Update on Gynecologic Surgery

Christ Hospital of Cincinnati (OH, USA) sponsored the 13th annual Pelvic Anatomy and Gynecologic Surgery Symposium held on 9–11 December 2010 in Las Vegas (NV, USA). Course directors were Mickey M Karram and Michael S Baggish. Invited faculty included Tommaso Falcone and Mark Walters, both from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland (OH, USA). In addition, John Gebhart from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester (MN, USA) and Javier F Magrina from the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale (AZ, USA) rounded out the speakers' list. The symposium gathered renowned experts in open, vaginal, laparoscopic and robotic pelvic surgeries to discuss issues and controversies surrounding minimally invasive gynecologic surgery.