There is still controversy about the best technique for hysterectomy to reduce postoperative adverse effects. This randomized clinical study in Babol, Islamic Republic of Iran, compared some clinical complications and sexual functioning following subtotal (SAH) and total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH). A total of 150 women (50 allocated to SAH and 100 to TAH) were followed up at 6 months postoper...

Objectives. We compared postoperative analgesic requirements between women with early stage endometrial cancer treated by total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) or total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH). Methods. 760 patients with apparent stage I endometrial cancer were treated in the international, multicentre, prospective randomised trial (LACE) by TAH (n = 353) or TLH (n = 407) (2005-2010). Epid...

The totally artificial heart (TAH) is among the most prominent medical innovations of the 21st century, especially due to the increasing population with end-stage heart failure. The progressive course of the disease, its resistance to conventional therapy, and the scarcity of hearts available for transplantation were the prime impetus for developing a TAH, especially when other options of mecha...

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...

Laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) was compared to total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH). One hundred and six cases of LAVH were compared to 106 cases of TAH performed during the same time period. The cases were matched for weight and uterine weight. LAVH procedures were associated with increased operating room (OR) time (146.0 +/- 3.4 vs 61.9 +/- 2.3 min), decreased length of p...

The development of technology and limitation of numerous ventricular assist devices has increased usage of the total artificial heart (TAH) for mechanical circulatory support. A primary important feature of TAH is that it is one of the few mechanical circulatory support devices that provides biventricular support. As the number of patients with TAH rises, spreading awareness about the device in...

A case control study of the operative time, blood loss, time for return to work, pain levels, and medications was conducted comparing laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomies (LAVH) with total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH). The average operating time for LAVH was 151 minutes whereas for TAH it was 99 minutes (P<.01). The average length of stay for the LAVH was 2.5 days and for the abdominal ...

To prevent thrombotic or bleeding events in patients receiving a total artificial heart (TAH), agents have been used to avoid adverse events. The purpose of this article is to outline the adoption and results of a multi-targeted antithrombotic clinical procedure guideline (CPG) for TAH patients. Based on literature review of TAH anticoagulation and multiple case series, a CPG was designed to pr...

  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...

In patients with end-stage heart failure (HF), a total artificial heart (TAH) may be implanted as a bridge to cardiac transplant. However, in congenital heart disease (CHD), the malformed heart presents a challenge to TAH implantation. In the case presented here, a 17 year-old patient with congenital transposition of the great arteries (CCTGA) experienced progressively worsening HF due to his c...