A1 - Yeomans, Edward R. A1 - Hoffman, Barbara L. A1 - Gilstrap III, Larry C. A1 - Cunningham, F. Gary PY - 2017 T2 - Cunningham and Gilstrap's Operative Obstetrics, 3e AB - Pelvic masses during pregnancy have historically posed diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas for the obstetrician. Maternal mortality rates with surgery were prohibitive through the early 20th century. For example, among 720 pregnant women with surgically treated adnexal masses reviewed by McKerron (1906), the maternal mortality rate was 21 percent, and the fetal mortality rate was 50 percent. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1138213613 ER -