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Cervix Removal Or Retaining During Hysterectomy – A Surgical Conundrum – Part II

There has been a rising trend of sway towards the subtotal or supracervical hysterectomy (STH) approach noticed especially in the certain European countries. The cervix retaining or sparing approach is beyond doubt, deemed technically uncomplicated and safer surgery in comparison to the total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH). The reason being this approach averts the requirement to dissect through the vastly vascular para-vaginal cuff in close quarters to the ureter. The procedure is entirely an intra-peritoneal one and evades contact between the potentially contaminated vagina and abdominal cavity. There have been persistent suggestions that there direct outcomes of the approach are related with the clinical advantages. A latest review has suggested that has been a greater inclination towards  [...]

Non-Scarring Belly Button Hysterectomy

Lately, a path-breaking technique was employed by surgeons in Europe during a hysterectomy procedure that was conducted with a mere slit in the belly button area of the woman. The foremost form of hysterectomy method carried out by the proficient panel of surgeons headed by Doctor Thomas Ind, is also called single incision laparoscopic surgery. This is the newest advancement in the field of knothole surgery wherein the device fitted with a mini-camera is introduced through the navel, with the aid of which the surgeons could manipulate the procedure within, by watching the live streaming on a television monitor. Hysterectomy, a common surgical procedure on women that entails the removal of the uterus or the womb is opted due to various maladies like the presence of uterine fibroids or  [...]