OBJECTIVE A metaanalysis of randomized trials was conducted to evaluate if the type of hysterectomy, total abdominal hysterectomy or supracervical hysterectomy, has an impact on the development of urinary incontinence. STUDY DESIGN We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Biological Abstract, and the Cochrane Library up to February 2007; abstracts at major meetings and bibliographies of retrieved...

OBJECTIVE We report and review herein our 10-year experience with classic intrafascial supracervical hysterectomy focusing on our long-term experience, evolution of the operative technique, and increased use of this technique. METHOD We performed a parallel, observational study with retrospective data to evaluate classic intrafascial supracervical hysterectomy, a laparoscopic hysterectomy tec...

OBJECTIVE This study compares the operative parameters of laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy, laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy, total vaginal hysterectomy, and total abdominal hysterectomy in patients in a small suburban medical center. METHODS This investigation is a Canadian Classification II-2. It was performed in a 238 bed not-for-profit community general hospital. Char...

BACKGROUND Supracervical hysterectomy is seldom performed and there are few reports of tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) after supracervical hysterectomy. CASE The case of a 49-year-old woman with a right TOA is reported. This patient had received a supracervical hysterectomy 16 years earlier due to rupture of the uterus. At this admission, she presented with complaints of, lower abdominal pain and ...

Sexual life after hysterectomy remains a great concern for patients and their partners. The aim of the present study was to compare sexual function 102 who received subtotal (laparoscopic assisted supracervical hysterectomy.

Background. A known complication of supracervical hysterectomy is cyclical bleeding from the retained cervix when functioning endometrial tissue is not totally removed. We present a rare case of delayed postoperative vaginal hemorrhage after supracervical hysterectomy. Case. A 44-year-old woman presented on postoperative day 15 after laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy with massive vaginal ...

INTRODUCTION Fallopian tube prolapse (FTP) is a rare but increasingly recognized postoperative complication of total hysterectomy, but few reports relate FTP to supracervical hysterectomy. CASE A 35-year-old, G2P2, patient with a history of recurrent fibroid prolapse received a supracervical hysterectomy. One week postoperatively, she was treated for infection, and 1 month later a scheduled ...

OBJECTIVE We assessed the learning curve for laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy. METHODS This was a prospective cohort study. We analyzed the first 60 consecutive laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy procedures performed by a team of 2 gynecological laparoscopic surgeons between May 2001 and July 2006 to examine whether a learning curve exists as defined by a decrease in operating tim...

The final decision to perform a certain method of hysterectomy customarily mirrors experience and level of comfort with a particular surgical approach in the context of the patient's condition and indication for surgery. Given the morbidity and recovery associated with a laparotomic incision, every effort should be made to avoid abdominal hysterectomy. The best available evidence points to the ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES In our clinical experience, there seemed to be a correlation between cervical stump bleeding and adenomyosis. Therefore, we wanted to conduct a study to determine whether there was an actual correlation and to identify other risk factors for persistent bleeding after a laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy. METHODS The study included women who underwent laparoscopi...