Northwest AHEC
Course Number: 64699
TVH & Mid-Urethral Slings - A Hands on Course
Feb 11, 2022 - 08:00 AM EST to 04:00 PM EST
Amanda Pearson
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Event Description: This one-day workshop will focus on learning,improving and perfecting the ACOG-recommended route of hysterectomy, the Total Vaginal Hysterectomy. One out of three women over 45 have SUI. This course will improve your surgical skills on how to treat this common problem. Participants will perform mid- urethral slings via both transobturator and retropubic approach. This is a hands-on course in which attendees will perform both procedures on low- and high-fidelity models.
Objectives
Identify suitable patient candidates for vaginal hysterectomy.
Identify which preoperative workup is necessary and helpful in determining hysterectomy route.
Describe how to work in OR team and effectively use assistants.
Discuss procedure steps and how to perform both traditional suture method and with vessel sealing device.
Perform salpingectomy and use of vaginal laparoscopy for difficult adnexectomy.
Manage complications and postoperative care. Incorporate this into practice by offering TVH as option for suitable patients needing hysterectomy.
Identify which patients with urinary incontinence should be offered surgery.
Explain transobturator (TOT) and transvaginal (TVT) approach and advantages of each. Manage complications and postoperative care.
Offer this procedure for the common problem of stress incontinence as a treatment option with in a generalists practice.
Available Credits
Speakers
Howard Herrell, MD
Leslie D Kammire, MD
Helen J Malone, MD
Catherine A Matthews, MD
Candace Parker-Autry, MD
Michael Polin, MD