title: Complications in Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy(LASH), especially the morcellation related.
abstract: Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LASH) is an alternative minimally invasive approach to total laparoscopic hysterectomy or laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy. It is a safe and effective treatment of bleeding disorders and dysmenorrhoea in uterine myomatosis and/or adenomyosis. LASH has a low rate of major and minor complications, and patient satisfaction is very high. In order to extract the transected tissue from the abdomen, one essential condition for LASH is the intra-abdominal disruption of the uterine tissue by transabdominal, transcervical or transvaginal morcellation. In the following, complications in LASH, especially those related to electronic power morcellation, are described evaluating the recent literature.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Anna Hospital, Herne, Germany. Electronic address: krentel@cegpa.org.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krentel
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecological Oncology, University Hospital for Gynecology, Pius-Hospital Oldenburg, Medical Campus University of Oldenburg, Germany.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: De Wilde
mesh_terms: D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D007422:Intestines / Q000293:injuries; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D000069577:Morcellation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000293:injuries; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: complications; laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy; power morcellation