Complications of Hysterectomy in Iraqi Women in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Abstract

Background: Hysterectomy is a common procedure in gynecological practice for the management of benign and malignant conditions. Currently, it has been shown that laparoscopic hysterectomy surgery is better than traditional surgery since it has fewer intraoperative and postoperative complications. Objective: This study contributed to determine complications associated with women who underwent laparoscopic hysterectomy. Patients and methods:Clinical data were collected for 60 women who underwent laparoscopic hysterectomy from different hospitals in Iraq. The ages of the women ranged between 30-45 years. The study period they were extended from April 8, 2022, to August 25, 2023, which includes diagnostic techniques for women with uterine tumors and operating time. During surgery, estimated bleeding rate, complications, mortality rate, length of hospital stay, women’s quality of life, and postoperative pain rate. Results: Our study shown clinical and surgical outcomes of women who underwent a laparoscopic hysterectomy, which include women with ages 46–50 were the greatest class who conducted laparoscopic hysterectomy; abnormal vaginal bleeding with 19 cases, pelvic pain with 14 cases, and enlarged uterus with 19 cases; most types of uterine tumors prevalence which are polyps with 30 cases and fibroids with 16 cases; operative time of laparoscopic hysterectomy was 146.14 ± 30.53 minutes; blood transfusion inlcuded two women with estimated blood loss was 170.53 ± 146.35 mL; no death cases, admission to the intensive care unit included 2 cases; hospital stays was 2.8 ± 1.3; rate of complications were 9 cases, where early complications included 3 cases and late complications included 6 cases. Conclusion: This study indicates that laparoscopic hysterectomy provides clinical successful, which be safer and more effective as an alternative surgery in the treatment of women with tumors.