OBJECTIVE To compare operative and early postoperative outcomes of laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) and laparoscopy assisted supracervical hysterectomy (LASH) with conventional hysterectomy by laparotomy or vaginally, including patients undergoing total or subtotal hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disease. METHODS Three different methods of hysterectomies: laparoscopic, va...

BACKGROUND Clinical officers perform much of major emergency surgery in Malawi, in the absence of medical officers. The aim of this study was to validate the advantages and disadvantages of delegation of major obstetric surgery to non-doctors. METHODS During a three month period, data from 2131 consecutive obstetric surgeries in 38 district hospitals in Malawi were collected prospectively. Th...

Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) usually are situated in one organ, most often in lungs. BML patients typically have a history of uterine leiomyoma treated with hysterectomy, myomectomy or subtotal hysterectomy. The aim of the study was to present the case of a 53-year-old woman with triple location in the lungs, parametria and appendix. She had undergone a myomectomy 26 years earlier. In 2...

Objective: To estimate the incidence, indications, risk factors, and complications of peripartum hysterectomy in a university clinic and a state hospital in the Lakes region of Anatolia. Design: Retrospective clinical study. Setting: This retrospective study was conducted between December 1996 and December 2005 at the Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics an...

Objective: This paper aims to discuss the influencing factors and the method for reducing emergency hysterectomy. Method: The clinical data of 50 patients treated with emergency hysterectomy in our hospital from January of 2007 to March of 2017 were collected from the hospital information system. Results: A total of 14,253 women had institutional delivery in our hospital from January of 2007 to...