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GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Miguel Emilio  y  ROMERO SANCHEZ, Ramón Ezequiel. Vaginal hysterectomy in non-prolapsed uteri: Apropos of 300 cases. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2008, vol.34, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3062.

A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 female patients that underwent vaginal hysterectomy in non-prolapsed uteri at the general surgery service of "Martín Chang Puga" Hospital, in Nuevitas, for 3 years. The average age was 42 years old, with a standard deviation of 6.11. The youngest patient was 32 years old and the oldest was 75 years old. The main surgical indication was uterine fibroma (79.66 %), followed by abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB). Most of the cases (280) used antibiotic prophylaxis. Complications accounted for 24 %, with a predominance of infectious complications. The mean hospital postoperative stay was 34.1±7.61.

Palabras clave : Vaginal hysterectomy; uterine fibroma; complications; hospital stay.

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