TY - JOUR
T1 - Pediatric and adolescent gynecology
T2 - Treatment perspectives in minimally invasive surgery
AU - Pelizzo, Gloria
AU - Nakib, Ghassan
AU - Calcaterra, Valeria
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is widely utilized across multiple surgical disciplines, including gynecology. To date, laparoscopy is considered a common surgical modality in children and adolescents to treat gynecological conditions. Robotic surgical devices were developed to circumvent the limitations of laparoscopy and have expanded the surgical armamentarium with better magnification, dexterity enhanced articulating instruments with 5-7 degrees of freedom, and ability to scale motion thus eliminating physiologic tremor. There are well-documented advantages of MIS over laparotomy, including decreased post-operative pain, shorter recovery times, and better cosmetic results. Indications for MIS in pediatric gynecology are reported in this review and technical considerations are described to highlight new treatment perspectives in children and adolescents, which have already been described in the literature regarding adult patients.
AB - Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is widely utilized across multiple surgical disciplines, including gynecology. To date, laparoscopy is considered a common surgical modality in children and adolescents to treat gynecological conditions. Robotic surgical devices were developed to circumvent the limitations of laparoscopy and have expanded the surgical armamentarium with better magnification, dexterity enhanced articulating instruments with 5-7 degrees of freedom, and ability to scale motion thus eliminating physiologic tremor. There are well-documented advantages of MIS over laparotomy, including decreased post-operative pain, shorter recovery times, and better cosmetic results. Indications for MIS in pediatric gynecology are reported in this review and technical considerations are described to highlight new treatment perspectives in children and adolescents, which have already been described in the literature regarding adult patients.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Gynecology
KW - Minimally invasive surgery
KW - Pediatric
KW - Pediatric surgery
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U2 - 10.4081/pr.2019.8029
DO - 10.4081/pr.2019.8029
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85077166694
VL - 11
SP - 64
EP - 71
JO - Pediatric Reports
JF - Pediatric Reports
SN - 2036-749X
IS - 4
ER -