Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy, Setting Up a Service at a Peripheral Teaching Hospital
Jim Tsaltas,1,2Gab Kovacs,1Jenny Dennis,1and Amanda Pratt1
Received09 Aug 1995
Revised08 May 1996
Accepted24 Jun 1996
Abstract
The establishment of a laparoscopically assisted hysterectomy program at Box Hill
Hospital is described. The first eight cases have been reviewed and recommendations are
made to other gynaecology units who wish to establish a minimally invasive gynaecological
surgery unit.