Teaching and Learning Gynecologic Surgery
Video Clips on DVD 13-1 Knot-Tying: A Guide to Tying Surgical Knots and Common Knot-Tying Mistakes 13-2 Feedback in Surgical Training The results of learning to operate are observed in…
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Complications of Hysterectomy
Video Clips on DVD 11-1 Transvaginal Cystotomy Repair 11-2 Intentional Cystotomy with Passage of Ureteral Catheters As with all surgeries, complications related to hysterectomy should be carefully scrutinized to allow…
Prophylactic Oophorectomy at Hysterectomy
Video Clips on DVD 9-1 Techniques in Vaginal Oophorectomy 9-2 Vaginal Bilateral Salpino-oophorectomy The fate of the ovaries in a woman considering an indicated hysterectomy is a common question in…
Anatomy of the Uterus and Its Surgical Removal
Video Clips on DVD 2-1 Anterior Abdominal Wall 2-2 Anatomy of the Uterus and Adnexa 2-3 Vasculature 2-4 Lower Urinary Tract 2-5 Avascular Planes of the Pelvis The removal of…
Vaginal Hysterectomy and Trachelectomy: Basic Surgical Techniques
Video Clips on DVD 7-1 Vaginal Hysterectomy 7-2 Anterior Cul-de-sac Entry 7-3 Electrosurgical Device-Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy 7-4 Vaginal Trachelectomy Once the decision to perform a hysterectomy has been made, the…
Abdominal Hysterectomy
Video Clips on DVD 6-1 Total Abdominal Hysterectomy, Basic Techniques 6-2 Total Abdominal Hysterectomy, Endometriosis 6-3 Total Abdominal Hysterectomy, Fibroid Uterus Over 500,000 hysterectomies were performed in the United States…
The Evolution of Uterine Surgery and Hysterectomy
“What cannot be cured with medicines is cured by the knife, what cannot be cured by the knife is cured by fire, and what fire cannot cure is incurable.” Hippocrates…
Outcomes of Hysterectomy
Hysterectomy is a highly effective treatment for many gynecologic disorders. Patient satisfaction is generally very high after hysterectomy and tends to be related to the initial indication for surgery and…
Epidemiology and Indications of Hysterectomy: Changing Trends
Today, hysterectomy is the second most frequent major operation performed on women in the United States, following only cesarean section. Over 600,000 hysterectomies are performed each year in the United…
Preoperative and Perioperative Considerations and Choosing the Route of Hysterectomy
The indications for hysterectomy for benign disease in 2005 changed little over the past decade, with uterine leiomyomata (33%) and menstrual disorders (17%) being the most common, followed by uterine…
