The review of this procedure is currently in progress and will be published by end of 2021

Description of Studies

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Description of studies 

Literature search

Explanation for the focus on abdominal over vaginal hysterectomy

  • The significant majority of studies found in the literature search were in abdominal hysterectomy, with the exception of: 
  • The studies showed that LAVH is associated with significantly lower postoperative pain scores than abdominal hysterectomy: meta-analyses showed a reduction of up to 29 mm at 48 h on a 100-mm VAS (p<0.00001) (see Operative Techniques section)
  • In light of the different pain profiles for LAVH and abdominal hysterectomy, and the absence of studies in LAVH, these procedures will be assessed separately, and an analysis of analgesia for controlling postoperative pain in LAVH conducted when more studies are available  

Transferable evidence
As for all of the procedures in PROSPECT, abdominal hysterectomy-specific evidence was supplemented with transferable evidence, the majority of which was from other major gynaecological and abdominal procedures.