STUDY OBJECTIVES To evaluate the incidence, detection, characteristics, and management of urinary tract injury in a cohort undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy, and to identify potential risk factors for urinary tract injury with laparoscopic hysterectomy. DESIGN Retrospective analysis (Canadian Task Force classification II-2). SETTING Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center, 2001 to 201...

We report a case of 36-year-old gravida 2 para 1 woman at 38 weeks gestation. A caesarean section was performed for severe pre-eclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction and oligohydramnios. The patient suffered postoperative bleeding, exploratory laparotomy performed. Uterine atonia, Couvelaire uterus left adnexal haematoma were found, requiring supracervical hysterectomy. As COVID-19 pneumoni...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to estimate the incidence of cyclical bleeding after laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH) when the uterus is amputated at or below the level of internal cervical os. DESIGN Prospective series of consecutive patients (Canadian Task Force classification II-3). SETTING Single surgery team, independent surgery center. PATIENTS Women with sympt...

Uterine leiomyomas represent the most common benign tumors of the female reproductive tract. Giant uterine leiomyomas are very rare neoplasms and represents a great diagnosis and therapeutic challenge. This article illustrates a case of a 45-year old woman presented to our surgery department with a 10-month history of progressive increasing abdominal size, back pain, vague abdominal pressure se...

Incidental diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma after the operation for presumed benign disease is rare. At present, there are no recognized guidelines on optimal management of uterine malignancy diagnosed after incomplete surgery for other indications and the reported experience is limited. Although the risk of histological diagnosis of endometrial carcinoma in the uterus removed for pre-operati...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate our experience with laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LASH) and to assess the short- and medium-term outcome. METHODS Retrospective analysis of patient and surgery characteristics from chart review and evaluation of patient satisfaction by a questionnaire. RESULTS Forty-one patients who underwent LASH were studied with a mean length of follow-up of 27 months. O...