Table 4 Complications following laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy

1

Returned to operating theatre within 6 h; required suturing of vault

2

Bladder trauma detected intraoperatively and sutured laparoscopically

3

Urinary tract infection; required course of antibiotics

4

Urinary tract infection; required repeated courses of antibiotics

5

Vault granulation tissue treated with silver nitrate

6

Vault granulation tissue treated with silver nitrate

7

Vault granulation tissue treated with silver nitrate two times, 6 weeks apart

8

Vault granulation tissue treated with silver nitrate, followed by excision in operating theatre a few weeks later; histology confirmed granulation tissue

9

Recurrent pelvic infections treated with antibiotics

10

Recurrent pelvic infections treated with antibiotics

11

Recurrent pelvic infections treated with antibiotics

12

Recurrent pelvic infections treated with antibiotics but needed hospital admission and ultrasound examinations to exclude other pathology

13

Readmission with pain due to constipation

14

Readmission with pain due to constipation