Many different vaginal, abdominal and laparoscopic procedures have been described to treat pelvic organ prolapse.
A survey among surgeons in Canada has shown that many respondents were not interested in incorporating the advanced laparoscopic procedures into their daily practice [9].
Robot-assisted surgery is currently receiving considerable attention because it has many advantages, such as improved operability and improved field of vision during laparoscopic procedures.
Although learning curves have been observed for many health technologies [17], only recently, they have become regularly used and reported for laparoscopic procedures [10, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23].
Many other techniques for the treatment of uterine descent have been described, including vaginal, abdominal and laparoscopic procedures.
Technological innovations, especially the use of laparoscopic procedures, have made for considerable gains in safety and efficacy.
Dr. Lo, who performs two to three laparoscopic procedures a week, said he was not surprised that video game experience could help improve surgical skills.
The laparoscopic procedures were all intentionally total laparoscopic hysterectomies (TLH).
While laparoscopic procedures are commonly believed to be less adhesiogenic and cause fewer de novo adhesions to form compared to open surgery [4, 5], for many procedures, the comparative risk of adhesion-related complications following open and laparoscopic gynaecological surgery is similar [3].
