Interview
Q: Could you also tell us about your experience with the Richard Wolf RESECTION MASTER?
Wang: The RESECTION MASTER is a very distinctive feature among Richard Wolf resectoscopes. A major problem for clinicians, especially beginners, is that during resection the field of view fills with tissue chips or blood clots. These chips and clots obscure the view, so we cannot see clearly what is going on, which makes it difficult to continue.
The RESECTION MASTER aspirates these tissue chips and blood clots while we are cutting and working. Once they are removed, the view is clear and we can keep working without interruption. That is good for the surgeon, and very good for the patient too.
This is because we have to pass the scope in and out of the cervix and uterine cavity fewer times, so there is less damage to the cervix, the operation is shorter and the risk of TURP syndrome during surgery is lower. In hysteroscopic resection, the Richard Wolf RESECTION MASTER is a genuinely useful and effective tool.
Q: Could you also tell us about your experience with the Richard Wolf uterine manipulator with integrated illumination?
Wang: Using a uterine manipulator is a really good approach in surgery, especially in gynecology, and I greatly admire the engineers who invented it. The manipulator cup is very important in our clinical work. In gynecological procedures such as total hysterectomy, myomectomy and the treatment of malignant tumors, being able to lift the uterus with the cup and move it in different directions is a great help to the surgeon. For beginners, however, identifying the boundary is very difficult, because the bladder is attached in this area and there are other important organs. Being able to identify this boundary clearly is a great help for safe and smooth surgery. The Richard Wolf illuminated manipulator cup has a light band at its rim once it is switched on during surgery. Seeing this light band – especially for beginners – makes surgery very safe and helps it go smoothly.
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