BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the feasibility of a minimally invasive approach for hysterectomy for benign disease at a university teaching hospital. METHODS: Five hundred thirty-seven consecutive patients underwent hysterectomy f…
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of our study is to evaluate the role of electrosurgery and vaginal closure technique in the development of postoperative vaginal cuff dehiscence. METHODS: From prospective surgical databases, we identifie…
INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this report is to evaluate our experience with transvaginal application of a laparoscopic bipolar cutting forceps to assist vaginal hysterectomy in extremely obese women with endometrial cancer in whom obesity p…
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to describe the nature and number of pain diagnoses in a chronic pelvic pain population, and to determine the relationship between these and a patient's history of abuse, drug-seeking behavior, or…
OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of false positive malignant peritoneal cytology and psammoma bodies associated with benign gynecologic disorders. STUDY DESIGN: Pelvic peritoneal fluid was prospectively collected for cytologic examina…
The peritoneal washings obtained at diagnostic laparoscopy of two women with suspected endometriosis contained cells with cytologic features of adenocarcinoma. Exploratory laparotomy, total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophore…