Northwest AHEC
Course Number: 70035
TVH & Mid-Urethral Slings - A Hands on Course
Feb 10, 2023 - 08:00 AM EST to 05:00 PM EST
Amanda Pearson
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Event Description: This one day workshop will focus on learning, improving, perfecting the ACOG recommended route of hysterectomy the Total Vaginal Hysterectomy. One our of three women over age 45 has stress urinary incontinence. This course will improve your surgical skill for treating this common problem. Participants will perform midurethral slings via both transobturator and retropubic approach. This is a hands on course in which attendees will perform both procedure 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
Leslie D Kammire, MD
Helen J Malone, MD
Candace Parker-Autry, MD
Michael Polin, MD