Hysterectomy in Mandalay General Hospital

ABSTRACT

Hysterectomies were performed during the period 1965-1969 in the Obstetrics and Gynaecological Department of Mandalay General Hospital. The incidence of hysterectomy is found to be 55 per cent of all the major gynaecological operations the commonest indication of hysterectomy being myoma of the uterus and the commonest age group between 41 and 45 years. The mortality of hysterectomy is found to be 0.84 per cent and the morbidity is 33.6 per cent.