Hysterectomy
Studies from University of Ghana, Medical Department yield new information about hysterectomy
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 3rd, 2008
In this recently published study, investigators in Accra, Ghana conducted a study "To study the role of abdominal ultrasound in the management of complications after emergency or elective hysterectomy. The study compared 102 women who had complications after emergency peripartum hysterectomy (study group) with 102 women who had complications after elective hysterectomy for fibroids (control group)."
"The study group had a lower mean age (31.1 +/- 2.1 vs 40.1 +/- 3.4 years) but higher parity (3.0 +/- 1.3 vs 2.0 +/- 1.2) compared with the control group. The primary complication in the study group was abdominal mass or distension (55.9%) compared with chronic abdominal...
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