Vaginal Hysterectomy using the ERBE BiClamp ® Bipolar Vessel Sealing System: A Case Series.

Autor: Blayney GV; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Antrim, Northern Ireland., Beirne JP; Ovarian Cancer Research Programme, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.; Northern Ireland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland., Hinds L; Royal-Jubilee Maternity Service, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland., Quinn D; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Antrim, Northern Ireland., Dorman GJ; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Ulster medical journal [Ulster Med J] 2017 Sep; Vol. 86 (3), pp. 167-171. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Sep 12.
Abstrakt: The ERBE BiClamp ® BVSS appears to be a safe and effective method of vaginal hysterectomy in this small single surgeon, single institution study; demonstrating efficient operative times, minimal blood loss and intraoperative morbidity with acceptable surgical outcomes. Its use contributes to the advancement of minimally invasive gynaecology and should be encouraged.
Competing Interests: Provenance: externally peer-reviewed Disclosure of Interests, Funding and Contribution to Authorship: We disclose no interests and no funding was obtained. The authors are solely responsible for this paper. GVB, LH and DQ collected the data. GVB and JPB conducted data analysis and the write up. GJD, DQ and JPB participated in the surgery and GJD was the supervising consultant and lead surgeon or surgeon directly supervising trainees. Ethical Approval: As this project was solely an audit of intra- and post-operative outcomes for the purposes of service evaluation it was not deemed necessary to submit to the Regional Ethics Committee for approval.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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