Advances in Reconstructive Vaginal Surgery

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.

Table Of Contents
FEMALE PELVIS

Anatomy of the Pelvis and Female Pelvic Support Anatomy
Robert M. Rogers, Jr.

Applied Anatomy and Physiology
Thomas M. Julian

Evaluation and Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Carl W. Zimmerman

PREOPERATIVE AND INTRAOPERATIVE DECISION MAKING

How to Teach Vaginal Surgery
Carl W. Zimmerman and Thomas M. Julian

Antibiotic Prophylaxis with Vaginal Surgery
Sebastian Faro

Instruments, Sutures, and Staples
S. Robert Kovac and Carl W. Zimmerman

Use of Graft Material in Vaginal Surgery
Thomas M. Julian

UTERUS AND ADNEXA

Guidelines for Hysterectomy
S. Robert Kovac

Vaginal Hysterectomy
S. Robert Kovac and Carl W. Zimmerman

Vaginal Hysterectomy for the Enlarged Uterus
Octacilio Figueiredo Netto

Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy
S. Robert Kovac and Helio Retto

Subtotal Vaginal Hysterectomy and Myomectomy
Adam Magos

The Difficult Vaginal Hysterectomy
Robert F. Porges

Radical Vaginal Hysterectomy and Laparoscopic Lymphadenectomy
Ken Hatch

Vaginal Salpingo-oophorectomy
Stephen Larson

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE VAGINA

Anterior Vaginal Segment
S. Robert Kovac and Joseph T. Stubbs

Posterior Vaginal Segment
Carl W. Zimmerman

Superior Vaginal Segment
Steve Cruikshank

Surgery of the Urethra
Rodney Meeks

Neovagina
Leslie Breech

Colpocleisis
Carl W. Zimmerman

Neurological Examination for the Pelvic Surgeon
Niall T.M. Galloway

URINARY INCONTINENCE

Pubovaginal Slings
Roger Dmochowski

Mid-Urethral Slings: Pubic Bone Sling and Transobturator Sling
S. Robert Kovac and Xiufen Ding

Mid-Urethral Slings: Tension-Free Tape
Micky M. Karram

The Use of Urethral Bulking Agents and Artificial Urinary Sphincter
Niall T.M. Galloway

COLORECTAL PROBLEMS

Fecal Incontinence and Hemorrhoids
Sharon L. Dykes

Rectal Prolapse, Perineal Descent, and Rectocele
John S. Bruun and Karim Alavi

FISTULAS

Vesicovaginal, Urogenital, and Rectovaginal Fistulas
Rony Adam

RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF INTRAOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS

Injuries of the Urinary Tract
Ira Horowitz

Bowel Injuries
James E. Duncan and Ann C. Lowry

Hemorrhage
Howard W. Jones, III

Infections of the Genital Tract and Associated Structures
Sebastian Faro

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Sebastian Faro