vNOTES Hysterectomy, Adnexectomy, and Uterosacral Ligament Suspension: A Walk-Through Guide

To provide a stepwise guide to performing vNOTES hysterectomy, adnexectomy, and vault suspension, using 2 access platform methods.

Narrated surgical video based on 2 cases of vNOTES for abnormal uterine bleeding and endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia.

A single tertiary-care academic center.

Step-by-step walk-through is shown to demonstrate the successful completion of a hysterectomy, adnexectomy, and vault suspension. Use of a traditional glove platform and that of an advanced access system, the GelPOINT Access System (Applied Medical), are illustrated. The surgical steps are summarized as follows: (1) colpotomy and abdominal entry, (2) transection of the uterosacral ligaments, (3) placement of an access platform, (4) upper abdominal survey, (5) transection of the uterine and cornual pedicles, (6) identification of the ureters, (7) bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, (8) uterosacral ligament suspension, (9) cystoscopy, and (10) vaginal vault closure and tying of the suspension sutures.

This video demonstrates the steps to safely reproduce a vNOTES hysterectomy, adnexectomy, and uterosacral ligament suspension with 2 access techniques. vNOTES offers scar-free surgery, improved access to high pedicles and surgical fields, and a favorable recovery profile, making it an attractive surgical route in appropriate candidates.