Surgery
Conference Coverage
Should surgeons change gloves during total laparoscopic hysterectomy?
Many gynecologic surgeons change gloves, gowns, and even surgical drapes during total laparoscopic hysterectomy to prevent bacterial infections,...
News for Your Practice
Risk-reducing salpingectomy at benign hysterectomy: Have surgeons embraced this practice?
Data from a retrospective cross-sectional study of a Michigan multicenter database indicate, yes
Conference Coverage
Risk stratification important for aortic valve disease in pregnancy
CHICAGO – Understanding pregnancy’s toll on the body can help physicians treat aortic stenosis or aortic regurgitation in pregnant women.
News for Your Practice
Newly available tissue containment system brings back power morcellation to advanced MIG surgeons
From the Journals
Robotic surgery instruments ‘virtually impossible’ to clean completely
The level of contamination declined with each successive cleaning but still remained comparatively high for the robotic instruments.
From Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
Natural orifice sacral colpopexy
Brought to you by the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons. Dr. Hanes demonstrates a step-by-step pelvic organ prolapse repair using...
Commentary
Letters to the Editor: Risk-reducing surgery for BRCA mutation carriers
Master Class
VIDEO: The surgical treatment of pelvic congestion
Pelvic congestion syndrome accounts for 30%-70% of cases presenting with chronic pelvic pain and can be caused by pelvic venous insufficiency.
Medical Education Library
Fostering surgical innovation: The path forward
How do we get past the current “chill” on innovation in gynecologic surgery?
Product Review
Product Update: Kyleena; LapCap2
NEW LNG IUS: GOOD FOR 5 YEARS Kyleena™ (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system; IUS) 19.5 mg, from Bayer, is a new hormonal contraceptive...
From the Journals
Age of blood did not affect mortality in transfused patients
In-hospital mortality did not vary for patients who received transfusions of blood that had been stored for 2 weeks and for patients who got blood...