THE VIENNESE SCHOOL OF GYNECOLOGICAL SURG ERY - AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR OF MODERN SURGICAL THERAPY

During the last years, clinical applications and studies of gynecologi c endoscopy have gained increasing importance. With regard to vaginal surgery, questions arise about single and combined use of endoscopy an d vaginal techniques. Beside sufficient pretherapeutic assessment and patient information, evaluation of these indications requires prospect ive randomized and comparative trials. Thus, the clinical impact of co mbined endoscopic and vaginal techniques can be assessed on the basis of objective data. The alternative to this kind of evaluation of new s urgical techniques is uncontrolled human experimentation which is neit her scientific nor ethical.