Pelviscopy
Pelviscopy (Latin pelvis = pelvis, Greek skopeia = observation) is a laparoscopic procedure in medicine in the lower abdomen or in the pelvis . Pelviscopy is abbreviated as PSK.
The term goes to Kurt Semm back of the laparoscopy as Pelviscopy called. This should clarify the difference between gynecological laparoscopy, which primarily deals with the organs in the pelvis ( pelvis ), and those of other specialties in the upper abdomen. He hoped to be able to bill higher fees with the health insurance companies. In 1967 he introduced the method for gynecological diagnostics at the University Women's Clinic in Munich . However, Semm wanted to use endoscopic technology not only for diagnostic purposes, as was already generally accepted at the time, but also wanted to expand the spectrum considerably.
The Pelviscopy is likely due to the expanded spectrum of operational possibilities today than laparoscopy referred (laparoscopy). It is used frequently for diagnostic purposes, for example, a review of tubal patency ( chromopertubation ) in gynecology , but also to operational measures, which go increasingly beyond just diagnosis.
literature
- K. Semm: Pelviscopy - operational guidelines for "minimally invasive surgery" following an organ oriented classification. WISAP, Sauerlach b. Munich 1992, ISBN 3-922500-46-3 .
- K. Semm: Pelviscopy, a surgical guide based on an organ-oriented classification for "minimally invasive surgery" . WISAP, Sauerlach b. Munich 1991, ISBN 3-922500-41-2 .
- FH Moll, FJ Marx: A Pioneer in Laparoscopy and Pelviscopy: Kurt Semm (1927-2003). In: Journal of Endourology. 19, 2005, pp. 269-271. doi: 10.1089 / end 2005.19.269
Individual evidence
- ^ The One-Kilo Club: Kurt Karl Stephan Semm, 1927 - 2003 ( Memento from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ K. Semm: The change from laparotomy to minimally invasive surgery: here pelviscopy. In: Arch Gynecol Obstet. 245, 1989, pp. 19-21. doi: 10.1007 / BF02417155