title: An Update on Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Pelvic Floor Reconstruction.
abstract: Laparoscopic hysterectomy and pelvic floor reconstruction have recently undergone some degree of evolution. New instrumentation has appeared, such as the vaginal delineator, but overall most of the instruments used have remained basically unchanged. This is related mostly to the need of keeping costs down by limiting the use of disposable instrumentation. For pelvic reconstruction, the laparoscopic approach is now usually considered the optimal approach, as it allows the surgeon to visualize structures that the vaginal surgeon could in the past only palpate.
authors.affiliation: Division of Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Reich
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vidali