Laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy for large uterus; the comparison of conventional LAVH with LH

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...

Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy Versus Vaginal Hysterectomy for Enlarged Uterus

OBJECTIVES To compare the surgical and immediate postoperative outcomes for vaginal hysterectomy (VH) with those for laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) in patients with enlarged myomatous uterus. METHODS Eighty women requiring hysterectomy for an enlarged myomatous uterus were randomly allocated into 2 treatment arms: VH (n=40) and LAVH (n=40). The randomization procedure w...

Vaginal hysterectomy for the large uterus.

OBJECTIVE To assess the feasibility and safety of performing vaginal hysterectomy on enlarged uteri the equivalent of 14 to 20 weeks of gestation in size. DESIGN A prospective observational study. SETTING The Royal Free Hospital, London. PARTICIPANTS Fourteen consecutive women undergoing vaginal hysterectomy for uterine fibroids up to 20 weeks in size. INTERVENTIONS Vaginal hysterectomy...

Comparison of Laparoscopic-assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy, Total Abdominal Hysterectomy and Vaginal 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...