Introduction:

The first reports of hysterectomy were in the year 120 BC. The first indications for surgery were: Endometriosis, Abnormal uterine bleeding, Benign adnexal masses, Chronic pelvic pain in relation to adhesions, secondary to inflammatory disease, but it was not until 1988 that the first laparoscopic hysterectomy was performed by H. Reich. Pelvic or prior surgery; Cancer of the endometrium, ovary and cervix stage l.

Clinical case:

a 44-year-old female patient who started her illness four months prior to surgery with intermittent heavy bleeding with the use of 6 sanitary towels per day with a 15 x 15 menstrual cycle accompanied by colic type pain, which referred with hormonal Injectable and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, pelvic ultrasound was performed with a report of uterine myomatosis, passed to the operating room where it was found as uterus of 10x7x7cm with myomatosis of large subserosal elements, the largest of 7x7x7cm in the posterior wall of the uterus, being graduated To the third day of hospital stay without data of active bleeding, tolerating the oral route, channeling gases.

Justification: A laparoscopic hysterectomy allows better visualization by magnifying anatomy and existing pathology, better access to Douglas fundus and ovarian fossae, better hemostatic control as well as diminishing abdominal incision pain.

Conclusion:

decreased hospital stay, greater return to activities, shorter hospital stay, reduced infection at the surgical wound site.

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