Rosanne M. Kho, MD, presents a video on the use of improved vaginal instruments during morcellation. Among the instruments she finds adaptable for vaginal surgery are: curving, articulating instruments; long, curved, and rounded knife handles; and modified long retractors and a single long vaginal pack for retraction.
Vaginal hysterectomy is a 21st Century approach, thanks to tools, techniques, and other refinements from the fields of laparoscopy and robotics
Reaction from Cheryl Iglesia, MD, Advisory Panel Member, to FDA’s 2-Day Hearing
Letters from readers, and a patient, on morcellation
Six experts exchange viewpoints on whether increasing use of the robot is warranted in benign gynecologic surgery
The most promising alternative to open power morcellation is morcellation in a bag, described here
Laparoscopic hysterectomy provided the shortest operating time with minimal blood loss when compared to the vaginal approach in a cohort of obese...
