Blood loss assessment in abdominal hysterectomy: how accurate?

Comparison of laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy and total abdominal hysterectomy

  Abstract   Background: Hysterectomy is the second most common major surgery procedure   done after cesarean section by gynecologists in many countries and the most common   procedure is total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH). The incidence of laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) performed for benign lesions has progressively increased in recent years. Our objective was to compare...

Ovarian function and ovarian blood supply following premenopausal abdominal hysterectomy

INTRODUCTION The issue of conserving the ovaries at hysterectomy in premenopausal women with benign gynecologic disease has been the subject of considerable controversy. Some clinicians prefer prophylactic oophorectomy in premenopausal women during hysterectomy to prevent future development of malignant changes in conserved ovaries. Other clinicians prefer to conserve apparently normal ovaries,...

Assessment of moderate to severe abdominal blood loss using peripheral to central blood oxygen saturation.

PURPOSE There are various definitions and monitoring modalities for hemodynamic status. Each of them has its own advantages and shortcomings. A new hemodynamic index is proposed in this study. This index can be calculated by placing the measured hemoglobin saturation in a formula. Blood samples for this measurement are taken from arterial, antecubital and central venous blood. MATERIAL AND ME...

Radical Abdominal Hysterectomy

Laparoscopic Hysterectomy, Total Abdominal Hysterectomy, Vaginal Hysterectomy; Uk Study

For much of the twentieth century hysterectomy has stood as one of the cornerstones of gynaecological surgery. There has been a relatively stable and effective approach to technique and all gynaecologists were trained to master the abdominal and vaginal approaches and their relative advantages and indications. If anything any controversy associated with hysterectomy has been related to the fate...