Abstract
ABSTRACT
The round ligament is a vital anatomic landmark, besides being a supportive structure. Its importance comes into the limelight in a surgical obstetrics and gynecology practice. Only after identifying the round ligament(s) can surgery be initiated and performed, and the ureters and other important organs spared from trauma. A prospective study of oophorectomy at vaginal hysterectomy clearly indicates its usefulness when it is excised separately and distally from the uterus, instead of close to the uterus. (J GYNECOL SURG 15:163, 1999)
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