Hemorragia postoperatoria en histerectomía por patología benignaEstudio unicéntrico

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Introduction: the hysterectomy is the most frequent surgical procedure in gynecology. It is a low risk procedure, but infections and post-operative bleeding are their main complications. Our aim has been to evaluate the post-operative bleeding in our environment in the context of hysterectomies due to benign pathology. Material and methods: during 2 years we have been prospectively recruiting all of the hysterectomies performed in our centre due to benign pathology. We did a descriptive study of the main features of these patients and a univariate analysis of significant post-operative bleeding (lost of hemoglobin more than 2 g/dl). Results: among 256 hysterectomies, 125 (48.8%) have been total hysterectomies and 131(51.2%) subtotal hysterectomies. Mean age of patients was 49.1 ± 8,7 years old and the rate of significant post-operative bleeding was 62.5% (n=160). The unique predictor of significant bleeding was the open operative surgical procedure (95 vs 87.5%, p=0,05), without significant differences among the type of hysterectomy, the concomitant annexectomy or the surgery duration. Need of transfusion was greater (4.4 vs 0%, p=0.048) but not the need of new intervention (3.8 vs 5.2%, p=0.752). There were no deaths. Conclusion: significant postoperative bleeding defined by the lost of haemoglobin greater than 2g/dl is a frequent complication of hysterectomy in the context of benign pathology, being the open operative surgical procedure one of its predictors.