Advances in Reconstructive Vaginal Surgery - Tapa dura

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 16-MAY-07, Volume 297, Robert P. Kauffman, MD, Department of Reproductive Medicine & Infertility, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Amarillo -- "This book should be of interest to any gynecologist who performs vaginal surgery and particularly to those who have been out of training for many years. It is also well suited to those who teach vaginal surgery and for physicians-in-training...It is a terrific and welcomed addition to my library. Gynecologic surgeons should not lose sight of the fact that vaginal hysterectomy is the minimally invasive hysterectomy procedure, and the skills and techniques that Kovac and Zimmerman enumerate will remain essential components of gynecologic practice for the foreseeable future."-Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

This text/DVD package is a step-by-step, thoroughly illustrated guide to state-of-the-art techniques in vaginal surgery. The book details the latest techniques and technologies for operating through the vagina, documents the evidence supporting the vaginal approach to most hysterectomies, and describes vaginal reconstructive surgeries for correcting many anatomic defects that cause patient problems. Opening sections review pelvic anatomy and discuss tools for vaginal surgery, including antibiotic prophylaxis. Subsequent sections focus on specific surgeries, including hysterectomies, reconstruction of the vagina, and techniques for treating urinary incontinence, colorectal problems, and fistulas. The final section discusses recognition and management of intraoperative and postoperative complications. A bound-in DVD contains digital videos of vaginal hysterectomy, repair of the anterior vaginal segment, site-specific colpocleisis, and total procendentia.