title: [Laparoscopic hysterectomy. A series of 318 consecutive cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the place of laparoscopy in hysterectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Département de Gynécologie Obstétrique et Reproduction Humaine. Polyclinique de l'Hôtel-Dieu-CHU de Clermont-Ferrand.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 318 cases continuous series of laparoscopic hysterectomies performed from 1989 to 1993. Results were presented and compared to the largest series of vaginal or abdominal hysterectomies reported in the literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Conversion to a vaginal route or a laparotomy was required in 11.3% of the cases. Operative duration was longer with laparoscopy than with the other technique. But hospital stay was shorter. The complications were extremely rare after laparoscopic hysterectomy. Urological complications rate was high. Operative route remains a controversial question.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Laparoscopy has become the routine procedure for hysterectomy in our department.
authors.affiliation: Département de Gynécologie Obstétrique et Reproduction Humaine, Polyclinique de l'Hôtel-Dieu, CHU, Clermont-Ferrand.
authors.forename: F N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Masson
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pouly
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mage
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wattiez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pomel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Glowaczover
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bruhat
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*