conclusions all of the gynecologic surgeons must be aware of gastrointestinal injuries and should anticipate injury to these organs especially in high-risk patients for decreasing patient morbidity. results the mean age of women was 33.2 ± 7.57 years. 44% of the patients had a history of abdominal scar. 32% of all gi injuries occurred during total abdominal hysterectomy (tah). the small bowel w...

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical School, Japan 3S.S Ladies Clinic, Japan 4Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku University, Japan 5Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inamino Hospital, Japan 6Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University, F...

MD, PhD. Regent professor, Division of Pathological Gynecology, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, São Paulo; and Gynecologist, Division of Gynecology, Department of Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, Brazil MD, PhD. Associate professor, Division of Pathological Gynecology, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, F...

VR-based surgical simulator systems offer a very elegant approach to enriching and enhancing traditional training in endoscopic surgery. They generate state-of-the-art “virtual” endoscopic views of surgical scenarios with high realism in surgical fields particularly in endoscopic surgery where they help in surgical navigation too. Thus, simulators help emulate with a high degree of accuracy the...

1 Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky 2 Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital at Memorial University Medical Center, Mercer School of Medicine, Savanah, Georgia...

1 Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Isala Zwolle, the Netherlands 2 Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Máxima Medisch Centrum Veldhoven, the Netherlands 3 Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gelre Ziekenhuizen Apeldoorn, the Netherlands 4 Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Spaarneziekenhuis Hoofddorp, the Netherlands 5 Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sint Lucas Andreas Ziekenhuis Amster...

GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY 789 This is one of a series of statements discussing the utilization of GI endoscopy in common clinical situations. The Standards of Practice Committee of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy prepared this text. In preparing this guideline, a MEDLINE literature search was performed, and additional references were obtained from the bibliographies of the ...

Comprehensive Gynecology is a new and opportune addition to the current selection of textbooks in the area of care of the female patient. The text is the in toto contribution of four distinguished chairmen of departments of obstetrics and gynecology located across the country, who dispense with the usual format of a multi-editor, multi-author compilation. Each is a leader in his own field of in...