"Approaches to Hysterectomy" ed. by Zouhair O. Amarin

This book is intended for all specialties involved in health care for women.

Hysterectomy is a very common type of surgery and can be a life-saving operation for some women with certain types of cancer or torrential uterine haemorrhage. It can also improve the quality of life for women who experience menometrorrhagia, uterine leiomyomata, endometriosis or uterine prolapse.
However, before embarking on hysterectomy, it is important to be aware of and understand all the options available, medical or conservative surgical, as well as their risks and benefits.
The most determinant factors for choosing one or another approach are uterine size, organ mobility, parity and previous pathology, in integration with best research evidence, clinical expertise and patient values and expectations.

Contents
Preface
1 Comparative Analyses of Pain, Depressed Mood and Sleep Disturbance Symptoms in Women before and after Hysterectomy
2 Laparoscopic Transient Uterine Artery Occlusion and Myomectomy for Symptomatic Uterine Myoma as an Alternative to Hysterectomy
3 Uterine Artery Embolization as an Alternative to Hysterectomy, in Patients with Uterine Myomas
4 Artery Embolization of Uterine Fibroids as Alternative to Hysterectomy
5 Retroperitoneal and Retrograde Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy – Technique with Three- and Five-millimeter Trocars
6 Radical Hysterectomy Techniques — Indications and Complications
7 Pelvic Exenteration for the Management of Pelvic Malignancies
8 B-Lynch Compression Suture as an Alternative to Paripartum Hysterectomy
9 Peripartum Hysterectomy