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Table 1 Classification of the procedure

From: A 9-year experience of laparoscopic hysterectomy in a UK district general hospital

Technique

Number (363)

Type1: Laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomya

1

Type 2: Laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomyb

22

Type 3: Laparoscopic hysterectomyc

297

Type 4: Laparoscopic total hysterectomyd

43

  1. aDissection to the level of the uterine body including uterine vessels
  2. bDissection to the level of the uterine vessels
  3. cDissection of the cardinal and uterosacral ligaments
  4. dDissection of the uterosacral ligaments with laparoscopic opening of the vagina
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