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dc.creatorShava, J.
dc.creatorNene, N.L.
dc.creatorMpande, L.
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-26T09:18:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-08T10:55:07Z
dc.date.available2015-06-26T09:18:14Z
dc.date.available2015-12-08T10:55:07Z
dc.date.created2015-06-26T09:18:14Z
dc.date.issued2004-07
dc.identifierShava, 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.
dc.identifier0008-9176
dc.identifierhttp://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/6435
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10646/2143
dc.description.abstractObjective: 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.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherFaculty of Medicine. Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe (UZ).
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.rightsUniversity of Zimbabwe (UZ).
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectScience and Society
dc.titleVaginal hysterectomy. A five year prospective descriptive study
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