Oncology & Cancer

What to know about cervical cancer

Part of the reproductive system, the cervix connects the vagina to the uterus, also known as the womb. By collecting cervical cells (called the Pap smear after the scientist who pioneered the screening test in the mid-1900s), ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Laparoscopic niche resection may reduce related symptoms

(HealthDay)—Laparoscopic niche resection is associated with improvement in niche-related symptoms and/or fertility-related problems in women with a large niche (residual myometrium [RM]

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Resident trainees up operative times for hysterectomy

(HealthDay)—Resident participation in laparoscopic hysterectomy procedures for benign disease is associated with longer surgical time and small increases in the rates of postoperative reoperation and readmission, according ...

Surgery

Single-site laparoscopic surgery reduces pain of tumor removal

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that recovery from an emerging, minimally invasive surgical technique called Laparo-Endoscopic Single-Site Surgery (LESS) was less painful ...

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