Our aim was to investigate the incidence, most common indications and adequacy of hysterectomy after uterine cervix conization. We have retrospectively analyzed the patients with conization treated at the Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Niš from 2000 to 2004. There were 306 uterine cervix conizations performed in total. In 54 patients, on the average in 17.64% hysterectomy was done after...

OBJECTIVE To investigate post-partum depression after emergency peripartum hysterectomy and associated factors. METHODS This cross-sectional controlled study was conducted at Batman Gynaecology and Paediatric Diseases Hospital, Batman, Turkey, between June 15 and July 23, 2015, and comprised cases of patients with peripartum hysterectomy and of those who had experienced surgical procedures ot...

2 patients with endometrial cancer stage II and 2 patients with cervical cancer stage Ib1 underwent totally laparoscopic radical hysterectomy (TLRH) in 2004. The patients were placed in the lithotomic position. Laparoscopy was performed through the umbilicus and three ancillary ports were placed in the diamond shaped usual position. Only bipolar coagulation was used to control bleeding. No uter...

2 patients with endometrial cancer stage II and 2 patients with cervical cancer stage Ib1 underwent totally laparoscopic radical hysterectomy (TLRH) in 2004. The patients were placed in the lithotomic position. Laparoscopy was performed through the umbilicus and three ancillary ports were placed in the diamond shaped usual position. Only bipolar coagulation was used to control bleeding. No uter...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of an adhesion prevention strategy compared to routine care, in which no adhesion prevention measures are taken, through a decision analysis model in the clinical setting of patients undergoing radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy for Stage IB cervical cancer. METHODS A decision analysis model compared two strategies to manage the risk o...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prognostic implication of human papillomavirus (HPV) viral load in cervical cancer patients who underwent radical hysterectomy. METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of patients with stage IA2 through stage IIIA cervical carcinoma who underwent radical hysterectomy at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center between January 2005 and December 2009. Patients who had ...

OBJECTIVE This study sought to evaluate the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 in women with clinical stage IB cervical cancer treated by radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy as well as to establish a correlation between HPV type and cancer prognosis. METHODS A single-center cohort study was conducted with 86 patients who had undergone radical hysterectomy fo...

The aim of this study is to compare the effects of propofol and sevoflurane anesthesia on perioperative immune response in patients undergoing laparoscopic radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer.Sixty patients with cervical cancer scheduled for elective laparoscopic radical hysterectomy under general anesthesia were randomized into 2 groups. TIVA group received propofol induction and maintena...

OBJECTIVE To compare ''vaginal hysterectomy alone'' with ''vaginal hysterectomy with prophylactic unilateral sacrospinous ligament fixation'' in terms of intraoperative complications and 1-year anatomic outcomes and symptoms in patients aged over 50 years who presented with stage 3 or 4 pelvic organ prolapse (POP). MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-five patients underwent vaginal hysterectomy alon...

The Hysterectomy procedure is the most frequently performed gynecological surgery in the world [1]. This procedure can be carried out using an abdominal, vaginal, and laparoscopic approach. The percentage of hysterectomies performed via laparoscopy varies. For instance, 12% of the hysterectomies performed in the USA are performed laparoscopically [2], while 15% of the hysterectomies in the UK a...