Objectives: To determine the indications, type and outcome of hysterectomy performed for benign gynaecological conditions over a 5-year period. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study of 152 women who had hysterectomy for benign conditions at the gynaecology unit of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, (UPTH) Nigeria, between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2015 was conducte...

As in the first series,1 the term "intra-abdominal operation" is used in order that such operations as herniotomy, vaginal hysterectomy, &c. (which rarely require intra-abdominal manipulation of the kind here meant), may be excluded.

Textiloma is the inadvertent retention of a textile foreign body on the surgical site. It is a rare complication of surgery but which carries severe consequences for both patients and surgeons in terms of morbi-mortality and medico-legal procedures respectively. We herein report the case of an abdominal textiloma in a 42 year old woman who underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy for symptomati...

Background: Hysterectomy is the most common operation performed for benign uterine conditions. It can be done through abdominal, vaginal and laparoscopic routes 1,2.The American college of Obstetricians Gynaecologists recommends approach as route choice hysterectomy disease whenever feasible 9 .Laparoscopic a preferable alternative to open abdominal those patients in whom not indicated or feasi...

BACKGROUND Recent studies have suggested that the use of robotic surgery for prostatectomy has been increasing, but characterization of the diffusion of robotic surgery in other procedures has not been available. METHODS Data were analysed for the years 2006-2014 using hospital episode statistics (HES), a database of all admissions to National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in England. OPCS c...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy is one of the most frequently performed gynecologic operations, and numerous authors have demonstrated its safety and feasibility. CASE PRESENTATION We practiced in some selected cases simultaneous laparoscopically assisted vaginal total hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy using 5 trocars without ut...

OBJECTIVE To compare perioperative outcomes between robotic-assisted benign hysterectomies and abdominal, vaginal, and laparoscopic hysterectomies when performed by high-volume surgeons. METHODS A multicenter data analysis compared 30-day outcomes from consecutive robotic-assisted hysterectomies performed by high-volume surgeons (≥60 prior procedures) at nine centers with records retrieved fr...