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LATEST ARTICLES

Should you offer your patients office-based gynecologic surgery?

The last decade has seen a proliferation of technologies for office-based surgery (OBS) that allow many procedures once performed in a hospital or ambulatory surgery center (ASC) to be safely incorporated into office practice. Diagnostic and operative hysteroscopy, cystoscopy, non-resectoscopic endometrial ablation, and hysteroscopic tubal occlusion are examples of procedures that have moved into the practitioner's office.

Should you offer outpatient hysterectomy?

In this article, we explore the safety and efficacy of same-day discharge after minimally invasive hysterectomy for benign disease and review tips to help you offer early discharge to your patients.

Bilateral oophorectomy: Solving the risk/benefit equation — Choosing candidates, monitoring outcomes

Bilateral oophorectomy at the time of hysterectomy for benign disease has been commonly recommended to women over the age of 40 or 45 years to prevent development of ovarian cancer.

New techniques for treating stress urinary incontinence

Stress urinary incontinence, defined by the International Continence Society as the complaint of involuntary leakage on effort or exertion or on sneezing and coughing, affects 23% to 38% of the female population in the United States over the age of 20 years.

Simulation training for gynecologic surgery

The new surgical training model includes learning basic surgical skills, practicing on a model, watching videos and observing in the operating room, and performing a surgical procedure with feedback and evaluation.