Chairs: Luis F. García Rodríguez, Thiers Soares Raymundo

Faculty: Luis F. García Rodríguez, Katie de Souza, Thiers Soares Raymundo, Fernando Heredia

Description: This course is about exposing and discussing the best diagnostic and therapeutic practices for laparoscopic and/or robotic myomectomy. It aims to generate knowledge for good decision-making, improve surgical technique and make myomectomy a surgery with high standards of safety and complications.

Learning Objectives: At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

1. Objective Improve your surgical plan;
2. Objective Know strategies to succeed; and
3. Objective Have better outcomes and less radical surgeries.

Course Outline

1:30 PM Welcome, Introduction and Course Overview

L. García Rodríguez

1:35 PM Making a Plan, Imaging, Risks, Informed Consent, Alternatives to Myomectomy, Complications

L. García Rodríguez

2:00 PM Uterine Reconstruction, Suturing Techniques, and Reproductive Outcomes of Laparoscopic Myomectomy

K. de Souza

2:25 PM Vascular Control, Robotic & Laparoscopic Enucleation, Vassopresin

T. Soares Raymundo

2:50 PM Safe Extraction, Oncological Concerns, Power Morcellation, Manual Morcellation, Cul-De-Sac Extraction, Minilap

F. Heredia

3:15 PM Discussion Questions & Answers

1:30 PM Adjourn