Surgical approach to hysterectomy for benign gynaecological disease

• Published in: Cochrane database of systematic reviews no. 1; p. CD003677
• Main Authors: Johnson, N, Barlow, D, Lethaby, A, Tavender, E, Curr, E, Garry, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 25.01.2005
• Subjects: Female; Genital Diseases, Female - surgery; Humans; Hysterectomy - methods; Hysterectomy, Vaginal - methods; Laparoscopy - methods; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

There are three approaches to hysterectomy for benign disease - abdominal hysterectomy (AH), vaginal hysterectomy (VH) and laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH). Laparoscopic hysterectomy has three further subdivisions - laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH) where a vaginal hysterectomy is assi...