BackgroundDespite the introduction of minimally invasive approaches for various benign uterine problems, hysterectomy is often still performed abdominally, but the vaginal route should be used whenever possible. The aim of this study was to identify the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative characteristics of women undergoing vaginal hysterectomy in the absence of uterine prolapse.MethodsA prospective, descriptive, quantitative, noncomparative study was conducted in 117 women between August 2009 and February 2011 in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The women included had a uterine indication for hysterectomy, their surgeries were performed by the same team, and they were followed up for 12 months. An adapted Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification system was used to check for uterine prolapse.ResultsThe age range of the women was 33–59 years, uterine volume was 300–900 mL, and 73.50% has undergone prior cesarean section. The main indication for hysterectomy was uterine myoma (64.95%), with a surgery time of 30–60 minutes in 55 (59.82%) and 19 (15.98%) cases, respectively. Uterine volume reduction was performed in 41 (35.05%) cases, salpingectomy was the most common associated surgery (81.19%), and anesthesia was subdural (68.37%). Common intraoperative complications included bladder lesions (8.54%), with conversion to the abdominal route being necessary in one case (1.28%), and the most common postoperative complication being vaginal cupola granuloma (32.47%). There was a statistically significant relationship between surgery time and uterine volume (χ2 = 17.367; P = 0.002).ConclusionThis study suggests that vaginal hysterectomy is a safe surgical procedure in view of its good performance and low complication rate.
Ovarian cancer is the seventh major cause of cancer-related death in women. Near 70% of epithelial ovarian cancers are diagnosed when the disease is advanced, when the 5-year survival rate is, approximately, 25%. The malignancy risk index (MRI) of ovarian tumors associates menopausal status, ultrasound characteristics and CA-125 serum levels, and has the goal of improving the preoperative distinction between benign and malignant ovarian tumors. So, we approuch this tool to regard how we should be find the best way to treat women with pelvic mass. In this paper we made a summarized review of MRI. In this article MRI and its componentes are reviewed. We understand that simplicity of Malignancy Risk Index calculation allows providing, with good accuracy, aid in differential preoperative diagnosis between benign and malignant tumors.
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