Minilaparoscopic Total Hysterectomy

Minilaparoscopic Total Hysterectomy

Minimally invasive surgery is now the cornerstone of gynecologic surgeries. Minilaparoscopic surgery is a new promising technique that involves the use of instruments with an external diameter of around 3 mm in contrast to standard sizes of 5-10 mm used in conventional procedures. In minilaparoscopic process, minimal invasive surgery is being more advanced, ports and surgical equipment’s are ge...

Minilaparoscopic versus single-port total hysterectomy: a randomized trial.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To compare perioperative outcomes and postoperative pain of minilaparoscopic (M-LPS) and laparoendoscopic single-site total hysterectomy (LESS). DESIGN Prospectively randomized study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETTING Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome. PATIENTS A total of...

Comparison of laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy and total abdominal hysterectomy

  Abstract   Background: Hysterectomy is the second most common major surgery procedure   done after cesarean section by gynecologists in many countries and the most common   procedure is total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH). The incidence of laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) performed for benign lesions has progressively increased in recent years. Our objective was to compare...

Total Hysterectomy

Robotic-Assisted Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Versus Conventional Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

OBJECTIVES To compare patient characteristics, operative variables, and outcomes of 24 patients who underwent robotic-assisted total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) with 44 patients who underwent conventional TLH. We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 44 patients with TLH and 24 patients with robotic TLH. RESULTS Robotic TLH was associated with a shorter hospital stay (1.0 vs 1.4 days, P=...