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Physician, do no harm is a credo all gynecologic surgeons must live by. Nowhere do these words ring more true than during laparoscopic surgery. With the slightest lapse in technique, the simplest of laparoscopic procedures can quickly become a nightmare both for the patient as well as the surgeon. And when is the greatest risk of injury during a laparoscopic procedure? At entry.
I have invited an expert from each coast to serve as guides to safe access into the pelvic cavity via the laparoscope. Steven F. Palter, M.D., practices reproductive medicine and gynecologic surgery at Gold Coast IVF in Syosset, N.Y.
He is an immediate past member of the board of trustees of the AAGL. Over the years, Dr. Palter has won first prize awards for presentations at three separate world congress venues: at meetings of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American Urological Association, and the AAGL, where he won ...