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Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in Patients with Bulky Uterus

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Total laparoscopic hysterectomy may be a serious challenge to surgical skills in patients with a bulky uterus. This chapter addresses this issue and gives some practical hands-on advice to master the situation under everyday conditions.

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  1. Department of OB/GYN, University of Witten/Herdecke, Hospital Dormagen, Dormagen, Germany

    Guenter K. Noé

  2. Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Community Hospital Dormagen, Dr.-Geldmacher-St. 20, Dormagen, 41540, Germany

    Michael Anapolski

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  1. Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Ibrahim Alkatout

  2. Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Liselotte Mettler

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Noé, G.K., Anapolski, M. (2018). Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in Patients with Bulky Uterus. In: Alkatout, I., Mettler, L. (eds) Hysterectomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22497-8_36

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