Open AccessTrends in hysterectomy for benign causes - A retrospective study at Kohalpur Teaching Hospital
Author(s) -
Prachi Renjhen,
Sushree Sangita Behura,
Sumnima Acharya
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.824
Subject(s) - medicine , dysfunctional uterine bleeding , retrospective cohort study , hysterectomy , in utero , abdominal hysterectomy , gynecology , obstetrics , uterine prolapse , surgery , pregnancy , endometrium , fetus , biology , genetics
A retrospective study of all hysterectomies was done from 1st January 2001 to 31st December 2001. Theobjective was to study the trends in age, parity, indications, type of surgery (abdominal or vaginal),conservation of ovaries, repair of pelvic floor and postoperative complications. All cases were reviewed forthe above parameters.73 hysterectomies were performed during this period, of which 57.53 % were abdominal and 42.47% werevaginal.Maximum numbers of operations (41.09%) were in the age groups of 31 to 40 years and 41-50yrs (35.61%).Ovaries were conserved in 50 %cases.Commonest indication was utero-vaginal prolapse (46.6%) followed by cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia(CIN) (28.77%), leiomyomas (20.54%) and dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) (4.10%). Pelvic floorrepair accompanied almost all (97%) vaginal hysterectomies.Key Words: Hysterectomy, pelvic inflammatory disease, cervical intra epithelial neoplasia,utero-vaginal prolapse, DUB.