Laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) — An effective alternative to conventional abdominal hysterectomy

Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy versus Vaginal Hysterectomy

Hysterectomy is one of the commonest gynecological operations. The outcomes following vaginal hysterectomy have been proved to be better than those following abdominal hysterectomy. Since the availability and widespread use of laparoscopic hysterectomy, the mode of hysterectomy is an issue of debate in cases of non prolapsed uteri, amongst proponents of vaginal and laparoscopic surgery. Laparos...

Comparison of laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy and total abdominal hysterectomy

  Abstract   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...

Comparison of Laparoscopic-assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy, Total Abdominal Hysterectomy and Vaginal Hysterectomy

Converting Potential Abdominal Hysterectomy to Vaginal One: Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy

Background. The idea of laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) is to convert a potential abdominal hysterectomy to a vaginal one, thus decreasing associated morbidity and hastening recovery. We compared intraoperative and postoperative outcomes between LAVH and abdominal hysterectomy, to find out if LAVH achieves better clinical results compared with abdominal hysterectomy. Material ...

Laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy appears to be an alternative to total abdominal hysterectomy.

Seventy percent of hysterectomies in the United States are performed as total abdominal hysterectomies (TAH). Laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) has been promoted by some to be a low morbidity substitute for TAH. In this study, we compared the outcomes of 61 recent LAVH cases to 65 TAH cases performed during an earlier time interval. Data were abstracted from the charts of 65 TAH...