• During a laparoscopic hysterectomy, surgery is performed through dime-sized incisions in the navel or abdomen. This type of surgery leaves tiny abdominal scars that are about one-half inch ...

New Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Offers Quicker Recovery Time, Fewer Side Effects Than Traditional Surgery Date: March 24, 2005 Source: University Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center At Dallas ...

A study has compared the relative risks of laparoscopic hysterectomy (with morcellation) with abdominal surgery for hysterectomy in premenopausal women undergoing surgery for presumed uterine ...

The model evaluates outcomes according to the probability of complications specific to laparoscopic and abdominal surgery.

Using a hypothetical cohort of 100,000 women over a five-year time horizon, the investigators found that, while there would be more deaths from malignant leiomyosarcoma with laparoscopic surgery ...

The Israeli subsidiary of Simbionix USA and a Florida medical school have received a grant of an unspecified amount to develop a laparoscopic hysterectomy surgery simulator. The grant comes from ...