THE FUTURE OF GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY - FROM DOGMA TO SCIENCE FROM SCIENCE TO PRACTICE

In the future of gynecologic surgery, there will be a reduction of tra ditional and an increase of endoscopic surgery. Development, progress, and realization of new technologies have to be based on scientific re sults, as it has been shown for the surgery of early-stage ovarian can cer. Endoscopy is already part of daily routine surgery in nearly all gynecologic departments, although important questions like the optimal technique, proper indications, and the consequences of these new tech nologies regarding the course of ovarian cancer are still not answered . Especially gynecological surgery has to turn away from a dogmatic wa y of thinking to a critical science-oriented practice in the future.