BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To compare the feasibility of total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) and laparoscopy-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) in the treatment of benign gynecologic diseases and to determine the selection criteria for each technique. METHODS This was a retrospective medical records review of 168 patients who underwent TLH or LAVH performed by one surgeon. A chi-square tes...

Laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) was compared to total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH). One hundred and six cases of LAVH were compared to 106 cases of TAH performed during the same time period. The cases were matched for weight and uterine weight. LAVH procedures were associated with increased operating room (OR) time (146.0 +/- 3.4 vs 61.9 +/- 2.3 min), decreased length of p...

OBJECTIVE Laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH), which usually involves the use of an intrauterine manipulator for optimal surgical control, has been shown to be as effective and safe as conventional total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) for the staging of endometrial carcinoma. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the use of an intrauterine manipulator was associated...

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 the relative adv...

The study reported here compares outcomes of three approaches to minimally invasive hysterectomy for benign indications, namely, robotic-assisted laparoscopic (RALH), laparoscopic-assisted vaginal (LAVH) and laparoscopic supracervical (LSH) hysterectomy. The total patient cohort comprised the first 237 patients undergoing robotic surgeries at our hospital between August 2007 and June 2009; the ...

Object To determine the safety of laparoscopicassisted vaginal (LAVH) in a district general hospital. Design Retrospective analysis. Setting District general hospital in the UK. Subjects A total of 119 LAVH patients, who were unsuitable for vaginal hysterectomy according to conventional British criteria. Result The mean operating time taken was 91 min. Mean duration of stay was 2.2 days. The ov...

OBJECTIVE To compare efficiency of laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) and total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) MATERIAL AND METHOD: Medical records of 50 cases of LA VH and 50 cases of TAH were reviewed from January 2004 to December 2004 RESULTS There was no significant difference between the two groups in basic clinical characteristics. Myoma uteri was the major cause of ope...

INTRODUCTION Uterine leiomyomas are the most common benign tumors of the female reproductive system. Although the majority of myomas are asymptomatic, some patients have symptoms or signs of varying degrees and require a hysterectomy. THE AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of the study was to compare the clinical results of two minimally invasive hysterectomy techniques: vaginal hysterectomy (VH) and l...

OBJECTIVES To compare the incidence of perioperative complications and postoperative healthcare utilization and costs in laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH) versus laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) patients. METHODS Women 18 years with LSH or LAVH were extracted using a large national commercial claims database from 1/1/2007 through 9/30/2008. Outcome was perioperati...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of our study is to evaluate the role of electrosurgery and vaginal closure technique in the development of postoperative vaginal cuff dehiscence. METHODS From prospective surgical databases, we identified 463 patients who underwent total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) for benign disease and 147 patients who underwent laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectom...