This study evaluated the feasibility and safety of 3-port robotically assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy (RALH), using a consecutive series of women who underwent 3-port RALH in a university hospital. From November 2010 until June 2013 we operated on 53 women, whose mean age was 48.4 ± 7.7 years (range 35-68 years), and mean body mass index was 27.1 ± 5.1 kg/m(2) (range 19.5-42.9 kg/m(2)). The ...

BACKGROUND Hysterectomy is the most common surgical procedure in gynecology, not only in cases of malignancies but also in many benign cases. Many uterine preservation techniques have been introduced as alternatives to hysterectomy. OBJECTIVE We aimed to propose a new uterine surgical procedure. In this paper, we compare the utility of this new technique to the limitations of current procedur...

Objective: To study risk factors, incidence, indications, maternal and perinatal complications of women who underwent emergency peripartum hysterectomy (EPH) at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH) in Oman.
 Method: This is a retrospective study, which all cases EPH performed SQUH between January 2007 December 2016 were reviewed.
 Results: During the 9 years period, there 18 EPH; ...

INTRODUCTION Emergency peripartum hysterectomy, a maker of severe maternal morbidity and near miss mortality is an inevitable surgical intervention to save a woman's life when uncontrollable obstetric haemorrhage complicates delivery. This study was conducted in order to determine the incidence, types, indications and maternal complications of emergency peripartum hysterectomy at the University...

BACKGROUND Little evidence exists on the efficacy and safety of the different surgical techniques used in the treatment of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). We aimed to compare uterus preserving surgery (UPS) versus hysterectomy for refractory PPH in terms of perioperative outcomes in a sub-Saharan African country with a known high maternal mortality ratio due to PPH. METHODS This was a retrospec...

Background and Objectives After the U. S. Food and Drug Administration's recommendation against the use of power morcellation for tissue extraction in minimally invasive hysterectomy, the number of procedures completed laparoscopically declined in favor of open surgery laparotomy. We conducted a retrospective cohort study comparing perioperative and long-term outcomes, including complications a...