Abstract: This disclosure is relative to the field of laparoscopic surgery and gynecologic surgery. Specifically disclosed is a surgical technique for laparoscopic hysterectomy and bilateral salpingectomy-oophorectomy which encompasses dissection and removal of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries. The technique utilizes a single-entry port located at the umbilicus in conjunction with access through the vaginal opening to access and manipulate the organs within the abdominal cavity.

Abstract: The Marchand Salpingectomy is a fast, safe and minimally invasive procedure for removal of the fallopian tubes. The procedure involves minimal blood loss and gives the patient the benefit of permanent sterility as well as a decreased lifetime incidence of ovarian cancer. The procedure relies on two novel aspects of the technique which make the surgery significantly different than any surgery previously described as well as extremely minimally invasive.

Abstract: In the field of minimally invasive or laparoscopic surgery, in there exists several devices for the purposes of removing large tissues from the abdomen through the use of only small holes. All of these devices, to date, to the knowledge of the inventor have involved morcellation, or the breaking apart of these tissues into small pieces. The surgical device, through the use of a unique engulfing sheet or engulfing bag, has the capability of removing a tissue from the abdomen through small minimally invasive or laparoscopic incisions without the use of morcellation. The device relies upon mechanical energy to force a large object through a smaller hole without the necessity to break the object down into smaller pieces.