title: Vaginal hysterectomy: results and complications of 886 patients.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility, results and complications of vaginal hysterectomy. A total of 886 consecutive patients who had undergone vaginal hysterectomy for benign gynecological diseases were retrospectively analysed. Vaginal hysterectomy was successfully performed in 96.1% of the nulliparous and 99.9% of the parous patients. The mean duration (min) of the operation was 89.1+/-29.1. The operation time (min) of the nulliparous women was significantly higher than that of the primiparous and multiparous women (109.3+/-40.2 vs 81.1+/-33.2 and 85.1+/-28.3, respectively). The overall complication rate was 14.6%. The intraoperative and postoperative complication rates were 4.1% and 10.5%, respectively. The most common intraoperative complication was bladder injury (2.5%). Vaginal hysterectomy for benign gynaecological diseases has high feasibility with acceptable complication rates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Akyol
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Esinler
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guven
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Salman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayhan
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007045:Hysterectomy, Vaginal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications