Robotic Single-Site Tubal Reanastomosis: The Robotic Factor.

Study Objective: To investigate the advantages of using robotic assistance in tubal reanastomosis surgery.

Design: A narrated instructional video.

Setting: University Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas (Canadian Task Force Classification III).

Transvaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery Myomectomy: A Novel Route for Uterine Myoma Removal.

Study Objective: Transvaginal surgery is the most minimally invasive surgery for a gynecologic procedure, but it has the limitation of lack of exposure and limited surgical space when using traditional vaginal surgical instrumentation, such as in a hysterectomy for a uterus without descent or for a myomectomy. Transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) offers similar benefits of traditional vaginal surgery but also expands the horizon of transvaginal surgery by allowing the surgeon to perform procedures that are typically limited to an abdominal approach. The advantages of NOTES may include no incisional pain as well as a better cosmetic outcome.

A Randomized Controlled Trial for Abdominal Binder Use after Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Surgery.

Study Objective: To compare postoperative pain in patients using an abdominal binder with a control group after laparoendoscopic single-site (LESS) surgery.

Design: A randomized controlled trial (Canadian Task Force classification level 1).

Setting: An academic gynecologic surgeon's practice.

Postoperative Pain After Single-Site Versus Multiport Hysterectomy.

Background And Objectives: With advances in laparoscopic surgery, the goal of surgeons and patients is to minimize pain to allow for faster recovery and return to normal daily activities. One of these advances is single-site surgery. In this study, we compared postoperative pain in laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) to that in traditional multiple-incision hysterectomy.