Are there too many open-incision abdominal hysterectomies performed? Is total laparoscopic surgery, using three or four incisions, usuable in most patients with noncancerous conditions? Will single-incision laparoscopic surgery substitue traditional laparoscopy?
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Jackie Columbo is back at work as a dental assistant today, just eight days after having a hysterectomy.
And the only sign of her surgery? Just one tiny scar at her bellybutton.
During a two-hour operation last week at MetroHealth Medical Center, surgeons removed Columbo’s uterus through a single small incision in the base of the bellybutton.
In fact, just 24 hours after her surgery, she was back at home in Berea…
The procedure is called single-port access surgery, or single-incision laparoscopic surgery. It has grown in popularity across the country in the past year. Columbo’s surgery, done by Dr. Kevin Stepp, a gynecologist at MetroHealth who specializes in urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery, is believed to be the first of its kind in the Midwest…
About 70 percent of American women who have hysterectomies have the traditional, invasive abdominal surgery, even though minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery could be a viable option for most of them, Stepp said.
A patient typically stays two to four days in the hospital for a traditional hysterectomy and then spends six to eight weeks recovering at home.