1 eceived July 25, 2003; evised and accepted July 2, 2004. upported in part by Karl torz Endoscopy Tüttlingen, Germany), onds Wetenschappelijk nderzoek (Brussels, elgium, grant G.0324.01), nd Onderzoeks Toelagen atholieke Universiteit euven (Leuven, Belgium rant TBA/00/27). resented at the VIth nternational Symposium n Peritoneum, msterdam, The etherlands, April 10–12, 003. eprint requests: Mar...

Mark H Glasser, MD, is the Chief of the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Rafael, California. E-mail: [email protected]. Presented at the Global Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy, the 33rd Annual meeting of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, San Francisco, California, November 10-13, 2004, and published in abstract form in J Am Asso...

The endoscopic surgery, despite its very sophisticated aspect and appearance of advanced technology, is still another way of doing surgery. The patients and sometimes even specialists are tempted to promote the technique as “safe” and “almost non-invasive”, disregarding the minor pitfalls and complications related to it. In gynaecology, this aspect is even more frequent as the pre-concept of “m...

Microlaparoscopy represents the development of endoscopic surgery towards a minimally invasive surgical procedure. The advantages include fewer surgical complications, faster return to daily activities, more comfortable postoperative recovery, and satisfactory aesthetic results. The possibility of performing surgery under sedation may result in shorter hospitalization, lower hospital costs, and...

In the United States, culdoscopy (a vaginal approach to view the abdomen) replaced laparoscopy for about 20 years, circa 1950-1970. In contrast to many of his colleagues, Hans Frangenheim of Wuppertal, Germany, was not satisfied with culdoscopy and turned to an abdominal approach. Frangenheim began publishing his experiences with gynecological laparoscopy in 1958 and stressed technical improvem...

background development of complications during gynecologic laparoscopic surgery depends on many factors such as history of previous laparotomies. this factor usually increases the veres and first trocar complications. objectives in this study, we compared all operative complications between the patients with and without previous abdominal surgery. patients and methods all operative complication...

1Associate Professor, Division of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2Assistant, Division of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, FMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 3Assistant, Habilitation (BR: Livre Docência, Division of Gynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, FMUSP, São Pa...

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1Associate professor of Gynecology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2Associate professor of Gynecology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, HC-FMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 3Full professor of Gynecology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, HC-FMUSP, São...