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Table 4 Intraoperative and early and late postoperative complications

From: Early experience of laparoscopically assisted radical vaginal hysterectomy (Coelio-Schauta) versus abdominal radical hysterectomy for early stage cervical cancer

 

Intraoperative

Number

Percentage

Early postoperative

Number

Percentage

Late postoperative

Number

Percentage

LARVH (n = 14)

Cystotomy

2

14.3

Chest pain

1

7.1

Paresthesia

2

14.3

Ureteric injury

1

7.1

Leg pain

1

7.1

Thigh muscular atrophy

1

7.1

Obturator nerve injury

1

7.1

Neurapraxia

1

7.1

long-term vaginal discharge

1

7.1

   

Vaginal wound inflammation

1

7.1

Tuboovarian abscess

1

7.1

   

Urinary retention

1

7.1

Recurrent UTI

1

7.1

      

Adhesions

1

7.1

 

RH (n = 12)

Cystotomy

1

8.3

Urinary incontinence

2

16.6

Wound inflammation

3

25

   

Neurapraxia

1

8.3

Neurapraxia

1

8.3

      

Urinary incontinence

1

8.3

   

Bladder sensation loss

1

8.3

Vestibulitis

1

8.3

   

Urinary retention

1

8.3

Vesicovaginal fistula

1

8.3

   

Hypertrophic scar

1

8.3

Chronic oedema on mons pubis

1

8.3

   

Vaginal wound inflammation

1

8.3

Chronic constipation

1

8.3

      

Dog ear

1

8.3