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  2. Vesicovaginal fistulas (VVF) constitute the most common type of genitourinary fistulas. In developed countries, VVF are almost always iatrogenic and frequently a secondary result of gynecological surgery. Some...

    Authors: Antoni Llueca, Jose Luis Herraiz, Miguel Rodrigo, Yasmin Mazzouzi, Dolores Piquer, Miriam Guijarro, Arhoa Cañete and Javier Escrig

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:913

    Content type: Techniques and Instrumentation

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  3. Since the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy on a pregnant lady in 1991, a plethora of articles and case studies have been published addressing laparoscopy and their role in pregnancy. The Royal College of Obs...

    Authors: Mohammed Rizk and Haitham Salem

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:910

    Content type: Original Article

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  5. This paper demonstrates the feasibility of a salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy by transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES). Conventional, reusable laparoscopic instruments were u...

    Authors: Van Peer Sarah and Baekelandt Jan

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:904

    Content type: Techniques and Instrumentation

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  6. Endometriosis affects women in reproductive age and can involve bowel in 6–12 % of the patients. In case of bowel occlusion or deep pain, radical laparoscopic endometriosic surgery associated with bowel resect...

    Authors: Silvia Baggio, Paola Pomini, Alessandro Zecchin, Simone Garzon, Cecilia Bonin, Lorenza Santi, Anna Festi and Massimo Piergiuseppe Franchi

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:901

    Content type: Original Article

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  7. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility and safety of adnexectomy by transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) for benign adnexal masses. Conventional, reusable...

    Authors: Anneleen Reynders and Jan Baekelandt

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:900

    Content type: Techniques and Instrumentation

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  8. We report a case of a woman with chronic right-sided pelvic pain with an unusual combination of broad ligament defects and associated terminal ileum and caecum herniation. Reduction of the hernia and closure o...

    Authors: Charlotte Palmer, David Rowlands and Vasileios Minas

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:898

    Content type: Original Article

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  9. There is a concern regarding the risk of occult leiomyosarcomas found at surgery for presumed benign fibroids. We sought to produce a comprehensive review of published data addressing this issue and provide hi...

    Authors: Elizabeth A. Pritts, David J. Vanness, Jonathan S. Berek, William Parker, Ronald Feinberg, Jacqueline Feinberg and David L. Olive

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:894

    Content type: Review Article

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  10. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) is making an increasingly significant contribution to the field of gynaecological surgery. RALS offers similar patient benefits to standard laparoscopic surgery (SL...

    Authors: A. M. Hurley, P. J. Kennedy, L. O’Connor, T. G. Dinan, J. F. Cryan, G. Boylan and B. A. O’Reilly

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:891

    Content type: Techniques and Instrumentation

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  11. Total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) in the presence of patients with previous cesarean section (CS) is becoming increasingly common. When performing TLH in these patients, bladder adhesions to the uterus may...

    Authors: C. Celle, C. Pomés, G. Durruty, M. Zamboni and M. Cuello

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:896

    Content type: Original Article

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  12. This review summarises current understanding and research on the association between anxiety and outpatient hysteroscopy. Women undergoing hysteroscopy suffer from significant levels of anxiety, with repercuss...

    Authors: Pietro Gambadauro, Ramesan Navaratnarajah and Vladimir Carli

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:895

    Content type: Review Article

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  13. To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of pictorial blood loss assessment chart (PBLAC) compared to objective measurements of menstrual blood loss (MBL), a systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cumulative Index t...

    Authors: Sherif A. El-Nashar, Sherif A. M. Shazly and Abimbola O. Famuyide

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:893

    Content type: Review Article

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  14. The objective of the study was to assess the safety and efficacy of conservative laparoscopic electrocoagulation adenomyolysis (CLEA) in the management of women with symptomatic adenomyosis. The study design i...

    Authors: Hosam Abdel-Fattah, Nasser El-Lakkany, Adel Saad Helal, Alaa Mosbah, El-Said Abdel-Hady and Mahmoud Abdel-Shaheed

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:890

    Content type: Original Article

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  15. Intrauterine and intraabdominal adhesions are a major cause for infertility. The most recent investigations have demonstrated the potential of intraperitoneal adhesion barriers combined with good surgical tech...

    Authors: Verguts Jasper, Bosteels Jan, Corona Roberta, Hamerlynck Tjalina, Mestdagh Greet, Nisolle Michelle, Puttemans Patrick, Squifflet Jean-Luc, Van Herendael Bruno and Weyers Steven

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:887

    Content type: Review Article

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  16. This study compares pain and tiredness experienced by a student and gynaecological surgeons of varying experience between straight sticks (SS) and single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) in vitro. Data was...

    Authors: Debjani Mukhopadhyay and Thomas E. J. Ind

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:888

    Content type: Techniques and Instrumentation

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  17. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and outcome of laparoscopic surgery in the management of large ovarian cysts in patients treated at a university hospital. Twelve patients with large (diamet...

    Authors: J. L. Herraiz Roda, J. A. Llueca Abella, C. Catalá Masó, Y. Maazouzi, M. Colecha Morales, A. Serra Rubert, D. Piquer Simó, C. Oliva Martí and E. Calpe Gómez

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:889

    Content type: Techniques and Instrumentation

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  18. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility and safety of total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) by single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) with conventional, reusable laparoscopic instrume...

    Authors: Anneleen Reynders and Jan Baekelandt

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:886

    Content type: Techniques and Instrumentation

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  20. In laparoscopy, specimens have to be removed from the abdominal cavity. If the trocar opening or the vaginal outlet is insufficient to pass the specimen, the specimen needs to be reduced. The power morcellator...

    Authors: Hans Brölmann, Vasilios Tanos, Grigoris Grimbizis, Thomas Ind, Kevin Philips, Thierry van den Bosch, Samir Sawalhe, Lukas van den Haak, Frank-Willem Jansen, Johanna Pijnenborg, Florin-Andrei Taran, Sara Brucker, Arnaud Wattiez, Rudi Campo, Peter O’Donovan and Rudy Leon de Wilde

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:878

    Content type: Review Article

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  22. The properties of meshes used in reconstructive surgery affect the host response and biomechanical characteristics of the grafted tissue. Whereas durable synthetics induce a chronic inflammation, biological gr...

    Authors: Masayuki Endo, Iva Urbankova, Jaromir Vlacil, Siddarth Sengupta, Thomas Deprest, Bernd Klosterhalfen, Andrew Feola and Jan Deprest

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:883

    Content type: Original Article

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  23. Heavy menstrual bleeding poses an important health problem, which can be managed, besides other treatments, with endometrial ablation. Nowadays, the bipolar radio frequency device (NovaSure) is the most common...

    Authors: I. Muller, J. van der Palen, D. Massop-Helmink, R. Vos-de Bruin and J. M. Sikkema

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:880

    Content type: Original Article

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  24. One recent innovation in the field of gynecology is laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS). It is associated with reduced postoperative pain and better cosmetic outcome. The present paper aims to explain ...

    Authors: Per Istre, Lars Franch Andersen and Henrik Halvor Springborg

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:881

    Content type: Techniques and Instrumentation

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  25. Studies have shown an increased risk of vaginal cuff dehiscence following total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH). Patient variables associated with dehiscence have not been well described. This study aims to id...

    Authors: Nicole M. Donnellan, Suketu Mansuria, Nancy Aguwa, Deirdre Lum, Leslie Meyn and Ted Lee

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:882

    Content type: Original Article

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  26. The risk of intraperitoneal fragment dissemination of uterine tissue, especially the dissemination of unexpected leiomyosarcoma during electromechanical morcellation, has been increasingly debated during the l...

    Authors: Henrik Halvor Springborg and Olav Istre

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:879

    Content type: Techniques and Instrumentation

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  28. The incidence and severity of endometriosis in adolescent are comparable with the incidence in adult women. The mean delay between the onset of symptoms and the final diagnosis varies between 6.4 and 11.7 year...

    Authors: Stephan Gordts, Patrick Puttemans, Sylvie Gordts and Ivo Brosens

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2015 12:877

    Content type: Opinion

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  29. The aim of this study is to verify that 10 % of N2O in CO2 sufficiently reduces pain to permit laparoscopy under local anesthesia. In nine patients undergoing laparoscopy under local anesthesia for tubal steriliz...

    Authors: Philippe R. Koninckx, Jasper Verguts, Roberta Corona, Leila Adamyan and Ivo Brosens

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 12:872

    Content type: Original Article

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  30. The benefits of fast track regimes, i.e. reduction in hospital stay and minimization of postoperative complications, have led to their widespread use. This study tested the feasibility of a fast track programm...

    Authors: Jakob Graves Rønk Dinesen, Birgit Hessellund and Lone Kjeld Petersen

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 12:874

    Content type: Techniques and Instrumentation

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  31. Although it is clear that laparoscopic surgery is beneficial to the patient, such surgery brings with it unique challenges and possible injury to the surgeon. Firstly, we sought to investigate the prevalence o...

    Authors: Declan Quinn and James Moohan

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 12:875

    Content type: Original Article

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  32. This was a prospective, longitudinal, multicenter, single-arm controlled trial, using independent core laboratory validation of MRI results, to establish the effectiveness and confirm the safety of the VizAbla...

    Authors: Marlies Bongers, Hans Brölmann, Janesh Gupta, José Gerardo Garza-Leal and David Toub

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 12:873

    Content type: Original Article

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  34. Undergraduate medical education does not usually involve training in laparoscopic skills despite the fact that minimal access surgery has become the norm in the developed world. We designed a study to evaluate...

    Authors: Taner Shakir, Tae Lee, Jeffrey Lim and Kevin Jones

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 11:870

    Content type: Opinion

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  35. In India, 5 to 18 % of females attending infertility clinics are diagnosed to be suffering from genital tuberculosis. The present study was conducted to find out the prevalence of endometrial tuberculosis in i...

    Authors: Subrat Kumar Mohakul, Venkata Radha Kumari Beela and Purnima Tiru

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 12:865

    Content type: Original Article

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  37. The purposes of this study were to evaluate and compare the technical feasibility and the patients’ pain during hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HyFoSy) using two different 2-mm balloon catheters. Randomized t...

    Authors: Dominique Van Schoubroeck, Thierry Van den Bosch, Lieveke Ameye, Thomas D’Hooghe and Dirk Timmerman

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 12:867

    Content type: Techniques and Instrumentation

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  38. The aim of this study is to evaluate anatomical differences in vaginal length and axis between transvaginal mesh surgery (TVM) and laparoscopic sacropexy (LSC) by pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Twent...

    Authors: Hiromi Kashihara, Virginie Emmanuelli, Edouard Poncelet, Chrystèle Rubod, Jean-Philippe Lucot, Bram Pouseele and Michel Cosson

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 11:864

    Content type: Original Article

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  39. The objective of this study is to develop a risk-adjusted real-time quality control system in laparoscopic hysterectomy with respect to blood loss, operative time and adverse events in order to signal derailin...

    Authors: A. R. H. Twijnstra, M. D. Blikkendaal, S. R. C. Driessen, E. W. van Zwet, C. D. de Kroon and F. W. Jansen

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 11:866

    Content type: Original Article

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  40. To propose a novel procedure as a safe and effective treatment for cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP), a cohort study was initiated in patients diagnosed with CSP and treated with transvaginal hysterotomy from Dece...

    Authors: Zhang Huanxiao, Chen Shuqin, Jiang Hongye, Xie Hongzhe, Niu Gang, Xu Chengkang, Guan Xiaoming and Yao Shuzhong

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 12:863

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  41. Authors: Jan Bosteels, Ben Van Calster, Steven Weyers, Frederic Amant and Jan Deprest

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 11:858

    Content type: Editorial Comment

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  42. This retrospective observational study was designed to assess patients’ satisfaction after anterior rectopexy, with or without sacropexy, for treatment of symptomatic rectocele in a group of women with anterio...

    Authors: M. J. W. Bogaerts-Samama, S. R. C. Driessen, E. Jenninga, J. B. V. M. Delemarre, J. B. Trimbos and M. E. Westerweel

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 11:862

    Content type: Original Article

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  44. The management of patients with breast cancer during pregnancy is very demanding and it should be better performed in highly qualified and experienced centers. Referral to institutes and physicians trained in ...

    Authors: Antonio Toesca, Oreste Gentilini, Fedro Peccatori, Hatem A. Azim Jr. and Frederic Amant

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 11:860

    Content type: Review Article

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  47. The current case series was done to evaluate the feasibility of transfundal hysteroscopy (TFH) in helping the development of new cervical canal in cases with cervical aplasia. Five cases with obstructive cervi...

    Authors: Ali M. El Saman, Magdi M. Amin, Mohamad T. Khalaf, Dina M. Habib, Omar M. Shaaban and Alaa M. Ismail

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 11:856

    Content type: Techniques and Instrumentation

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  48. There is currently little guidance in the literature as to whether routine endometrial sampling is indicated after a normal or atrophic cavity has been visualised at outpatient hysteroscopy for post-menopausal...

    Authors: Siobhan Corcoran and Cathy Burke

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 11:855

    Content type: Short Communication

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  49. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of ovarian suspension to the round ipsilateral ligament with a resorbable suture, performed during laparoscopic surgery for endometrioma, on postoperative ovarian...

    Authors: Massimiliano Pellicano, Pierluigi Giampaolino, Giovanni Antonio Tommaselli, Ursula Catena, Carmine Nappi and Giuseppe Bifulco

    Citation: Gynecological Surgery 2014 11:854

    Content type: Original Article

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