Surgical Techniques

Transforming vaginal hysterectomy: 7 solutions to the most daunting challenges
Vaginal hysterectomy is a 21st Century approach, thanks to tools, techniques, and other refinements from the fields of laparoscopy and robotics
Rosanne M. Kho, MD, is Assistant Professor, Director of the Urogynecology Program, and Co-Director of the MIGS Fellowship Program at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, New York.
Rosanne M. Kho, MD, presents a video on the use of improved vaginal instruments during morcellation. Among the instruments she finds adaptable for vaginal surgery are: curving, articulating instruments; long, curved, and rounded knife handles; and modified long retractors and a single long vaginal pack for retraction.
Read Dr. Kho's Surgical Technique article, "Transforming vaginal hysterectomy: 7 solutions to the most daunting challenges" (August 2014)
Vaginal hysterectomy is a 21st Century approach, thanks to tools, techniques, and other refinements from the fields of laparoscopy and robotics
Reaction from Cheryl Iglesia, MD, Advisory Panel Member, to FDA’s 2-Day Hearing
Letters from readers, and a patient, on morcellation
Six experts exchange viewpoints on whether increasing use of the robot is warranted in benign gynecologic surgery
The most promising alternative to open power morcellation is morcellation in a bag, described here
Laparoscopic hysterectomy provided the shortest operating time with minimal blood loss when compared to the vaginal approach in a cohort of obese...