Vaginal Hysterectomy: Past, Present, and Future

Copenhaver EH, Edward H. Copenhaver, E H Copenhaver
The Surgical clinics of North America · 1980 · vol. 60(2) , pp. 437–449 · doi:10.1016/s0039-6109(16)42091-8 · PMID:6992307 · W2399246477
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Vaginal hysterectomy techniques have improved, reducing complications and hospital stays, and remain a primary option for women with completed childbearing who experience heavy or painful periods.

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Progress has been made in the following aspects of vaginal hysterectomy: improvement of technique and reduction of the incidence of febrile morbidity, the length of hospitalization, and the postoperative retention of urine with associated repair. Vaginal hysterectomy should continue to have its widest application in women whose childbearing is complete and who have incapacitating hypermenorrhea and dysmenorrhea with or without small uterine leiomyomas or adenomyosis.

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Hysterectomy Hysterectomy, Vaginal Anti-Bacterial Agents Anti-Bacterial Agents Female Fever Fever Fever Humans Hysterectomy Hysterectomy, Vaginal Hysterectomy, Vaginal Length of Stay Postoperative Complications Surgical Wound Infection Surgical Wound Infection Suture Techniques Urinary Catheterization

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