Minimally invasive gynaecological surgery.
Most gynaecological operations can now be performed laparoscopically. The results for patients are a reduction in pain, less time spent in hospital and in convalescence and cost savings. For some procedures the risk of infection and adhesion formation is also reduced. This pelviscopic surgery requires extra training in special surgical skills to overcome the risks that include incomplete surgery resulting from poor access to a pelvic lesion or trauma to organs as a result of poor technique. Most patients with ectopic pregnancy, pelvic adhesions, endometriosis, ovarian cysts and fibromyomata can be treated by this advanced laparoscopic surgery. Hysteroscopic endometrial resection can replace hysterectomy for most patients with menorrhagia who have a normal size uterus.
Wood
C
C
Melbourne Gynoscopy Centre, Cliveden Hospital.
Maher
P
P
D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007045:Hysterectomy, Vaginal / Q000379:methods; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000191:economics; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000601:surgery