title: Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy with transcervical morcellation: initial experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a novel method for morcellation at laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy and to define its potential benefits.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective observational study (Canadian Task Force classification III).
  
  
  METHODS
  Hospital-based urogynecology and general gynecology practice and a single community teaching hospital of a university medical school.
  
  
  METHODS
  The first 51 women to undergo laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy with transcervical morcellation at a single institution.
  
  
  METHODS
  A novel surgical technique that uses a transcervical approach for morcellation of the uterine fundus after amputation from, and coring of, the cervix.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy with transcervical morcellation was completed successfully in all 51 patients. Mean (SD) operating time for laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy with transcervical morcellation alone was 64.3 (28.4) minutes, and median hospital stay was 1 day. There were no intraoperative or postoperative complications related to transcervical morcellation at a median (range) follow-up of 4.4 (1.6-11.7) months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy with transcervical morcellation is a feasible procedure that removes the cervical core and does not require enlarging an abdominal port site for introduction of the uterine morcellator.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Surgery, Mount Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA. plrosen@comcast.net
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rosenblatt
authors.forename: Gretchen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Makai
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: DiSciullo
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000601:surgery