Gynecologic Surgery
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Absorbable suture performs well in sacrocolpopexy with mesh
DENVER - Using absorbable polydioxanone suture during laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy was associated with a mesh erosion rate of just 1.6%, according...
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Robotic surgery boasts fewer postoperative complications in radical hysterectomy
BOSTON – Robot-assisted radical hysterectomy has similar perioperative and better postoperative outcomes than did an open approach, according to a...
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Better survival with primary surgery in stage IIIC ovarian ca
A new study shows that neoadjuvant chemotherapy is associated with worse overall survival for women with stage IIIC ovarian cancer, compared with...
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Power morcellation dropped, abdominal hysterectomy increased after FDA warning
Key clinical point: Electric power morcellation declined after the FDA recommended against using the technique during hysterectomy. Major finding...
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Women with ovarian cancer wait over a month to start treatment
Women diagnosed with ovarian cancer waited about 38 days, on average, from the initial concerning imaging test to initiation of treatment,...
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Oophorectomy cost-effective at 4% lifetime ovarian cancer risk
Key clinical point: Premenopausal risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy becomes cost-effective in women who have a 4% or greater lifetime risk of...
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VIDEO: Is hysterectomy still best for complex atypical hyperplasia?
WASHINGTON – Hysterectomy has long been the first-line therapy for complex atypical endometrial hyperplasia in patients who don’t desire to...
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Training impacted performance of surgical quality measures
INDIAN WELLS, CALIF. – Surgeons trained in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery were more likely to perform proposed quality measures...