Hysterectomy and salphingoopherectomy by Transvaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery(NOTES): Turkish surgeons' initial experience.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and early postoperative outcomes of hysterectomies and salpingo-oophorectomies using transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES).

Materials And Methods: The women undergoing vNOTES hysterectomies and salpingo-oophorectomies at a tertiary referral medical center between April 2016 and April 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. In all of the vNOTES procedures, a handmade glove port system comprised of a glove-wound retractor NOTES port was used.

Is cervical punch biopsy enough for the management of low-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia?

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the correlation between the histopathologic results of excisional procedure and cervical punch biopsy and to investigate the accuracy rates of colposcopic punch biopsy and cervical cytology to detect cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 2 and/or more severe lesions (CIN 2+).

Materials And Methods: Two hundred six patients who underwent excisional procedure in the gynecologic oncology clinic of the Zeynep Kamil Women and Children Diseases Education and Research Hospital between 2004 and 2011 were enrolled in a retrospective study.

Results: The correlation between the pathologic findings gained by excisional procedure and punch biopsy was weak ( p = .