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...

INTRODUCTION A reason for not recommending subtotal hysterectomy is the risk of cervical pathology. We aimed to evaluate cervical cancer screening and to describe cervical pathology after subtotal and total hysterectomy for benign indications. METHODS Data regarding adherence to screening and pathology results from the national Danish registry (Patobank) were obtained on women from a randomis...

BACKGROUND Total and subtotal abdominal hysterectomy for benign indications have been compared in randomized clinical trials and observational studies. A meta-analysis is performed to summarize the evidence. METHODS Thirty-four randomized clinical trials and observational studies comparing total and subtotal abdominal hysterectomy for benign indications were included. Endpoints were self-repo...

Removal of the cervix during hysterectomy is not mandatory. There has been no irrefutable evidence so far that total hysterectomy is more beneficial to patients in terms of pelvic organ function. The procedure that leaves the cervix intact is called a subtotal hysterectomy. Traditional approaches to this surgery include laparoscopic and abdominal routes. Vaginal total hysterectomy has been prov...

INTRODUCTION Subtotal hysterectomy is a method of treatment of patients with mild changes in the uterine body. Laparoscopic methods are increasingly used in surgical gynaecology. One of the limitations of laparoscopy is the proper level of operating surgeon's training, which may be assessed with the use of the learning curve. The aim of the study was to compare data regarding the perioperative ...

Objective: Is subtotal abdominal hysterectomy with thermal damage of endocervical canal better than total abdominal hysterectomy for benign lesions? Design: Cross sectional study. Setting: Zagazig University Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department From September 2011 – September 2012. Population: 100 patients with benign gynaecological lesions designed to have abdominal hysterectomy. Pat...

OBJECTIVES To compare the effects of vaginal hysterectomy, subtotal abdominal hysterectomy, and total abdominal hysterectomy on sexual wellbeing. DESIGN Prospective observational study over six months. SETTING 13 teaching and non-teaching hospitals in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS 413 women who underwent hysterectomy for benign disease other than symptomatic prolapse of the uterus and end...

Sexual life after hysterectomy remains a great concern for patients and their partners. The aim of the present study was to compare sexual function 102 who received subtotal (laparoscopic assisted supracervical hysterectomy.