Advances in Gynaecological Surgery

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii FOREWORD ix Professor Christopher Sutton PREFACE xi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xii INTRODUCTION xiii E Downes 1 Microendoscopy in Gynaecology 1(12) P J O'Donovan, JK Gupta 2 Laparoscopy in Urogynaecology 13(10) ARB Smith 3 Decision Analysis in Surgery 23(10) JG Thornton 4 Current Advances in Surgery for Stress Incontinence 33(18) L Cardozo, J Bidmead 5 Vaginal Surgery - what can't we do? 51(16) SS Sheth 6 Laparoscopic Colposuspension 67(12) S Pringle, R Hawthorn 7 Vault Prolapse - can it be prevented? 79(8) DA Johns 8 Photodynamic Therapy in Gynaecology 87(12) MJ Gannon 9 Virtual Reality Surgery 99(6) N McClure, AG Gallagher, J McGuigan 10 New Surgical Techniques for the Treatment of Menorrhagia 105(20) NN Amso, E Tsakos 11 Laparoscopic myomectomy: techniques and results 125(10) JB Dubuisson, C Chapron, A Fauconnier 12 Management ofVaginal Prolapse after Hysterectomy 135(12) P Hogston 13 Recent Advances in Gynaecological Oncology Surgery 147(10) RAF Crawford 14 What is the Current Role of Endometrial Ablation and Resection? 157(12) DE Parkin 15 Strategies to Avoid Complications in Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic Surgery 169(20) TC Li, P McGurgan, PJ O'Donovan 16 Microwave Endometrial Ablation in the Outpatient Setting 189(10) N Sharp 17 The Filshie Clip: current uses and future developments 199(8) SMF Ismail, GM Filshie 18 Recent Advances in Electrosurgery - Versapoint™ technology 207(10) M Farrugia, P McGurgan, DL McMillan, PJ O'Donovan INDEX 217