Archive for the ‘Hysterectomy and Myomectomy’ Category

Robotic surgery is not superior and potentially dangerous.

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

During an endoscopy meeting in Lisbon the use of robots was extensively discussed and this promted us to write this text.
Laparoscopic surgery really started to be developed at the end of the eighties ie more than 20 years ago. Since then we witnessed its development and the progressive demonstration of its superiority in comparison [...]

Cystic ovarian endometriosis and ovarian cancer

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Cystic ovarian endometriosis and ovarian cancer

Laparoscopic ureter repair.

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:44:06 -0500 From: Kurian Thott Subject: Ureter repair laparoscopically
Recently involved in a case where the ureter was transected during a TLH, (at the level of uterine artery) it was discovered during cystoscopy after we finished the case (which I do after all [...]

laparoscopic hysterectomy for large uteri and robotic surgery

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:45:30 -0500 From: “Philippe R. Koninckx and Anastasia Ussia” Subject: Laparoscopic hysterectomy on the large fibroid uterus
Find below some comments to the discussion on large uteri and on robotic surgery on the AAGL listserv.
1. The first and single most important instrument [...]

Quality control in endoscopic surgery.

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

The Independent of april 1th printed an article on the hidden dangers of endoscopic surgery, highlighting that quality of surgery increases with expertise. “Researchers from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, said that the findings suggested that patients were better off being treated in specialist centres, where surgeons performed a large number of [...]