VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY AMENDED BY THE TECHNICAL PELOSI. PRELIMINARY REPORT

Authors

  • Italo Coripuna Departamento de Gestión e Investigación, Facultad de Salud Pública, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
  • Jorge Díaz Departamento de Gestión e Investigación, Facultad de Salud Pública, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
  • José Grande Departamento de Gestión e Investigación, Facultad de Salud Pública, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
  • Ernesto Huayta Zacarías Departamento de Gestión e Investigación, Facultad de Salud Pública, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31403/rpgo.v48i546

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To understand the benefits of implementing a new surgical technique to marginal hysterectomy. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. PLACE: Cayetano Heredia National Hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients implanted with the surgical technique of vaginal hysterectomy amended by Pelosi, between June 1998 and May 2001. RESULTS: Eighty-seven percent of interventions was conducted by the resident. The average time of surgery was 122 minutes. A womb of up to 18 cm was extracted. There were no intraoperative complications and postoperative complications were urinary tract infection (13%) and infection dome (8.7%). In the histopathological analysis, the most common finding was chronic cervicitis (35%). CONCLUSIONS: vaginal hysterectomy by Pelosi modified technique is a safe procedure that shows in our environment similar to those reported in the literature benefits.

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Published

2015-05-14

How to Cite

Coripuna, I., Díaz, J., Grande, J., & Huayta Zacarías, E. (2015). VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY AMENDED BY THE TECHNICAL PELOSI. PRELIMINARY REPORT. The Peruvian Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 48(2), 118–123. https://doi.org/10.31403/rpgo.v48i546

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Comunicación Corta

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