objective: we intended to determine causes and histological pattern of hysterectomies in an iranian population. materials and methods: archived reports of pathology department of a university hospital dated march 2005 to march 2009 were retrospectively reviewed. age, chief complaint, type of operation including abdominal, vaginal and subtotal hysterectomy, the indication of the operation and th...

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 the r...

Vaginal cuff dehiscence is a rare complication of total hysterectomy. It occurs more frequently after laparoscopic or robotic hysterectomy than abdominal vaginal

we evaluated the clinical experience of 120 women with early stage cervical cancer who underwent radical hysterectomy combined with pelvic lymphadenectomy (class iii rutledge) in our gynecologic oncology clinic. of these, 74 patient. (61.66%) were in stage i and 46 patients (38.34%) were in stage ii a. intraoperation complications comprised of great vessel injuries encountered in 4 (3.3%) patie...

conclusions a majority of ovarian masses, especially those diagnosed within a short duration after hysterectomy, are benign. iranian patients with such ovarian masses when asymptomatic and associated with negative tumor markers could be followed up, and prophylactic oophorectomy may not be necessary. results of the 1052 patients with ovarian masses, 45patients (mean age, 53.11 ± 9.56 years) who...

Cervical cancer is a malignant neoplasm arising from cells originating in the cervix uteri. It is routinely screened by Papanicolaou’s (Pap) smear and human papilloma virus (HPV) is considered as one of its etiological agents. Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in reproductive age and its diagnosis is increasing in young age as a result of effective and widespread screening progra...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy to traditional total abdominal hysterectomy and total vaginal hysterectomy with regard not only to direct hospital costs but also to indirect costs. STUDY DESIGN This was a combined retrospective cohort study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2) that was conducted in a ...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic surgery has revolutionized the concept of minimally invasive surgery for the last 3 decades. Robotic-assisted surgery is one of the latest innovations in the field of minimally invasive surgery. Already, many procedures have been performed in urology, cardiac surgery, and general surgery. In this article, we attempt to report our preliminary experience with robotic-assis...

CONTEXT Women considering hysterectomy often are concerned about its potential effects on their sexual functioning but the effects of hysterectomy on sexual functioning remain unclear. OBJECTIVE To examine changes in sexual functioning after hysterectomy. DESIGN AND SETTING A 2-year prospective study (Maryland Women's Health Study) of hysterectomy, which included measures of sexual function...