Ureteral injuries are one of the major complications following gynecologic surgeries. They are serious, troublesome, often associated with significant morbidity, and are one of the most common causes for legal action against gynecologic surgeons. The reported rates of injury depend on the vigilance of diagnosis, type of surgery and other risk factors. We present a case of a 48 year old obese Ca...

conclusions both intravenous and epidural analgesic techniques with combination of analgesics provide proper postoperative pain control after major gynecologic cancer surgeries without any significant complications. regarding lower sedative and respiratory depressant effects of epidural analgesia, it seems that this method is a safer technique for postoperative pain relief in these patients. re...

PurposeTo determine the effects of intra-abdominal surgery on intensities 5 radiation-induced intestinal syndromes in survivors pelvic cancer.Methods and MaterialsThe analysis included 623 women born 1927 or later who had survived cancer. They all received external radiation therapy toward area to treat gynecologic cancers. Information from 344 did not undergo irradiation, matched for age resid...

BACKGROUND Postoperative pain after major open gynecologic surgeries requires appropriate pain management. OBJECTIVES This study aimed at comparing perioperative patient controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) and patient controlled intravenous analgesia (PCA) after gynecologic oncology surgeries. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this clinical trial study, 90 patients with American society of anesthesi...

The American Cancer Society estimates that 60,050 cases of endometrial cancer will be diagnosed in 2016 and 10,470 die from during 2016. Since 1988, incidence rates have increased by 1.3 per cent year for women under 50 1.9 year. In age older, uterine cancers are usually treated with surgery, radiation, hormones, and/or chemotherapy. Uterine is the most common form gynecologic cancer. Surgery m...

PURPOSE We reviewed the cases of ureteral injury during gynecologic surgeries in a community hospital and attempted to find possible options for alleviating these distressing situations. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 2,927 patients underwent gynecologic surgeries in the last 5 years at our hospital. We retrospectively analyzed the cases, particularly the possible risk factors and managemen...

Robot-assisted gynecologic surgery is performed with a pneumoperitoneum and prolonged maximum Trendelenburg position which can result in adverse physiologic effects. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of robot-assisted gynecologic oncology procedures and to identify anesthesia-related peri-operative adverse events. This is a case series performed on the first 133 patients w...

The objective of this article is to review the recent adoption, experience, and applications of robot-assisted laparoscopy in gynecologic surgery. The use of robotics in gynecologic surgery is increasing in the United States. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgeries in gynecology include benign hysterectomy, myomectomy, tubal reanastomoses, radical hysterectomy, lymph node dissections, and sacro...