Lasers in gynaecology – Are they still obsolete? Review of past, present and future applications
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Techniques and Instrumentation
VOLUME: 12 ISSUE: 1
P: 63 - 66
March 2020

Lasers in gynaecology – Are they still obsolete? Review of past, present and future applications

Facts Views Vis ObGyn 2020;12(1):63-66
1. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy;
2. Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy;
3. Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aretaieion University Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece;
4. Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hippokratio General Hospital Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece;
5. Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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Abstract

After the advent and the subsequent gradual disuse of laser technology in gynaecological surgery, in recent years, thanks to technical improvements, this technology is progressively reaffirming itself in various areas of minimally invasive gynaecological surgery ranging from laparoscopy to robotic surgery and hysteroscopy.

This paper, through a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis, shows positives and negatives of this technology with particular attention to present and future applications.

Keywords:
Laser, laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, endometriosis