Case Report

Mini-laparoscopic total hysterectomy: A case report

10.4274/tjod.76892

  • Fatih Şendağ
  • Ali Akdemir
  • Enes Taylan
  • Mehmet Kemal Öztekin

Turk J Obstet Gynecol 2014;11(2):137-138

Hysterectomy is one of the most common gynecological procedures in the world and because of well-known many advantages such as shorter hospital stay and faster recovery, decreased postoperative pain and better cosmetic results laparoscopic aproach is being widely performed. One of these current procedures is minilaparoscopic total hysterectomy. To the best of our knowledge, this case is the first minilaparoscopic total hysterectomy case in our country performed to a patient diagnosed with uterin fibroid. In this case report we evaluated the technique, advantages and disadvantages of the minilaparoscopic hysterectomy.

Keywords: Hysterectomy, laparoscopy, minilaparoscopy