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Single-incision laparoscopic hysterectomy > Single-port access surgery SPA > Single-incision laparoscopic surgery SILS > Substitution of traditional invasive abdominal surgery

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.
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Single Port Access SPA > Drexel University College Of Medicine > Surgery Case number 100 successfully done > Remove woman’s gallbladder through a single incision in belly button > Ovary removal done through SPA oopherectomy > More news at Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons SAGES > April 9-12 in Philadelphia

Is the real benefit to the SPA technique that it allows surgeons to do the same laparoscopic procedure they’ve been doing for the past 15 years but through fewer incisions? Are fewer incisions better for the patient in terms of the amount of discomfort, recovery time, and scarring? Are surgeons and gynecologists interested in learning […]

Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy LSH > Changing women’s health care > Hysterectomies are the second most common surgery performed on women of childbearing age > Caesarean sections most common surgery on women > Women demand a revamp in how doctors perform surgery

Will women embrace less painful and less time-consuming alternatives to traditional hysterectomy? Is the removal of the cervix in hysterectomies obsolete when applying a surgical technique called “Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy LSH”? Do women patients drive new procedures in GYN/OB medicine?

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The laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy, sometimes called LSH for short, is not […]