[Terminological and classification aspects of laparoscopic hysterectomies]

There is a great variety of terms and concepts describing laparoscopic hysterectomy in scientific literature. The term "laparoscopic hysterectomy" includes different operations where the laparoscope is used as an aid for a hysterectomy. The first classifications related to hysterectomy laparoscopic procedures were suggested by Munro and Parker (1993) Johns and Diamonds (1994) and Garry et al. (1994). Based on them is the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) classification of 2000. Reich defined basic terms easy to use in clinical practice. The elaboration of a suitable classification system describing the size of laparoscopic intervention in hysterectomy is a prerequisite for an adequate comparison of the results of scientific researches.