ArticleThe Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology2025
Adoption of vaginally assisted natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery for hysterectomy: A single tertiary experience.
Article in The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Single Centre Review of Hysterectomy by Abdominal Laparoscopy and Vaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2026Article
- Vaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (vNOTES) for Gynecological Procedures in Obese Patients: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundVaginal hysterectomy (VH) rate is declining despite being considered as the optimal minimally invasive option for hysterectomy with reduced operative time and length of stay compared with laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH). Vaginal assisted natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery hysterectomy (VANH) combines the advantages of both vaginal and endoscopic approach to surgery.
aimsTo report feasibility and early experience of a single surgeon adopting VANH at a tertiary Australian hospital. MATERIALS AND
methodsProspective review of the first 20 VANH cases with complete data set collected retrospectively including patient demographics, indication for surgery and perioperative outcomes.
resultsThe median age of the first 20 participants was 51.5 years (47-57 years of age) and the median body mass index was 33.5 kg/m
conclusionsVANH is feasible but there is a learning curve to achieve competence in this technique, which requires adequate training in the early stages of adoption with careful case selection. Until further robust data is available to determine the clinical benefit and safety profile of VANH, patients should be carefully counselled and the decision on mode of hysterectomy be individualised.
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