title: [Clinical experience with a novel surgical technique: laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy].
abstract: A new surgical technique, the laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) is evaluated through the clinical course of a group of patients operated for hysterectomy in the years 1993-1995. Although the groups of patients being operated for LAVH, vaginal or abdominal hysterectomy have not been randomized, we conclude that the laparoscopic assistance allows the vaginal approach of hysterectomies that should have been otherwise operated by laparotomy. Medical and financial advantages of this technique are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Janowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods; D007045:Hysterectomy, Vaginal / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000191:economics; D007813:Laparotomy; D007902:Length of Stay; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Expérience clinique d'une technique chirurgicale nouvelle: l'hystérectomie vaginale assistée par laparoscopie (LAVH).