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Complications of laparoscopic hysterectomy: the Monash experience
Author(s) -
Tsaltas J,
Lawrence A,
Michael M,
Pearce S
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.0004-8666.2002.00295.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , fistula , complication , incidence (geometry) , hysterectomy , general surgery , laparoscopic hysterectomy , medical record , retrospective cohort study , bladder injury , physics , optics
A retrospective review of medical records was performed to assess the incidence and type of significant complications encountered during laparoscopic hysterectomy. Two hundred and sixty‐five consecutive patients were reviewed between the years 1994 and August 2001. Two hundred and thirty‐two laparoscopic vaginal hysterectomies and 33 total laparoscopic hysterectomies were performed. The operations were performed at Monash Medical Centre, a Melbourne tertiary public hospital, and two Melbourne private hospitals, by three surgeons. Ten significant complications occurred. There were two cases of ureteric fistula, two bladder injuries, two bowel obstructions, two postoperative haematomas, one case of a bladder fistula and one superficial epigastric artery injury. In‐patient stay ranged from two to six days. Our complication and in‐patient stay rates are consistent with previously reported rates.