title: Total laparoscopic hysterectomy: a five-year experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the surgical outcomes of total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) over a five-year period in a teaching community hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed demographic data, intraoperative and postoperative outcomes, and morbidity data on 175 women who underwent TLH between January 2001 and December 2005.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No bowel or urinary tract injury occurred in any of the patients. The major and minor complication rates were 4% and 2.9% respectively. The mean operating time was 108.2 minutes, standard deviation (SD) 29.6 minutes, range 60-199 minutes, and the mean length of hospital stay was 1.2 days, SD 0.4 days. The mean uterine weight was 292.9 g, SD 206.3 g, with the largest specimen weighing 1126 g.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The cases reported here had operating times and lengths of hospital stay that were similar to those in previously published reports. TLH is a safe and acceptable alternative to standard hysterectomy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North York General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto ON.
authors.forename: Vincent Y T
authors.initials: VYT
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.affiliation: Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North York General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto ON.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.affiliation: Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, North York General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto ON.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.affiliation: Family and Community Medicine, North York General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto ON.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kadanka
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies