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  2. Uterine myomectomy - Wikipedia

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    It is well known that myomectomy surgery is associated with a higher risk of uterine rupture in later pregnancy. [8] Thus, women who have had myomectomy (with the exception of small submucosal myoma removal via hysteroscopy, or largely pedunculated myoma removal) should get Cesarean delivery to avoid the risk of uterine rupture that is commonly ...

  3. Morcellator - Wikipedia

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    A morcellator is a surgical instrument used for division and removal of large masses of tissues during laparoscopic surgery. [1] In laparoscopic hysterectomy the uterus is cut up in strips, or morcellated, into smaller pieces inside the patient's abdominal cavity in order to extract from the abdomen.

  4. Bonney myomectomy clamp - Wikipedia

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    The Bonney myomectomy clamp is a surgical clamp developed in the interwar years by gynaecologist Victor Bonney to provide a blood free environment when performing a myomectomy to remove uterine fibroids. It allowed the conservation of the uterus and the resulting preservation of fertility in women of reproductive age who wished to have children.

  5. Uterine fibroid - Wikipedia

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    A laparotomic myomectomy (also known as an open or abdominal myomectomy) is the most invasive surgical procedure to remove fibroids. The physician makes an incision in the abdominal wall and removes the fibroids from the uterus. Laparoscopic myomectomy has less pain and shorter time in hospital than open surgery. [65]

  6. da Vinci Surgical System - Wikipedia

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    Hysterectomy, myomectomy and sacrocolpopexy; Hiatal hernia and inguinal hernia repair; GI surgeries including resections and cholecystectomy; Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for head and neck cancer; Lung transplantation, the da Vinci System has been used in the world's first fully robotic surgery of this kind thanks to a pioneering technique. [6]

  7. Victor Bonney - Wikipedia

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    This setback led to Bonney's lifelong advocacy for the more conservative surgery of myomectomy over the more radical hysterectomy, [2] [9] arguing that "Since cure without deformity or loss of function must ever be surgery's highest ideal, the general proposition that myomectomy is a greater surgical achievement than hysterectomy is incontestable."

  8. List of -ectomies - Wikipedia

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    Kyphectomy is a specific surgery on the spine. L ... Myomectomy is the removal of fibroids from the uterus, but the uterus is left intact. N

  9. Instruments used in obstetrics and gynecology - Wikipedia

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    One end of the tube has a roughly spherical metal weight surrounding the channel of the speculum. A weighted speculum is placed in the vagina during vaginal surgery with the patient in the lithotomy position. The weight holds the speculum in place and frees the surgeon's hands for other tasks. Auvard's speculum