Hysterectomy

04/01/2015 - "After the diagnosis of occult cervical cancer during simple hysterectomy, is the best treatment option for the patient surgery with or without radiotherapy or radiation therapy only? "
01/01/2006 - "In stage IB cervical cancer we used the best treatment choice: radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection."
11/01/2003 - "In the third period (1981-2003), hysterectomy with subsequent polychemotherapy resulted in complete remission from two to 18 years in 9 out of 11 women (82%), while in two cases with absent ETT-CHNed in uterus the intervention was limited to tumor extirpation in the lung or mamma with subsequent treatment with chemotherapy. "
03/01/2000 - "Higher radiation doses are associated with an improved likelihood of tumor eradication in the treatment of bulky, endophytic cervical cancer and complete tumor sterilization at adjuvant hysterectomy is predictive of significantly enhanced survival and pelvic control. "
03/01/1986 - "With the recent advances in general surgery, the treatment of cervical cancer has been markedly improved to increase the five-year survival rate after radical hysterectomy. "

02/01/2015 - "(I) 7. Hysterectomy is the most effective treatment for symptomatic uterine fibroids. "
08/01/2014 - "In the base-case analysis, UAE as a first-line treatment of symptomatic fibroids was the most effective and expensive strategy (22.75 QALYs; $22,968), followed by MRI-guided focused ultrasound (22.73 QALYs; $20,252) and hysterectomy (22.54 QALYs; $11,253). "
12/01/2012 - "For perimenopausal women who have been informed of the alternatives and the risks, hysterectomy is the most effective treatment for symptomatic fibroids and is associated with a high rate of patient satisfaction. "
02/01/2009 - "It is highly effective and safe mainly in premenopausal patients with symptomatic fibroids and represents an alternative to hysterectomy in a group of women not suitable for minimally invasive surgical treatment (LAVH) and women desiring uterus sparing therapy. "
01/01/2008 - "Although hysterectomy is the most certain cure for women with symptomatic fibroids who do not wish to preserve fertility, an increasing number of women are choosing and looking for the options of organ-conserving surgery. "

06/25/2005 - "Significantly speedier return to normal activities and other improved secondary outcomes (shorter duration of hospital stay and fewer unspecified infections or febrile episodes) suggest that vaginal hysterectomy is preferable to abdominal hysterectomy where possible. "
11/01/1985 - "Prophylaxis has become established as effective for prevention of infection following vaginal hysterectomy and cesarean section, but its success in abdominal hysterectomy has been less uniform. "
05/01/1991 - "It was concluded that the two regimens were similarly effective and safe in preventing infections following hysterectomy."
09/01/2007 - "Sustaining improvement in surgical infection prevention measures for hysterectomy."
07/01/1982 - "Ninety-one patients were enrolled in a prospective randomized double-blind study evaluating the efficacy of systemic antibiotic prophylaxis in reducing the incidence of operative site infection after abdominal hysterectomy. "

10/01/2007 - "Hysterectomy is obviously effective in stopping bleeding but is associated with morbidity and is most costly. "
01/01/2006 - "Compared to oral medication, endometrial resection was significantly more effective in controlling bleeding (at four months: OR 10.62, 95% CI 5.30 to 21.27) and significantly less likely to cause side effects (at four months: OR 0.15, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.31) and hysterectomy resulted in significantly greater improvements in mental health (at six months p = 0.04). "
05/01/2004 - "Seventeen of 32 women assigned to medicine (53%) eventually crossed over and received a hysterectomy, and by 24 months the statistically significant differences by intention-to-treat were limited to greater improvement in hot flushes (P <.01) and cessation of vaginal bleeding (P <.01). "
01/01/2013 - "Although hysterectomy is associated with longer operating time (particularly for the laparoscopic route), a longer recovery period and higher rates of postoperative complications, it offers permanent relief from heavy menstrual bleeding. "
01/01/2013 - "On the other hand, hysterectomy is obviously 100% effective in stopping bleeding but is more costly and can cause severe complications. "

11/01/2011 - "However, undergoing hysterectomy was a strong predictor of improvement in pain (P = 0.008). "
02/01/2015 - "Patient-centered outcomes suggest overall equivalent tolerance of supracervical and total hysterectomy procedures with a trend towards short-term pain improvement with cervical retention."
08/01/2006 - "The primary outcome was improvement in pain and the main exposure was treatment group: primarily medical (pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, physical therapy, or combinations of the 3) or surgical (hysterectomy, resection or ablative procedures, oophrectomy, diagnostic surgery, pain mapping, vulvar or vestibular repair). "
09/01/2013 - "Efficacy of Eremostachys laciniata herbal extract on mitigation of pain after hysterectomy surgery."
10/01/2002 - "Three themes were derived from interviews with 30 women: African American cultural myths, fears, and sexual symbolism related to hysterectomy; benefits of hysterectomy that included freedom from pain and public embarrassment and freedom from risk of pregnancy; and improved self-esteem and sexuality. "