Analysis of urologic complications after radical hysterectomy.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
Injuries of the ureter or bladder or development of vesicovaginal and ureterovaginal fistulas are the most serious complications in gynecological surgery. This study included 536 women who underwent radical hysterectomy because of invasive cancer of the cervix uteri. During the surgery the ureter was injured in 1.32% of cases, whereas the percentage of bladder injuries was 1.49. In the early postoperative period vesicovaginal or ureterovaginal fistulas appeared in 2.61% and 2.43% of cases, respectively. The stage of the disease, obesity, diabetes, and postoperative surgical infection acted as predisposing factors of the urinary tract complications.
Medical subject headings
- Hysterectomy
- Ureter
- Urinary Bladder
- Urinary Fistula
- Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
- Vesicovaginal Fistula