x

Virtual Poster Details

Name
10459 - Bedside Ultrasound: Optimize Your Surgical Planning and Patient Safety
Presenting Author
Jersey Burns
Affiliation
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Abstract
Study Objective: Demonstrate how a gynecologic surgeon can use bedside (point of care) ultrasound for surgical planning in these situations:
  • Determine safe laparoscopic entry sites in patients with prior abdominal surgeries
  • Assess cul de sac for safe entry for TVH or vNOTES cases,
  • Determine safest hysterectomy route in patients with prior c-sections
  • assess ureteral patency with both transvaginal and transabdominal scanning for perioperative patients

Design: Video with case examples

Setting: Resident surgical clinic at academic medical center

Patients or Participants: Patients undergoing laparoscopy, hysterectomy , or vNOTES cases

Interventions: Ultrasound is routinely done at our preop clinic to assess patients in the above situations. Assessment of ureteral jets is also taught to be used intraoperatively and postoperatively to assess ureteral patency

Measurements and Main Results: Ultrasound correctly predicted adhesions or cul de sac disease/obliteration in our surgical patients, allowing for safe, minimally invasive preocedures

Conclusion: Utilization of bedside ultrasound is an easily learned and cost-effective tool to optimize surgical planning and safety for GYN patients.

Authors

Burns, J*. Ob/gyn, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem, NC, Kammire, LD. OB-GYN, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC

Primary Category
Basic Science/Education
Secondary Category
Laparoscopy
Close