Gynaecological laparoscopic surgery for benign conditions: do women care about incisions?

Conclusion: The majority of the women remembered fewer incisions than actually used. Most of the patients interviewed would, if possible, eliminate the umbilical incision. Therefore from the patient's perspective the skin scars after conventional laparoscopic surgery seem to be of limited importance and the alleged advantage of omission of additional incision using single site surgery remains debatable.

Source: European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology - February 26, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: B. Tuschy, S. Berlit, J. Brade, M. Sütterlin, A. Hornemann Tags: Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology Source Type: research