title: [Hysterectomy through laparoscopy: ten-years experience at Hospital Español de México].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze both clinical and surgical characteristics of patients with no oncologic diseases treated with any variant of laparoscopic hysterectomy during the 1996-2005 period in Hospital Español de Mexico, and compare them with the reported in literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective, longitudinal, descriptive, not experimental. Total 376 patients; group 1, 204 with laparoscopic hysterectomy; group 2, 157 laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy; group 3, 15 laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean age similar for each group (43.9, 44.4 and 44.8), larger numberof patients with at least one previous vaginal delivery compared with cesarean in the first two groups (65.7 vs 55.5%, 77.7 vs. 15.2%); identical in the third group (40 vs. 40%). The 51.5% had at least one previous gynecological-obstetric surgery (52.9, 49.0 and 60%). The mean uterine length was similar in the 3 groups (9.6, 9.8 y 10.9 cm). The most predominant diagnosis was uterine leiomyomata (75, 50.6 and 73.3%). The mean surgical time was shorter in the third group (159.5, 158 and 117.6 min.). Hospital stay was shorter in the third group (2.6, 2.9 and 2.2 days). Group 3 had no minor or major complications. The corresponding major complications was 1.9% (group 1) and 1.8% (group 2); minor complications was 4.9% y 3.1% for groups 1 and two respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There were no significant differences between the clinical and surgical characteristics regarding patients and surgical procedure, therefore they could be offered for the vast majority of patients with no oncologic disease.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Español de México. drmurilloi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: José Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Murillo Ibarrola
authors.forename: Leonel Alfonso
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Pedraza González
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Aguirre Osete
authors.forename: Paula Esther
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: López González
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007045:Hysterectomy, Vaginal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies