The role of laparoscopic hysterectomy in gynecological surgery: present and future; Surgical anatomy of the female pelvis; Operating room set up, instrumentation, video and photographic equipment; The physics and clinical application of electrosurgery and laser; Insufflation needle and trocar insertion techniques in difficult cases (multiple previous abdominal surgeries, obesity etc); Identification and dissection of ureters in laparoscopic hysterectomy; Surgical staging of laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy; Surgical techniques of laparoscopic hysterectomy (suture techniques, electrosurgery and stapler techniques); Laparoscopic hysterectomy for extensive endometriosis; Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for large myomatous uteri; Laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy; Concommitant pelvic surgery with laparoscopic hysterectomy (bladder suspension, vaginal vault suspension, enterocele repair, cystocele repair and rectocele repair); Laparoscopic hysterectomy in early gynecological malignancies; Complications of laparoscopic hysterectomy