Journal of minimally invasive gynecology
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J Minim Invasive Gynecol · Nov 2007
Immediate Foley removal after laparoscopic and vaginal hysterectomy: determinants of postoperative urinary retention.
We sought to evaluate the incidence of postoperative voiding dysfunction in patients undergoing vaginal hysterectomy (VH) or total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) and to identify risk factors for the development of postoperative urinary retention after uncomplicated total hysterectomy. ⋯ Patients undergoing VH are more likely to develop postoperative voiding dysfunction than those who undergo TLH, when a policy of immediate catheter removal after surgery is used.
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J Minim Invasive Gynecol · Nov 2007
Review Case ReportsParasitic peritoneal leiomyomatosis diagnosed 6 years after laparoscopic myomectomy with electric tissue morcellation: report of a case and review of the literature.
A 33-year-old woman, gravid 2 para 2, underwent laparoscopic myomectomy with electric tissue morcellation for intraligamental myoma. Six years later, asymptomatic pelvic tumor was found during a routine checkup. Under laparoscopic observation, multiple soft tumors were detected in the peritoneal cavity and these tumors were successfully excised by a laparoscopic-assisted procedure. Pathological examination demonstrated that these tumors were progesterone receptor-positive leiomyomas that were almost identical histologically to the myoma tissue excised 6 years earlier.