Part I. Historical Background -- 1. The History of Hysterectomy -- 2. History of Radical Hysterectomy -- Part II. Topographical Anatomy -- 3. Topographical Anatomy for Hysterectomy Procedures -- Part III. Imaging and Diagnostics -- 4. Clinical Diagnostics before Hysterectomy -- 5. Ultrasound imaging -- 6. Radio-imaging for benign uterine disease -- 7. Radio-imaging for malignant uterine disease -- 8. Interventional diagnostics before hysterectomy -- Part IV. Extended Aspects Regarding Indications and Contraindications -- 9. Evidence based review of Hysterectomy and Sexuality -- 10. Guidelines and recommendations of scientific societies and associations for hysterectomy -- 11. Choosing the Correct Hysterectomy Technique -- 12. Indications for Salpingectomy -- 13. Indications for oophorectomy and adnexectomy -- 14. Uterine sarcomas and atypical smooth-muscle tumors - clinic, diagnostics and appropriate surgical therapy -- 15. Uterine Morcellation -- Part V. Surgical Education and Training -- 16. Learning by doing: How to teach hysterectomy -- 17. Communicative and ethical aspects of the doctor-patient relationship in extreme situations -- Part VI. Macroscopic and Microscopic Pathological Aspects -- 18. Processing and histopathological workup of Hysterectomy specimens -- VII. Specific Hematological and Anesthesiological Aspects -- 19. Perioperative management of antithrombotic therapy in the periprocedural period of patients undergoing hysterectomy -- 20. Anaesthesia in Gynaecology -- Part VIII. Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Extended Procedures for Benign and Malignant Indications -- 21. Indications and Contraindications for Laparoscopic Hysterectomy -- 22. Preparation (Medical History, Surgical Set-up, Antibiotics, Anticoagulants) -- 23. Instrumentation Systems, Apparatus and Materials in Hysterectomy -- 24. Uterine Manipulators for Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy -- 25. Diagnostic laparoscopy and final site recognition -- 26. General Aspects and Their Handling: Adhesions -- 27. Comorbidities -- 28. General Surgery Conditions and Techniques for Gyne-Endoscopic Surgeons -- 29. Fibroids in laparoscopic hysterectomy.-30. Symptomatic fibroids as main indication for laparoscopic hysterectomy and their handling -- 31. Uterine-Preserving Operative Therapy of Uterus Myomatosus -- 32. Laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy (LSH) -- 33. Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy for large uteri -- 34. Cervical Stump Extirpation -- 35. Total laparoscopic hysterectomy for the small and normal-sized uterus -- 36. Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy in Patients with Bulky Uterus -- 37. Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for the Patient with Concomitant Pelvic Organ Pelvic Prolapse -- 38. Laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy in prolapse situations -- 39. Radical Hysterectomy and Pelvic Lymphadenectomy (French school) -- 40. Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy with Pelvic Lymphadenectomy (Spanish school) -- 41. Total laparoscopic nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy -- 42. Modified nerve-sparing radical-like hysterectomy for deep infiltrating endometriosis -- 43. Laparoscopic Total Mesometrial Resection (L-TMMR) -- 44. Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy for malignant indications:Laparoscopic trachelectomy -- 45. Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy with anterior and posterior exenteration - gynecological perspectives -- 46. Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy (LRH) with anterior and posterior exenteration -- 47. LRH with anterior and posterior exenteration: Surgical perspectives -- 48. Hysterectomy in the surgical management of endometriosis -- 49. Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (TLH) in obese patients -- 50. Laparoendoscopic Single-Site (LESS) Hysterectomy -- 51. Laparoscopic Pelvic and Paraaortic Lymphonodectomy -- 52. Surgical techniques of laparoscopic omentectomy -- 53. Final steps and postoperative considerations -- 54. Extraperitoneal hysterectomy- total pelvic peritonectomy combined with the segmental resection of the rectosigmoid -- Part IX. Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Extended Procedures for Benign and Malignant Indication -- 55. Indications and Contraindications to Robotic-Assisted Hysterectomy -- 56. Preparation of Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy -- 57. Instruments, apparatuses and uterine manipulators for hysterectomy with special focus on robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy -- 58. Diagnostic laparoscopy via the Da Vinci robot in general and site recognition -- 59. General Aspects and their Handling: Adhesions -- 60. General Aspects and their Handling: Comorbidities -- 61. General aspects and their handling: General surgery conditions and techniques for robotic hysterectomy -- 62. Robotic assisted supracervical hysterectomy -- 63. Cervical stump extirpation with regard to robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy -- 64. Robotic-assisted total hysterectomy: Hysterectomy Techniques in the Normal-Sized and Small Uterus -- 65. Robotic-assisted total hysterectomy: Hysterectomy techniques for the large uterus -- 66. Robotic-assisted total hysterectomy: Hysterectomy techniques in prolapse situations -- 67. Robotic-assisted Radical Hysterectomy -- 68. Robotic-assisted radical hysterectomy (RRH) as nerve-sparing procedure -- 69. Robotic-assisted radical hysterectomy as compartmental resection according to rTMMR and rPMMR -- 70. Robotically assisted therapeutic pelvic and paraaortic lymphadenectomy in uterine cancer -- 71. Robot assisted laparoscopic fertility sparing radical trachelectomy -- 72. Robotic-Assisted Radical Hysterectomy with Anterior and Posterior Exenteration - Urological Perspectives -- 73. Robotic-assisted radical hysterectomy with anterior and posterior exenteration - Surgical perspective74. Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Endometriosis -- 75. Hysterectomy techniques for obese patients -- 76. Robotic-assisted single-port laparoscopic hysterectomy -- 77. Robot assisted laparoscopic pelvic and paraaortic -- lymphadenectomy -- 78. Techniques for Gastrocolic and Infracolic Robotic Omentectomy -- 79. Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: Final steps and postoperative considerations -- Part X. Abdominal Hysterectomy and Extended Procedures for Benign and Malignant Indications -- 80. Abdominal Hysterectomy: Indications and contraindications -- 81. Abdominal Hysterectomy: Preparation -- 82. Abdominal Hysterectomy: Instrumentation and Apparatuses -- 83. Midline Laparotomy -- 84. Transverse Incisions -- 85. Adhesions -- 86. Comorbidities and Abdominal Hysterectomy -- 87. Subtotal Abdominal Hysterectomy -- 88. Cervical Stump Extirpation.-89. Total abdominal hysterectomy in benign conditions: Hysterectomy techniques for the normal-sized and small uterus -- 90. Total Abdominal Hysterectomy in Benign Indications: Hysterectomy Techniques for the Large Uterus -- 91. Total abdominal hysterectomy in benign indications: Hysterectomy techniques for prolapse situations - Cervico-Sacropexy (CESA) and Cervico-Recto-Sacropexy (CERESA) -- 92. Total abdominal hysterectomy in benign indications: Hysterectomy techniques for prolapse situations - Vagino-Sacropexy (VASA) and Vagino-Recto-Sacropexy (VARESA) -- 93. Total abdominal hysterectomy in benign indications: Hysterectomy techniques for prolapse situations - Uterosacropexy and Uterorectosacropexy -- 94. Total Abdominal Hysterectomy with Electrosurgical Bipolar Vessel Sealing -- 95. Peripartum Hysterectomy -- 96. Abdominal Hysterectomy for obese patients -- 97. Wertheim-Meigs abdominal radical hysterectomy and lymphadenectomy -- 98. Okabayashi Radical Hysterectomy -- 99. Radical abdominal hysterectomy with electrosurgical bipolar vessel sealing -- 100. ARH as a Nerve-Sparing Procedure -- 101. Total and Peritoneal Mesometrial Resection -- 102. Radical abdominal trachelectomy -- 103. Radical Abdominal Hysterectomy with Anterior and Posterior Exenteration - Gynecological Perspectives -- 104. Radical abdominal hysterectomy with anterior exenteration: Urological Perspectives -- 105. Radical abdominal hysterectomy (RAH) with anterior and posterior exenteration: Surgical perspectives -- 106. Pelvic and para-aortic lymph node dissection -- 107. Omentectomy -- 108. Abdominal closure at longitudinal and horizontal abdominal incisions -- 109. Abdominal Hysterectomy: Postoperative care -- Part XI. Abdominal Hysterectomy and Extended Procedures for Benign and Malignant Indications -- 110. Indications and Contraindications of Vaginal Hysterectomy -- 111.

Preparation for Vaginal Hysterectomy: history, preoperative assessment, operative set-up, table, antibiotics -- 112. Vaginal Hysterectomy: Instrumentation and Apparatuses -- 113. Colpotomy and the modalities for closure -- 114. Adhesions -- 115. Comorbidities associated with vaginal hysterectomy -- 116. Vaginal total hysterectomy in benign indications: Hysterectomy techniques in the normal-sized uterus -- 117. Hysterectomy Techniques for the Large Uterus -- 118. Vaginal total hysterectomy in benign indications: Hysterectomy techniques with bipolar diathermy system -- 119. The advantages in the selection and use of bipolar vessel sealing devices in vaginal hysterectomy, dependent on the different degrees of operative difficulty -- 120. Hysterectomy Techniques in Prolapse Situations -- 121. Trachelectomy: Removal of cervical stump following supracervical hysterectomy -- 122. Vaginal Salpingo-Oophorectomy -- 123. The Mayo Technique for Vaginal Hysterectomy -- 124. Vaginal-assisted laparoscopic radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy -- 125. Radical vaginal trachelectomy -- 126. Difficult Vaginal Hysterectomy -- 127. Hysterectomy in Women without Previous Vaginal Delivery -- 128. Vaginal Hysterectomy in the Obese Patient -- 129. Vaginal Cuff Dehiscence Following Hysterectomy -- 130. Postoperative care -- Part XII. Conservative Management -- 131. What is the place of myoma surgery with the advent of selective progesterone receptor modulators (SPRMs)? -- 132. Future Perspectives in Hysterec.