Hysterectomy

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...

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...

Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy versus Vaginal Hysterectomy

Hysterectomy is one of the commonest gynecological operations. The outcomes following vaginal hysterectomy have been proved to be better than those following abdominal hysterectomy. Since the availability and widespread use of laparoscopic hysterectomy, the mode of hysterectomy is an issue of debate in cases of non prolapsed uteri, amongst proponents of vaginal and laparoscopic surgery. Laparos...

Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy Compared to Total Hysterectomy

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare perioperative results of laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH) with those of laparoscopic total hysterectomy (TLH). METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted at the Department of Gynecology at a teaching hospital. A group of 157 patients who underwent TLH was compared with a group of 157 patients who underwent LSH with or withou...

Peripartum Hysterectomy Versus Non Obstetrical Hysterectomy