REMINDER/Slp3D and Atlanta's Northside Hospital Present Live Laparoscopic Sacral Colpopexy Surgical Webcast.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers REMINDER...for Wednesday (Dec. 10) ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2003 Live Webcast December 10, 2003 at 5:30 pm EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy (22:30 UTC) http://www.or-live.com/northside/1153 . Laparoscopic Laparoscopic A minimally-invasive surgical or diagnostic procedure that uses a flexible endoscope (laparoscope) to view and operate on structures in the abdomen. Mentioned in: Obstetrical Emergencies Sacral sacral /sa·cral/ (sa´kral) pertaining to the sacrum. sa·cral adj. In the region of or relating to the sacrum. sacral, adj pertaining to the sacrum. Colpopexy offers support for patients with vaginal vault prolapse prolapse Protrusion of an internal organ out of its normal place, usually of the rectum or uterus outside the body when supporting muscles weaken. The membrane lining the rectum can push out through the anus, most often in old people with constipation who strain during by method of suturing synthetic mesh that connects and supports the vagina to the sacrum sacrum: see spinal column. (tail bone). More than 600,000 women in the United States have a hysterectomy each year. And approximately 0.1 to 18.2 percent of these women will suffer vaginal vault prolapse, when the upper portion of the vagina (dome or apex) loses its normal shape and sags or bulges down into the vaginal canal or outside of the vagina. The condition is usually caused by weakness of the pelvic and vaginal support structures. However, a surgical procedure exists to offer much-needed support to these patients. Viewers to the live webcast will have the ability to email questions directly to the operating room for an on-camera response by the surgical team. The abdominal sacral colpopexy is one of the most successful operations for vaginal vault prolapse and offers excellent results. Involving the suturing a synthetic mesh that connects and supports the vagina to the sacrum (tailbone tail·bone n. See coccyx. ), this procedure is complex in its nature and requires great expertise for a favorable outcome. Over the past two years, Drs. John Miklos and Robert Moore have been performing the sacral colpopexy - what is normally an open procedure - laparoscopically. Many physicians and academicians do not believe the laparoscopic approach for sacral colpopexy can be performed in a safe and efficient manner. However, Drs, Miklos and Moore can perform this procedure in less time with more sutures than the open alternative. The doctors do not believe in changing the technique of the operation - only the mode of surgical access into the abdomen. By performing the sacral colpopexy laparoscopically, the doctors are able to reposition the vagina to its anatomic position in a minimally invasive manner, with less blood loss and smaller incisions, and more precisely than by doing it through an open laparotomy laparotomy /lap·a·rot·o·my/ (-rot´ah-me) incision through the flank or, more generally, through any part of the abdominal wall. lap·a·rot·o·my n. 1. . Learn more by watching a special webcast preview video at http://www.or-live.com/northside/1153 .The live webcast starts at 5:30 pm EST on Wednesday, December 10, 2003. |
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