title: [Vaginal hysterectomy assisted by laparoscopy. Critical and comparative study if vaginal and abdominal hysterectomy at the A.B.C. Hospital of Mexico].
abstract: The laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy offers the possibility to convert abdominal to vaginal approach give to the patient the benefits of ti. The analysis of the first 20 cases in our institution is done and are compared with abdominal and vaginal approaches in some parameters including costs, indications and hospitalization days. The laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy offers to the patient the benefits of the vaginal approach with hospital stay similar and cost and operative time higher than those for either vaginal and abdominal hysterectomy. The exact role of the laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy on daily practice still is pending.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Ginecología y Obstetricia, Hospital A.B.C. Ciudad de México.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kably Ambe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barroso-Villa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jurado-Jurado
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Almanza
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: García León
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D007045:Hysterectomy, Vaginal; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*