dc.contributor.author | Shava, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nene, N.L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mpande, L. | |
dc.coverage.spatial | South Africa. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-06-26T09:18:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-06-26T09:18:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Shava, J., Nene, N.L., & Mpande, L. (2004) Vaginal hysterectomy. A five year prospective descriptive study, CAJM vol. 50, no. 7& 8. (pp. 61-5) UZ, Avondale, Harare: Faculty of Medicine. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0008-9176 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/6435 | |
dc.description | A CAJM article on Vaginal hysterectomy. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To review patients who had vaginal hysterectomy and observe any complications related to the procedure.
Design: A prospective descriptive study.
Setting: Sunshine Hospital, Actonville , Benoni, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
Subjects : 124 consecutive women who had vaginal hysterectomy.
Interventions : Vaginal hysterectomy.
Main Outcome Measures: Duration of operation, hospital stay, intra and post operative complications; need for blood transfusion; histological result of uterus and uterus weight.
Results: The mean age was 44.7years (range 16 to 74 years). Mean parity was 2.7 (range 0 to 9). Common indications were menorrhagia (34.7%) and myomatous uterus (25.8%). The common risk factors were previous Caesarean delivery (12.9%), medical conditions (9.7%) and previous tubal ligation (10.5%). The mean operation time was 86.6 minutes (range 52 to 140 minutes). Only two (1.6%) patients required blood transfusion. Complications occurred in 5.6% of the patients. Myomatous uterus (40.3%) and adenomyosis (19.4%) were the commonest histological diagnosis. The mean hospital stay was 2.5 days (range 2 to 21 days). The average weight of the uterus was 142.2 gms (range 25 to 599gms).
Conclusions: Vaginal hysterectomy can be performed and achieve very low complication rates. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Faculty of Medicine. Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (UZ). | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Gender | en |
dc.subject | Health | en |
dc.subject | Science and Society | en |
dc.title | Vaginal hysterectomy. A five year prospective descriptive study | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.rights.holder | University of Zimbabwe (UZ). | en |