HOW I DO IT

• How I Do It: Techniques to avoid complications in transvaginal mesh surgery

  Faber Ken, Fromer Debra, MD Department of Urology, Hackensack University Medical Group, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA

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  This article details recommendations on minimizing complications in pelvic floor reconstruction using mesh. It is designed to incorporate real world experience from an expert urologist in female pelvic floor reconstruction with medical literature and prevailing theories.

  Keywords: pelvic organ prolapse, transvaginal mesh, mesh complications,

  Jun 2015 (Vol. 22, Issue 3 , Page 7844)
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• Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate technique for benign prostatic hyperplasia

  Kelly C. Douglas , Das Akhil, MD Department of Urology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA

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  Holmium laser resection of the prostate (HoLRP) was first described by Gilling et al in 1995. HoLRP has now evolved into holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) with the advent of the intravesical soft-tissue morcellator. The procedure involves anatomical dissection of the prostatic tissue off the surgical capsule in a retrograde fashion using a high-powered holmium laser followed by intravesical morcellation of the prostatic tissue. Some groups believe that the HoLEP procedure is the endoscopic equivalent to a simple open prostatectomy and may be superior to transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) or even open prostatectomy. The objective of this article is to explain the techniques for holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP).

  Keywords: photovaporization, pelvic organ prolapse, mesh, transvaginal mesh,

  Feb 2012 (Vol. 19, Issue 1 , Page 6131)
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