PURPOSE This study was designed to evaluate the risk on development and persistence of constipation after hysterectomy. METHODS We conducted a prospective, observational, multicenter study with three-year follow-up in 13 teaching and nonteaching hospitals in The Netherlands. A total of 413 females who underwent hysterectomy for benign disease other than symptomatic uterine prolapse were inclu...

Background and Aim: Generally, in patients with cervical cancer, careful preliminary evaluation is necessary for avoiding improper surgical procedures and making effective clinical decisions for treatment. The aim of this study was to determine surgeons’ errors, which necessitate a combination of surgery and radiotherapy for cervical cancer patients.    Methods: In this retrospective study, med...

This study was aimed to evaluate the effects of hysterectomy on pelvic floor function. We conducted a prospective observational multicenter study with three-year follow-up in thirteen teaching and nonteaching hospitals in the Netherlands. Four-hundred-thirty females who underwent hysterectomy for benign disease other than symptomatic uterine prolapse were included. Validated disease-specific qu...

Introduction: Peripartum hysterectomy is defined as a performed at the time, or within 24 hours, of delivery. It life saving procedure and becomes necessary when all medical surgical methods fail to control bleeding. associated with significant maternal morbidity mortality. Objectives: To determine incidence, indications, perinatal outcome peripartum Methods: A retrospective hospital based obse...

The effect of subtotal hysterectomyon maintenance of induced corpora lutea (CL) in prepuberal gilts, 120 to 130 days of age, was studied. Ovulation was induced with 1,000 IU Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotropin (PMSG) followed 72 hr later with 500 IU Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG). Thirteen gilts (bred controls) were inseminated on Day 0 (Day following HCG=Day 0). Fifty gilts were laparotomized...