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OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE FOR HYSTERECTOMIES

Atlanta, Georgia – Women who require hysterectomies now have a less invasive and more acceptable option to traditionally painful and serious surgery.

An estimated 670,000 women in the United States, and about 10,000 women in Georgia, undergo hysterectomies each year. The surgery consists of the removal of the uterus for women with fibroid tumors, endometriosis or other reproductive health problems. The traditional surgery involving several inch-long incisions, including vaginal and abdominal incisions, is both physically and psychologically invasive requires a one to three night hospital stay, and up to six weeks of recuperation. After surgery, patients are often left with large scars and experience psychological pain related to the surgery.

Dr. Nathan Mordel, founder of the Atlanta Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Center, LLC (AMIGS) is now performing a minimally invasive and considerably less painful alternative to the regular procedure. The Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy (LSH) is a chosen alternative procedure to the more invasive abdominal and vaginal hysterectomies for women who suffer from fibroids, endometriosis and persistent bleeding. LSH, a virtually bloodless procedure, has the same result as the abdominal and vaginal hysterectomies, but can be performed without many of the accompanying surgical problems. Candidates for this surgery are those with a history of clean pap-smears, who are at a low risk for STD’s and who are cancer free.

LSH is performed through two one-fifth inch and one one-half inch abdominal incisions. Laparoscopic instruments, including a scope with a zoom camera, are inserted and Dr. Mordel uses ultra-sonic energy and a harmonic scalpel to detach the uterus from the body. Once the uterus is fully detached, a morcellator is inserted through one of the incisions. The small camera guides the macerator as it makes small cuts in the uterus, allowing strips to be removed.

LSH is highly preferred due to its less invasive nature and the minimal psychological side effects. Women who do not suffer from cancer and who have had no history of STD’s often do not need to have their cervix removed. However, with traditional hysterectomies, surgeons generally remove the cervix. According to Dr. Mordel, "Leaving patients with few visible signs of the surgery, as well as only removing the uterus, prevents a great degree of psychological anguish that accompanies a traditional hysterectomy." Dr. Mordel continues, "Often women feel a sense of ‘losing their femininity or womanhood’ when they have traditional hysterectomies. However, because there are only small visible signs of the surgery, and only the uterus, and not the cervix, is removed, women who have LSH do not feel violated or any less ‘complete’.

Dr. Mordel says that Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy is one of the most exciting advancements in gynecological surgery and has received excellent feedback from all of his patients. "Women who choose LSH have been overwhelmingly thrilled with their results. Many of them experience little, if any, post-operative pains and they are generally back to their normal activities in a matter of days."

A.M.I.G.S. LLC was founded by Dr. Nathan Mordel and is dedicated to providing its patients with minimally invasive alternatives to traditionally invasive procedures.

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