Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology

Editor-in-Chief: Stephen L. Corson, MD Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Philadelphia, PA, Associate Editor: Barbara S. Levy MD Women's Health Center, Franciscan Health System, Federal Way, WA, Managing Editors: Linda Michels Cypress, CA, Franklin D. Loffer MD University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ,, Contributing Editors: Jason A. Abbott, PhD, FRANZCOG, MRCOG Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, NSW, Australia, Gary N. Frishman MD Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, Malcolm G. Munro MD University of Califorina, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Founding Editor-in-Chief: Robert B. Hunt MD (1940-2004) Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Managing Editor Emeritus: Jordan M. Phillips MD (1923-2008), University of California, Irvine, CA, Editors: Ted L. Anderson MD Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, Jay M. Berman MD Wayne State University, Hutzel Women's Hospital, Detroit, MI, Scott G. Chudnoff MD Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, Michael R. Diamond MD Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Tommaso Falcone MD Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, Afshin Fazel MD Hopital Lariboisiere, Paris, France, Mark H. Glasser MD Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Rafael, CA, Fred Howard MD Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY, William H, Hurd MD Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, Volker R, Jacobs MD Frauenklinik (Ob Gyn) University Clinic of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Cameron Nezhat MD Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, Marie Fidela R. Paraiso MD Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, David R. Redwine MD Bend, OR, Rafael Valle MD Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, Editorial Advisory Board: Krisztina I. Bajzak MD Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada, Elizabeth E. Ball MD St Bart's and the Royal London Hospital, London, England, Frances R. Batzer MD Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, Stefano Bettocchi MD University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy, Philip G. Brooks MD Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, Fred Burbank MD Laguna Niguel, CA, Jennifer Eun Sun Cho MD North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, Great Neck, NY, Ettore Cicinelli MD University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy, Michael R. Diamond MD Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Martin Farrugia MD East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, England, David A. Forstein DO Univesrity Medical Group, Greenville, SC, Olav Istre MD, PHD Ullevaal University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, D. Alan Johns MD Texas Healthcare, Fort Worth, TX, David Mark Kushner MD University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Alan Lam FRANZCOG, FRCOG Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, C. Y. Liu MD Chattanooga, TN, Anthony A. Luciano MD University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, Stephen D. Lyons MD The Mater Clinic, Sydney, Australia, Thomas Lyons MD Center for Women's Care and Reproductive Surgery, Atlanta, GA, Javier Magrina MD Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, Peter Maher MD Heidelberg, Australia, Camian R, Nezhat MD Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, Vivian F. O'conner MD Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, William H. Parker MD University of California, Los Angeles, CA, Douglas R. Phillips, MD State University of New York at Stoneybrook, Stoneybrook, NY, Pedro T. Ramirez MD U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Charles R. Rardin MD Center for Women's Surgery, Providence, RI, Harry Reich MD Shavertown, PA, James W. Ross MD UCLA School of Medicine Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, Salinas, CA, Bert Scoccia MD University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, Meir Jonathan Solnik MD Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, Edward J. Stanford MD Delta County Memorial Hospital, Delta, CO, Assia A. Stepanian Center for Women's Care and Reproductive Surgery, Atlanta, GA, Artin M. Ternamian MD University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, David Toub MD, MBA Gynesonics, Inc., Redwood City, CA, Rahi Victory BSC, MD, FRCSC Mcmaster Health Science Center, Lakeshore, Ontario, Canada, George A. Vilos MD St. Joseph's Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada, Ellen Wood DO South Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, Morris Wortman MD Center for Menstrual Disorders and Reproductive Choice, Rochester, NY, Chih-Fen