title: Advances in laparoscopic surgery have made vaginal hysterectomy in the absence of prolapse obsolete: AGAINST: Vaginal hysterectomy remains the optimum route of surgery.
authors.affiliation: The Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magos
mesh_terms: D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007045:Hysterectomy, Vaginal / Q000009:adverse effects; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012086:Reoperation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000601:surgery*