What are the different types of hysterectomy surgeries?

Types of Hysterectomy

• Total Hysterectomy. The surgeon removes your uterus and your cervix, but not your ovaries.
• Hysterectomy with Oophorectomy. The surgeon removes your uterus, one or both of your ovaries, and sometimes your fallopian tubes.
• Radical Hysterectomy.
• Supracervical Hysterectomy.

What are the three surgical approaches to hysterectomy?

Types of techniques A hysterectomy can be done through the vagina, the abdomen or with laparoscopy. “The choice will depend on why you are having the surgery, your medical history, and the surgeon’s expertise,” says Dr.

What is the new procedure for a hysterectomy?

There is a relatively new type of hysterectomy that is called laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy or SCH, for short. SCH can greatly reduce hospital stay, postoperative pain, and recovery time when compared with older “traditional” surgical hysterectomy procedures.

What is the difference between 58552 and 58571?

58552 is a LAVH. Lap Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy and the 58571 is for TLH, Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy.

Which hysterectomy procedure is best?

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) says the safest, least invasive and most cost-effective way to remove a uterus for non-cancerous reasons is a vaginal hysterectomy, rather than laparoscopic or open surgery.

What is a Davinci hysterectomy?

Da Vinci hysterectomy is performed as an alternative to traditional methods which may include open surgery, laparoscopic surgery or vaginal hysterectomy. It uses robot-assisted technology in which a console is used by the surgeon who can perform precise and complex manipulations of instruments through wrist action.

Which type of hysterectomy is best?

What is a Supracervical hysterectomy?

Listen to pronunciation. (SOO-pruh-SER-vih-kul HIS-teh-REK-toh-mee) Surgery to remove the uterus, but not the cervix. Also called partial hysterectomy and subtotal hysterectomy.

Is vaginal or robotic hysterectomy better?

Compared to the abdominal approach, vaginal hysterectomy is significantly associated with improved outcomes including shorter length of hospital stay, faster return to normal activity, and less postoperative febrile morbidity. When comparing vaginal to laparoscopic routes, evidence favors the vaginal approach.

Which hysterectomy is best?

What is Culdoscopy surgery?

The Procedure A culdoscope—a type of endoscope with a light, used to visualize female pelvic organs—is inserted through the incision into the peritoneal cavity (the space within the abdomen that contains the intestines, the stomach, and the liver). The culdoscope helps the surgeon to locate the fallopian tubes.

What is a Sacrocolpopexy?

A sacrocolpopexy is a surgical procedure used to treat pelvic organ prolapse. Pelvic organ prolapse is a condition that is caused by a weakening of the normal support of the pelvic floor, and is similar to a hernia in the vagina.