Vaginal sub‐total hysterectomy—an early minimally invasive procedure

Vaginal sub‐total hysterectomy—an early minimally invasive procedure

In 1910, Arthur Wallace described a technique of sub-total vaginal hysterectomy. Similar to the contemporaneously described total Döderlein-Krönig technique (1906), this operation involved the removal of the uterine fundus by performing an anterior colpotomy and delivery of the fundus through this i...

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Veröffentlicht in:BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 2015-12, Vol.122 (13), p.1832-1832
1. Verfasser: Olah, Karl S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Female
History of medicine
Humans
Hysterectomy
Hysterectomy, Vaginal - methods
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - methods
Surgical techniques
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Zusammenfassung:In 1910, Arthur Wallace described a technique of sub-total vaginal hysterectomy. Similar to the contemporaneously described total Döderlein-Krönig technique (1906), this operation involved the removal of the uterine fundus by performing an anterior colpotomy and delivery of the fundus through this incision (Wallace AJ. BJOG 1910;18:269-71).
ISSN:1470-0328
1471-0528
DOI:10.1111/1471-0528.13464