Meet the editor

Dr. Greg Marchand is a board-certified OBGYN trained in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. He is one of the few OBGYNs in the United States to be accredited as a Master Surgeon in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery. He is also a nationally sought-after expert for opinions in gynecology who has appeared on Today and Inside Edition, among other television shows. Dr. Marchand is the holder of several world records

in gynecologic surgery, including a Guinness World Record in Laparoscopic Hysterectomy. As an inventor, Dr. Marchand holds several patents for surgical procedures and his techniques are taught at institutes of higher learning across the country. When not in the operating room, Dr. Marchand enjoys low-carb living and chasing his eight-year-old son Sebastian around.

Contents

Surgery

*by John R. Wagner*

*by Rene I. Luna*

Oncology

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 13**

**Chapter 3 33**

**Chapter 4 41**

**Chapter 5 55**

**Chapter 6 69**

**Chapter 7 77**

Utility of Robotic Assisted and Single Site Laparoscopy to Gynecologic

Vaginal Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery for Gynecologic

Fundamentals of the Currently Available Single Port Abdominal Laparoscopic Gynecologic Systems and Utility in Minor Gynecologic

Fundamentals of the Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Single Port System

Laparoscopy, and Vaginal Laparoscopy (vNOTES) in Gynecologic Surgery

History and Utility of Single Port Laparoscopy, Robotic Assisted

*by M. Luann Racher and Ann Marie Mercier*

and Utility in Minor Gynecologic Surgery

*by Conor J. Corcoran and Stephen H. Bush*

Robotic Laparoscopic Single-Site Surgery

*by Conor J. Corcoran and Stephen H. Bush II* 

and Gynecologic Oncology Procedures *by Alexander F. Burnett and Martha O. Rojo*

Single Port Laparoscopic Assisted Hysterectomy *by Michael L. Nimaroff and Eric Crihfield*
