A prospective randomized comparison of vaginal hysterectomy, laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy, and total laparoscopic hysterectomy in women with benign uterine disease
2010
Abstract
To compare the clinical results of three minimally invasive hysterectomy techniques: vaginal hysterectomy (VH), laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH), and total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH). A prospective, randomized study was performed at a tertiary care center between March 2004 and October 2005.
A total of 125 women indicated to undergo hysterectomy for benign uterine disease were randomly assigned to three different groups (40 VH, 44 LAVH, and 41 TLH). Outcome measures, including operating time, blood loss, rate of complications, inflammatory response, febrile morbidity, consumption of analgesics, and length of hospital stay, were assessed and compared between groups