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Robot assists laparoscopic surgery

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Raquel Harper

An estimated one out of nine American women will undergo a hysterectomy, a surgery to remove all or some of the uterus, at some point in their lifetime. Ten percent of these women will develop vaginal vault prolapse. Currently, transabdominal sacrocolpopexy is the most effective treatment option, but it is associated with increased morbidity compared with vaginal repairs, and many patients cannot tolerate the surgery. Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., recently evaluated the use of robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery for treating vaginal vault prolapse. The procedure...Read full article

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