VOIDING DYSFUNCTION AFTER ABDOMINAL RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY

Radical Abdominal Hysterectomy

Urinary tract dysfunction after radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the urinary tract dysfunction following a radical hysterectomy and to compare the baseline urodynamical parameters of women who had uterine cervical carcinoma with women who had CIN 3. METHODS A prospective case-control study was conducted to evaluate preoperative and postoperative urinary tract function of thirty-two cervical carcinoma patients using twenty-seven CIN 3...

[Urodynamic evaluation for bladder dysfunction after radical hysterectomy].

Bladder dysfunction after radical hysterectomy and/or radiotherapy for uterine cancer is a serious problem. Its pathogenesis has not been well elucidated. Urodynamic and clinical evaluations were performed in 53 patients; 24 of them underwent radical hysterectomy and postoperative radiotherapy (RH + RT), 13 had radical hysterectomy alone (RH), 7 had modified radical hysterectomy (mRH), 9 had ra...

Psoas Abscess after Radical Abdominal Hysterectomy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

We report a case of a 38-yearold woman who presented with right lower quadrant abdominal pain and occasional fevers, five weeks after radical abdominal hysterectomy and pelvic node dissection for cervical carcinoma. After initial empirical antibiotic treatment failure, a decision was made to proceed with percutaneous drainage of a right psoas abscess. The antibiotic regimen was adjusted accordi...

Dextromethorphan and pain after total abdominal hysterectomy.

Dextromethorphan is an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist which has been shown to inhibit the development of cutaneous secondary hyperalgesia after tissue trauma. We studied 60 ASA I-II patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Patients received either dextromethorphan 27 mg capsules, two doses before operation and thr...