Author(s)

Lujain Bukhari¹, Ayman A. Bukhari¹, Omar F. Albakri¹, Arwa F. Alshamrani¹, Walaa E. Alahmadi², Hassan S. O. Abduljabbar^3*

¹Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
²Biochemistry Department, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
³Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical College, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The aims are to review respectively 229 cases of hysterectomy and to find the factor affecting the decision of vaginal hysterectomy. Data collected from medical charts include age, nationality, parity, menopause, history of Dilation and curettage. The following data were obtained: the clinical presentation and the indication for hysterectomy. Postoperative complication includes the estimated blood loss, the number of days in hospital and ICU admission recorded. The route of hysterectomy found that 187 (82%) were abdominal and only 42 (18%) were vaginal. Factors significantly associated with the choice of vaginal approach: age, parity, smaller uterine size and prolapse. Factors affecting the decision of vaginal hysterectomy for treatment of benign diseases are identified as follows: if the age is more than 35 years or if the women already reach menopause, the presenting symptoms are not vaginal bleeding but prolapsed uterus and uterine size is less than 12 weeks.

Vaginal, Abdominal, Hysterectomy

Bukhari, L. , Bukhari, A. , Albakri, O. , Alshamrani, A. , Alahmadi, W. and Abduljabbar, H. (2016) A Retrospective Review: Vaginal versus Abdominal Hysterectomy for Benign Gynecological Diseases in a Tertiary Canter. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 6, 761-768. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2016.612094.