LAPAROSCOPIC VS. VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY – How Do the Procedures Compare?
A recent medical study found that women who had a laparoscopic hysterectomy generally experienced less blood loss, less pain and a shorter hospital stay compared with women who had a vaginal...
View Articleda Vinci surgery: your questions answered
As one of the first doctors in Fairfield County, Connecticut to be certified in da Vinci surgery, I’m asked a lot of questions about the technology and how it can be used to treat endometriosis,...
View ArticleJohn Garofalo, M.D. Receives Certifications in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic...
Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2011 Norwalk, CT – Today John Garofalo, M.D. was admitted to the Registry of the Council of Gynecologic Endoscopy (CGE) with certification at the...
View ArticleClinical study finds advantages to laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy as a pelvic...
Those of you who have followed my blogs for a while know that I’ve written about pelvic prolapse a few times — once about daVinci surgery and another time regarding a clinical study that was set up to...
View ArticleSILS Surgery Provides the Potential for No Visible Scars
For many of my patients, the word “surgery” has a host of associated meanings: long hospital stays, time away from home/family/work, significant pain, lengthy recovery period … and visible scarring....
View ArticleNOTES: The Newest Frontier In Minimally Invasive Surgery
Insights from Chicago on a potentially safer type of surgery Last month I went to a conference in Chicago that focused on an exciting new type of surgery — one that has the potential to reduce scarring...
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SILS – Single Incision Laparoscopy Surgery on Norwalk Hospital’s Health Talk
Yesterday, I appeared on “Health Talk” to discuss SILS – Single Incision Laparoscopy Surgery. In a nutshell, instead of a six-inch incision required by traditional surgery (or even the three to four...
View Articleda Vinci Surgery In The News: How Safe Is It?
A few days ago, I saw a local newspaper article that described a botched robotic surgery from 2009. The article went on to claim that new surgical technologies such as the da Vinci® Surgical System are...
View ArticleIn the News: The Dangers of Power Morcellation for Uterine Fibroid Removal
The FDA speaks out Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a memorandum that discouraged surgeons from using a common procedure called power morcellation to remove uterine...
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