Table 5 Operative complications
From: Challenges of laparoscopic hysterectomy: a 10-year experience in UK hospitals
Complication | TLH (n = 141) | LH (n = 103) | LAVH (n = 13) | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Ureteric injury | 3 | 2.13 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | 1.17 |
Bladder injury | 1 | 0.71 | 0 | – | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 0.78 |
Inferior epigastric injury | 1 | 0.71 | 3 | 2.91 | 1 | 7.7 | 5 | 1.95 |
Bowel injury | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – |
Vaginal cuff bleeding | 0 | – | 1 | 0.97 | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 0.78 |
Total | 5 | 3.55 | 4 | 3.88 | 3 | 23.1 | 12 | 4.67 |
Return to theatre | 4 | 2.84 | 3 | 2.91 | 2 | 15.4 | 9 | 3.5 |