Hysterectomy

Part I. Historical Background

1. The History of Hysterectomy
Christopher J. G. Sutton

2. History of Radical Hysterectomy
Karl Tamussino

Part II. Topographical Anatomy

3. Topographical Anatomy for Hysterectomy Procedures
Thilo Wedel

Part III. Imaging and Diagnostics

4. Clinical Diagnostics Before Hysterectomy
Stefan Rimbach

5. Ultrasound Imaging
Werner Dürr

6. Radio-Imaging for Benign Uterine Disease
Céline D. Alt-Radke

7. Radio-Imaging for Malignant Uterine Disease
Céline D. Alt-Radke

8. Interventional Diagnostics Before Hysterectomy
Sergio Haimovich

Part IV. Extended Aspects Regarding Indications and Contraindications

9. Evidence Based Review of Hysterectomy and Sexuality
Farah Lone

10. Guidelines and Recommendations of Scientific Societies and Associations for Hysterectomy
Klaus Neis, Felix Neis

11. Choosing the Correct Hysterectomy Technique
Linda-Dalal J. Shiber, Resad Pasic

12. Indications for Salpingectomy
Roberta Venturella

13. Indications for Oophorectomy and Adnexectomy
William H. Parker

14. Uterine Sarcomas and Atypical Smooth-Muscle Tumors: Clinic, Diagnostics and Appropriate Surgical Therapy
Günter Köhler, Marek T. Zygmunt

15. Uterine Morcellation
Courtney J. Steller, Charles E. Miller

Part V. Surgical Education and Training

16. Learning by Doing: How to Teach Hysterectomy
Carolin Spüntrup, Marc Banerjee, Elmar Spüntrup

17. Communicative and Ethical Aspects of the Doctor-Patient Relationship in Extreme Situations
Ibrahim Alkatout

Part VI. Macroscopic and Microscopic Pathological Aspects

18. Processing and Histopathological Workup of Hysterectomy Specimens
Lars-Christian Horn, Anne K. Höhn

Part VII. Specific Hematological and Anesthesiological Aspects

19. Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy in the Periprocedural Period of Patients Undergoing Hysterectomy
Verena Limperger, Florian Langer, Rolf Mesters, Ralf Ulrich Trappe, Ulrike Nowak-Göttl

20. Anaesthesia in Gynaecology
Michael Sonntagbauer

Part VIII. Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Extended Procedures for Benign and Malignant Indications

21. Indications and Contraindications for Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Helder Ferreira, António Braga

22. Preparation (Medical History, Surgical Set-Up, Antibiotics, Anticoagulants)
Magdalena Zalewski, Mohamed Elessawy

23. Instrumentation Systems, Apparatus and Materials in Hysterectomy
Liselotte Mettler, Ibrahim Alkatout, Artin Ternamian

24. Uterine Manipulators for Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Prashant Mangeshikar, Abhishek P. Mangeshikar

25. Diagnostic Laparoscopy and Final Site Recognition
Julia Serno

26. General Aspects and Their Handling: Adhesions
Andreas Hackethal, Jörg Engel, Hans-Rudolf Tinneberg, Sebastian F. M. Häusler

27. Comorbidities
Ralf Rothmund

28. General Surgery Conditions and Techniques for Gyne-Endoscopic Surgeons
John E. Morrison

29. Fibroids in Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Xiaofeng Zhao, Lu Huang, Sheng Xu

30. Symptomatic Fibroids as Main Indication for Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Their Handling
Liselotte Mettler, Ibrahim Alkatout

31. Uterine-Preserving Operative Therapy of Uterus Myomatosus
Andrea Tinelli, Ospan A. Mynbaev, Daniele Vergara, Silvia Tommaso, Sandro Gerli, Alessandro Favilli, Ivan Mazzon, Radmila Sparic, Marina Eliseeva, Sergei S. Simakov, Alexander A. Danilov, Antonio Malvasi

32. Laparoscopic Subtotal Hysterectomy (LSH)
Bernd Bojahr, Garri Tchartchian

33. Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy for Large Uteri
Funlayo Odejinmi, Reeba Oliver

34. Cervical Stump Extirpation
Peter Oppelt

35. Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for the Small and Normal-Sized Uterus
Ibrahim Alkatout

36. Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in Patients with Bulky Uterus
Guenter K. Noé, Michael Anapolski

37. Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for the Patient with Concomitant Pelvic Organ
Shanti I. Mohling, Robert S. Furr, C. Y. Liu

38. Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy in Prolapse Situations
Hsin-Hong Kuo, Chyi-Long Lee

39. Radical Hysterectomy and Pelvic Lymphadenectomy (French School)
Gabriele Centini, Rodrigo P. Fernandes, Karolina Afors, Rouba Murtada, Marco Fabián Puga, Arnaud Wattiez

40. Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy with Pelvic Lymphadenectomy (Spanish School)
Antonio Gil-Moreno, Sabina Salicrú, Berta Diaz-Feijoo, Blanca Gil-Ibáñez

41. Total Laparoscopic Nerve-Sparing Radical Hysterectomy
Hiroyuki Kanao, Nobuhiro Takeshima

42. Modified Nerve-Sparing Radical-Like Hysterectomy for Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis
Stefano Uccella, Jvan Casarin, Fabio Ghezzi

43. Laparoscopic Total Mesometrial Resection (L-TMMR)
Vito Chiantera, Alessandro Lucidi, Giuseppe Vizzielli

44. Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy for Malignant Indications: Laparoscopic Trachelectomy
Vito Chiantera, Alessandro Lucidi, Marco Petrillo

45. Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy with Anterior and Posterior Exenteration – Gynecological Perspectives
Shailesh P. Puntambekar, Yamini M. Gadkari, Vikrant C. Sharma, Suyash S. Naval, Seema S. Puntambekar, Natasha U. Singbal

46. Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy (LRH) with Anterior and Posterior Exenteration: Urological Perspectives
Jens J. Rassweiler, Ali S. Gözen, Marcel Fiedler, Jan T. Klein

47. LRH with Anterior and Posterior Exenteration: Surgical Perspectives
Gwenael Ferron, Juan J. Torrent, Christophe Pomel, Bernard Malavaud, D. Querleu, Alejandra Martinez

48. Hysterectomy in the Surgical Management of Endometriosis
Rouba Murtada, Gabriele Centini, Karolina Afors, Arnaud Wattiez

49. Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (TLH) in Obese Patients
Raffaele Tinelli, Ettore Cicinelli

50. Laparoendoscopic Single-Site (LESS) Hysterectomy
Anna Fagotti, Cristiano Rossitto, Francesco Fanfani, Giovanni Scambia

51. Laparoscopic Pelvic and Paraaortic Lymphonodectomy
Bernd Holthaus, Sven Becker

52. Surgical Techniques of Laparoscopic Omentectomy
Jun Ho Lee, Jieun Kim

53. Final Steps and Postoperative Considerations
Monika Martina Wölfler

54. Extraperitoneal Hysterectomy-Total Pelvic Peritonectomy Combined with the Segmental Resection of the Rectosigmoid
Massaki Andou

Part IX. Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Extended Procedures for Benign and Malignant Indications

55. Indications and Contraindications to Robotic-Assisted Hysterectomy
Melissa H. Lippitt, Edward J. Tanner, Amanda Nickles Fader

56. Preparation of Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Martin Heubner

57. Instruments, Apparatuses and Uterine Manipulators for Hysterectomy with Special Focus on Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Mona E. Orady

58. Diagnostic Laparoscopy via the Da Vinci Robot in General and Site Recognition
Agnieszka Oleszczuk-Cosse

59. General Aspects and Their Handling: Adhesions
Alexander Liberto, Kubilay Ertan

60. General Aspects and Their Handling: Comorbidities
Celine Lönnerfors, Jan Persson

61. General Aspects and Their Handling: General Surgery Conditions and Techniques for Robotic Hysterectomy
Jan-Hendrik Egberts

62. Robotic Assisted Supracervical Hysterectomy
Noam Smorgick

63. Cervical Stump Extirpation with Regard to Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Hung-Cheng Lai, Yu-Chi Wang

64. Robotic-Assisted Total Hysterectomy: Hysterectomy Techniques in the Normal-Sized and Small Uterus
Megan N. Wasson, Javier F. Magrina

65. Robotic-Assisted Total Hysterectomy: Hysterectomy Techniques for the Large Uterus
Dan-Arin Silasi

66. Robotic-Assisted Total Hysterectomy: Hysterectomy Techniques in Prolapse Situations
Emad Matanes, Roy Lauterbach, Lior Lowenstein

67. Robotic-Assisted Radical Hysterectomy
Emma L. Barber, John F. Boggess

68. Robotic-Assisted Radical Hysterectomy (RRH) as Nerve-Sparing Procedure
Gun Oh Chong, Yoon S. Lee

69. Robotic-Assisted Radical Hysterectomy as Compartmental Resection According to rTMMR and rPMMR
Rainer Kimmig

70. Robotically Assisted Therapeutic Pelvic and Paraaortic Lymphadenectomy in Uterine Cancer
Rainer Kimmig

71. Robot Assisted Laparoscopic Fertility Sparing Radical Trachelectomy
Jan Persson

72. Robotic-Assisted Radical Hysterectomy with Anterior and Posterior Exenteration-Urological Perspectives
Saad Hatahet, Ahmad Shabsigh, Dimitrios Moschonas, Petros Sountoulides

73. Robotic-Assisted Radical Hysterectomy with Anterior and Posterior Exenteration: Surgical Perspective
Sanghoon Lee, Seok Ho Kang, Seon Hahn Kim, Jae Yun Song

74. Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Endometriosis
Camran Nezhat, Erika Balassiano, Ceana H. Nezhat, Azadeh Nezhat

75. Hysterectomy Techniques for Obese Patients
Amanda M. Hill, Lindsay Clark Donat, Masoud Azodi

76. Robotic-Assisted Single-Port Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Vito Cela, Nicola Pluchino, Letizia Freschi

77. Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Pelvic and Paraaortic Lymphadenectomy
Jan Persson

78. Techniques for Gastrocolic and Infracolic Robotic Omentectomy
Gerald Feuer, Nisha Lakhi

79. Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: Final Steps and Postoperative Considerations
Bahriye Aktas

Part X. Abdominal Hysterectomy and Extended Procedures for Benign and Malignant Indications

80. Abdominal Hysterectomy: Indications and Contraindications
Russalina Mavrova, Julia C. Radosa, Ingolf Juhasz-Böss, Erich-Franz Solomayer

81. Abdominal Hysterectomy: Preparation
Siew Fei Ngu, Karen K. L. Chan

82. Abdominal Hysterectomy: Instrumentation and Apparatuses
Siew Fei Ngu, Karen K. L. Chan

83. Midline Laparotomy
Carol E. H. Scott-Conner

84. Transverse Incisions
Carol E. H. Scott-Conner

85. Adhesions
Carol E. H. Scott-Conner

86. Comorbidities and Abdominal Hysterectomy
Katherine Nixon, Christina Fotopoulou

87. Subtotal Abdominal Hysterectomy
Zouhair Amarin

88. Cervical Stump Extirpation
Marcella L. Roenneburg

89. Total Abdominal Hysterectomy in Benign Conditions: Hysterectomy Techniques for the Normal-Sized and Small Uterus
Engelbert Hanzal

90. Total Abdominal Hysterectomy in Benign Indications: Hysterectomy Techniques for the Large Uterus
Atul P. Munshi, Sujal A. Munshi

91. Treatment for Prolapse of the Uterus: Cervico-Sacropexy (CESA) and Cervico-Recto-Sacropexy (CERESA)
Wolfram Jaeger

92. Vaginal Vault Prolapse: Replacement of the Uterosacral Ligaments by Vaginosacropexy (VASA) or Vaginorectosacropexy (VARESA)
Wolfram Jaeger

93. Uterine Prolapse Repair without Removing the Uterus: Uterosacropexy and Uterorectosacropexy
Wolfram Jaeger

94. Total Abdominal Hysterectomy with Electrosurgical Bipolar Vessel Sealing
Ilgın Türkçüoğlu, Rauf Melekoğlu

95. Peripartum Hysterectomy
Alexander Strauss

96. Abdominal Hysterectomy for Obese Patients
Emad Mikhail

97. Wertheim-Meigs Abdominal Radical Hysterectomy and Lymphadenectomy
Giorgio Bogani, Andrea Papadia, Francesco Raspagliesi, Andrea Mariani

98. Okabayashi Radical Hysterectomy
Tsutomu Tabata

99. Radical Abdominal Hysterectomy with Electrosurgical Bipolar Vessel Sealing
Satoru Kyo

100. ARH as a Nerve-Sparing Procedure
Tomoyasu Kato

101. Total and Peritoneal Mesometrial Resection
Benjamin E. Wolf, Nadja Dornhöfer

102. Radical Abdominal Trachelectomy
Rene Pareja, Pedro Ramirez

103. Radical Abdominal Hysterectomy with Anterior and Posterior Exenteration: Gynecological Perspectives
Ana-Maria Schmidt, Daniel Fink

104. Radical Abdominal Hysterectomy with Anterior Exenteration: Urological Perspectives
Siamak Daneshmand

105. Radical Abdominal Hysterectomy (RAH) with Anterior and Posterior Exenteration: Surgical Perspectives
Manol B. Sokolov

106. Pelvic and Para-aortic Lymph Node Dissection
Florian Heitz, Andreas Bois, Philipp Harter

107. Omentectomy
Katherine A. Nixon, Christina Fotopoulou

108. Abdominal Closure at Longitudinal and Horizontal Abdominal Incisions
Markus C. Fleisch, Philip M. Hepp

109. Abdominal Hysterectomy: Postoperative Care
Erich Franz Solomayer, Julia Caroline Radosa, Ingolf Juhasz-Böss, Russalina Mavrova

Part XI. Vaginal Hysterectomy and Extended Procedures for Benign and Malignant Indications

110. Indications and Contraindications of Vaginal Hysterectomy
Shalini Rajaram, Bindiya Gupta

111. Preparation for Vaginal Hysterectomy: History, Preoperative Assessment, Operative Set-up, Table, Antibiotics
Bindiya Gupta, Shalini Rajaram

112. Vaginal Hysterectomy: Instrumentation and Apparatuses
Carl W. Zimmerman

113. Colpotomy and the Modalities for Closure
Oz Harmanli

114. Adhesions
Shirish S. Sheth

115. Comorbidities Associated with Vaginal Hysterectomy
Laila Najjari

116. Vaginal Total Hysterectomy in Benign Indications: Hysterectomy Techniques in the Normal-Sized Uterus
Michael Stark, Dragan Belci

117. Hysterectomy Techniques for the Large Uterus
Stephen R. Kovac

118. Vaginal Total Hysterectomy in Benign Indications: Hysterectomy Techniques with Bipolar Diathermy System
Sumita Mehta, Anshuja Singla

119. The Advantages in the Selection and Use of Bipolar Vessel Sealing Devices in Vaginal Hysterectomy, Dependent on the Different Degrees of Operative Difficulty
Mohamed Ellaithy, Wael Agur

120. Hysterectomy Techniques in Prolapse Situations
Stephen T. Jeffery

121. Trachelectomy: Removal of Cervical Stump Following Supracervical Hysterectomy
Margaret G. Mueller, Kimberly Kenton

122. Vaginal Salpingo-Oophorectomy
Shirish S. Sheth

123. The Mayo Technique for Vaginal Hysterectomy
John A. Occhino

124. Vaginal-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy and Pelvic Lymphadenectomy
Christhardt Köhler, Giovanni Favero, Achim Schneider

125. Radical Vaginal Trachelectomy
Christhardt Köhler, Giovanni Favero, Achim Schneider

126. Difficult Vaginal Hysterectomy
Shikha Seth, Narendra Malhotra

127. Hysterectomy in Women Without Previous Vaginal Delivery
Kurush P. Paghdiwalla

128. Vaginal Hysterectomy in the Obese Patient
Karl Tamussino

129. Vaginal Cuff Dehiscence Following Hysterectomy
Michael L. Sprague, Katrin S. Arnolds, Stephen E. Zimberg, Tommaso Falcone

130. Postoperative Care
Karl-Günter Noé

Part XII. Conservative Management

131. What Is the Place of Myoma Surgery with the Advent of Selective Progesterone Receptor Modulators (SPRMs)?
Jacques Donnez, Olivier Donnez, Marie-Madeleine Dolmans

Part XIII. Future Perspectives

132. Future Perspectives in Hysterectomy
Artin Ternamian, Liselotte Mettler

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