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Volume 32, Issue 5
Publication date: November 1, 2006
Expiration date: November 1, 2009
Medical Director, Women’s Health and Breast Center, Franciscan Health System, Federal Way, Washington
Tommaso Falcone, MD
Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
Frank W. Ling, MD
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville; partner, Women’s Health Specialists, Memphis, Tennessee
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, the physician should be better able to:
1.
Describe the optimal approach for minimally invasive hysterectomy.
2.
Understand the counseling required for offering minimally invasive hysterectomy.
3.
Incorporate techniques to facilitate minimally invasive approaches to hysterectomy in obese women.
4.
Adopt a minimally invasive approach for hysterectomy in the majority of patients.
5.
Incorporate evidence-based guidelines for avoidance of complications during minimally invasive hysterectomy.
