Surgery
Video
Why myomectomy is not a dying art
Video commentary from Tomasso Falcone, MD
News
Residents get good outcomes with minimally invasive hysterectomy
Major finding: A program training residents in minimally invasive hysterectomy had a 96% minimally invasive completion rate.Data source: A review...
News
Sling surgery bests physiotherapy as initial treatment
Major finding: A total of 90.8% of women in the immediate-surgery group reported significant subjective improvement in stress urinary incontinence...
News for Your Practice
Are robotic surgery complications underreported?
Researchers from Johns Hopkins find clear-cut evidence that a significant proportion of robot-related complications go unreported
News
MammoSite has comparatively high long-term complication rate
Major finding: Forty-two percent of MammoSite patients had long-term complications, vs. 9% of those who had whole breast radiation therapy.
Clinical Review
Fecal incontinence: New therapies, age-old problem
New therapeutic modalities make it more likely that a noninvasive or minimally invasive treatment will improve symptoms and quality of life
Clinical Review
UPDATE ON TECHNOLOGY
How to assess technology and apply new findings to patient care
From the Editor
What is the gynecologist’s role in the care of BRCA previvors?
Here, your patient’s options for surgery and your best options for her follow-up care and ongoing surveillance
Surgical Techniques
Tips and techniques for robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy
With robotic assistance, a surgeon can reduce blood loss, shorten hospitalization, and ease laparoscopic suturing and knot-tying—but myomectomy is...
Arnold Advincula's Surgical Techniques
Morcellation during robot-assisted laparoscopic myomectomy
Perform morcellation through a 5-mm laparoscope with the robot undocked, using the camera port site for morcellation.
Commentary
Crisco is an effective vaginal lubricant
Letters to the Editor from our readers