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[Complications after 106 laparoscopic hysterectomies]

E Malik1, M Schmidt, P Scheidel

  • 1Universitäts-Frauenklinik Lübeck.

Zentralblatt Fur Gynakologie
|January 1, 1997
PubMed

At our hospital in Hamburg 106 patients underwent laparoscopic hysterectomies. 92 patients had no complications, but 6 had major and 10 minor ones. As major complications occurred: one vesico-vaginal fistula, one uretero-vaginal fistula, one ureter injury, one lesion of the small intestine and two bladder injuries. As minor complications could be found: six urinary tract infections, one anemia (Hb 7,1 g/dl) and one febrile morbidity. The overall complication rate is 13.2%.

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