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Foreword 1 ; Foreword 2 ; Foreword 3 ; Foreword 4 ; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Historical Background; 1: The History of Hysterectomy; Introduction: The Ancient Greek Understanding of Female Pelvic Anatomy; The First Vaginal Hysterectomies; The Middle Ages; The First Elective Vaginal Hysterectomies; The First Laparotomy: Christmas Day 1809; The Father of Abdominal Surgery: Ephraim McDowell; The Patient: Jane Todd-Crawford; The Operation on McDowell's Kitchen Table; The Ovariotomists: Pioneers of Ovarian Surgery
The World's First Abdominal Hysterectomy November 17th 1843 The First Successful Abdominal Hysterectomy in the World; The First Successful Abdominal Hysterectomy in Europe; Gynaecological Surgery in the Late Nineteenth Century; Dr. Keith Ends the Dark Period of Appallingly High Mortality; Refinements of Technique at the End of the Nineteenth Century; Radical Hysterectomy for Cervical Cancer; The Development of Hysterectomy in the Twentieth Century; The Modern Era: The Introduction of Laparoscopic Surgery; Dr. Reich Performs the First Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Development of Laparoscopic Subtotal Hysterectomy and Introduction of New Laparoscopic Instrumentation for Hysterectomy The Introduction of Robotic Laparoscopic Surgery; The Choice of the Best Route for Hysterectomy; References; 2: History of Radical Hysterectomy; References; Part II: Topographical Anatomy; 3: Topographical Anatomy for Hysterectomy Procedures; Compartments of the Female Pelvic Cavity; Female Pelvic Floor; Uterus; Uterine Adnexa; Uterine Ligaments, Parametrium and Mesometrium; Broad Ligaments; Parametrium and Transverse Cervical Ligaments; Uterosacral Ligaments
Pubocervical Ligaments Mesometrium; Blood Vessel Supply of Female Pelvic Viscera; Superior Vesical Artery; Uterine Artery; Vaginal Artery; Middle Rectal Artery; Obturator Artery; Internal Pudendal Artery; Inferior Gluteal Artery; Iliolumbar Artery; Lateral Sacral Arteries; Superior Gluteal Artery; Pelvic Veins; Lymph Nodes and Lymphatic Drainage of the Uterus and Uterine Adnexa; External Iliac Lymph Nodes; Internal Iliac Lymph Nodes; Common Iliac Lymph Nodes; Presacral Lymph Nodes; Obturator Lymph Nodes; Parametrial/Mesometrial Lymph Nodes; Inframesenteric Lymph Nodes
Supramesenteric/Infrarenal Lymph Nodes Autonomic Nerves of the Female Pelvis; Sympathetic Nerves; Parasympathetic Nerves; Inferior Hypogastric Plexus; Ureter; Abdominal Segment; Pelvic Segment; Blood Vessel and Nerve Supply; Greater Omentum; Anterior Abdominal Wall; References; Part III: Imaging and Diagnostics; 4: Clinical Diagnostics Before Hysterectomy; Introduction; Diagnostic Tools Overview; Patient History; Physical and Gynecological Examination; Cervical Cytology and Colposcopy; Imaging Techniques: Ultrasonography and MRI; Laboratory Investigations; Conclusion
The World's First Abdominal Hysterectomy November 17th 1843 The First Successful Abdominal Hysterectomy in the World; The First Successful Abdominal Hysterectomy in Europe; Gynaecological Surgery in the Late Nineteenth Century; Dr. Keith Ends the Dark Period of Appallingly High Mortality; Refinements of Technique at the End of the Nineteenth Century; Radical Hysterectomy for Cervical Cancer; The Development of Hysterectomy in the Twentieth Century; The Modern Era: The Introduction of Laparoscopic Surgery; Dr. Reich Performs the First Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Development of Laparoscopic Subtotal Hysterectomy and Introduction of New Laparoscopic Instrumentation for Hysterectomy The Introduction of Robotic Laparoscopic Surgery; The Choice of the Best Route for Hysterectomy; References; 2: History of Radical Hysterectomy; References; Part II: Topographical Anatomy; 3: Topographical Anatomy for Hysterectomy Procedures; Compartments of the Female Pelvic Cavity; Female Pelvic Floor; Uterus; Uterine Adnexa; Uterine Ligaments, Parametrium and Mesometrium; Broad Ligaments; Parametrium and Transverse Cervical Ligaments; Uterosacral Ligaments
Pubocervical Ligaments Mesometrium; Blood Vessel Supply of Female Pelvic Viscera; Superior Vesical Artery; Uterine Artery; Vaginal Artery; Middle Rectal Artery; Obturator Artery; Internal Pudendal Artery; Inferior Gluteal Artery; Iliolumbar Artery; Lateral Sacral Arteries; Superior Gluteal Artery; Pelvic Veins; Lymph Nodes and Lymphatic Drainage of the Uterus and Uterine Adnexa; External Iliac Lymph Nodes; Internal Iliac Lymph Nodes; Common Iliac Lymph Nodes; Presacral Lymph Nodes; Obturator Lymph Nodes; Parametrial/Mesometrial Lymph Nodes; Inframesenteric Lymph Nodes
Supramesenteric/Infrarenal Lymph Nodes Autonomic Nerves of the Female Pelvis; Sympathetic Nerves; Parasympathetic Nerves; Inferior Hypogastric Plexus; Ureter; Abdominal Segment; Pelvic Segment; Blood Vessel and Nerve Supply; Greater Omentum; Anterior Abdominal Wall; References; Part III: Imaging and Diagnostics; 4: Clinical Diagnostics Before Hysterectomy; Introduction; Diagnostic Tools Overview; Patient History; Physical and Gynecological Examination; Cervical Cytology and Colposcopy; Imaging Techniques: Ultrasonography and MRI; Laboratory Investigations; Conclusion