Complication rate of uterine morcellation in laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy: a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Over the last decades minimally invasive surgical techniques are increasingly used to treat symptomatic leiomyomas, providing the patient decreased morbidity and more rapid return to daily activities. Morcellation is the fragmentation of a large mass into smaller pieces to make resection through port incisions possible. Over the last year there has been a discussion worldwide about the safety of morcellation.

[Compartment syndrome following laparoscopic procedures in the lithotomy position].

A laparoscopic tubectomy in the lithotomy position was performed on a healthy 31-year-old woman, as treatment following an extra-uterine pregnancy. The operation proceeded without complications and took 60 minutes. However, on the third day following surgery the woman was diagnosed with compartment syndrome, which was treated with three-compartment fasciotomy.

Diagnostic hysteroscopy: a valuable diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of structural intra-cavital pathology and endometrial hyperplasia or carcinoma?. Six years of experience with non-clinical diagnostic hysteroscopy.

Objective: 1045 diagnostic hysteroscopic procedures performed throughout six consecutive years were evaluated, focussing on its value in diagnosing endometrial hyperplasia and carcinoma.

Design: Retrospective study performed in the gynaecological endoscopy clinic of a training hospital. Subjects were 1045 pre- and post-menopausal patients.