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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-4-6
pubmed:abstractText
Vaginal hysterectomy is less invasive than hysterectomy performed via the abdominal approach. The vaginal approach may be made difficult by prior conisation, a need to remove the adnexae or marked uterine enlargement requiring morcellement. In this retrospective study we have investigated the impact of these factors on the incidence of complications in 1912 patients subject to vaginal hysterectomy. We have studied the incidence of intraoperative hemorrhage, bladder damage, hemorrhage up to 48 h after surgery, hemorrhage up to 14 days after surgery, vault abscesses or collections and pelvic peritonitis. In patients with prior morcellement, intraoperative hemorrhage was significantly more frequent. All other complications were not significantly increased by the intraoperative difficulties specified above. Thus even "difficult" vaginal hysterectomy would seem to carry low morbidity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0932-0067
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
249
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
209-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Complications of vaginal hysterectomy under "difficult" circumstances.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vienna Medical School, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article