The study of patients-reported functional changes and satisfaction after total abdominal hysterectomy / 대한산부인과학회지

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to investigate women's perception and satisfaction before and after hysterectomy comparing urinary, lower gastrointestinal, and sexual function. METHODS: It was a prospective study of 89 women ages 31-65 years undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy for nonmalignant conditions. These women were interviewed before surgery and 1, 3 and 6 months later. Patients-reported symptoms of urinary, lower gastrointestinal, and sexual function and woman's satisfaction of hysterectomy were assessed. Only P< or =0.001 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The most common reason of patients for hysterectomy was abnormal uterine bleeding. Secondary complication after hysterectomy was negligible. Hysterectomy has got lead to the improvements in pelvic/abdominal pain, gastrointestinal symptoms, and urinary symptoms. The frequency of orgasm was reduced, but other sexual variables were not changed significantly. The level of satisfaction after hysterectomy was very high. CONCLUSION: Abdominal hysterectomy for benign conditions improves urinary and lower gastrointestinal function with no consistent changes in sexual function. Hysterectomy gives patients high degree of satisfaction as well as marked improvement of quality of life.

A clinical analysis of uterine myoma / 대한산부인과학회지

From January 1998 to December 2002, 3,259 cases of uterine myoma were treated at the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chunbuk National University Hospital. A clinico-stastical study of uterine myoma was perfomed to analyse the clinical characteristics. The results were as follows. 1. The incidence of uterine myoma was 9.8%. 2. The most frequent age group was 40 to 49 years, and the mean age was 44.6 years. 3. The average parity was 2.29, the infertility was 163 cases (5.0%), while the primary infertility, 2.4%, the secondary, 2.6% respectively. 4. The most frequent chief complaint was pain which was observed in 2,648 cases (81.2%), abnormal bleeding in 1,775 cases (53.8%). dizziness in 270 cases (8.3%). 5. The corporeal myomas were observed in 2,879 cases (95.9%). Intramural type was observed in 1,687 cases (58.2%), subserous in 529 cases (18.2%), submucous in 191 cases (6.5%), mixed type in 483 cases (17.0%). 6. The mean value of preoperative hemoglobin was 11.1 gm/dL, and the anemia (Hb<10.0 gm/dL) was observed in 481 cases (11.7%). Transfusion was necessary in 215 cases (6.5%). 7. The mean weight of the uterine myoma operated was 335.0 gm. 8. The secondary change of myoma was found in 54 cases (1.7%) and hyaline degeneration was the most common (0.7%). 9. The most common associated condition was chronic cervicitis, which was observed in 784 cases (24.1%). 10. The gynecologic surgery were performed in 1,456 cases (44.7%), medical therapy in 25 cases (0.8%), observation in 1,792 cases (55.0%). 11. Total abdominal hysterectomy was performed in 607 cases (41.7%), total abdominal hysterectomy with unilateral adnexectomy in 115 cases (7.9%), total abdominal hysterectomy with both adnexectomy in 164 cases (11.3%), subtotal hysterectomy in 304 cases (20.9%), myomectomy in 153 cases (10.5%), total laparoscopic hysterectomy in 103 cases (7.0%), laparoscopy assisted vaginal hysterectomy in 8 cases (0.5%), diagnostic laparoscopy in 2 cases (0.1%) respectively. 12. The postoperative complication were found in 113 cases (3.5%) and the wound infection was the most common (1.6%). 13. The mean period of hospitalization was 8 days, and the period less than 10 days in 1,177 cases (80.9%).

A Comparative Study of Tensile Strength in Vitro and Histologic Reaction on Rabbits between TRISORB Suture Materials and Traditional Suture Materials ( Dexon , Vicryl , Medifit ) / 대한산부인과학회잡지

Objective: Our purpost was to study effectiveness and clinical application of TRISO-RB suture materials and the find the most appropriate coating ingredient. The tensile str-ength and histologic reaction of the TRISORB are compared with those of traditional ma-terials such as Dexon , Vicryl , and Medifit . Study design:In vivo, 20 female rabbits were observed for histologic reaction at di- fferent time intervals after they were implanted with suture material. In vitro, Tensile str- ength was compared among the four suture materials after boiling in distilled water at 80degrees C. It was also compared with the tensile strength in phosphate buffer solution of pH 7.4 at 37degrees C. Results: Histologic reaction was remarkable with Medifit suture material. There was no significant differences among the other suture materials. TRISORB with A coating ingredient showed the least histologic reaction. TRISORB suture materials showed simi- lar tensile strength as those of traditional suture materials in vitro. Conclusion: TRISORB suture material is consists of same polyglycolic acid as trad- itional synthetic absorbable suture materials. It shows no significant differences in vivo and in vitro when compared with other traditional materials. It is considered to be applic- able with humans.