Background: Hysterectomy is the most common surgical procedure done worldwide in women. Although many studies were done regarding short term complications, long term complications are not very well followed up. The objective of the study is to analyze short term and also long-term complications for the different mode of hysterectomy.Methods: It was a time-bound hospital-based prospective study which includes all the women who underwent hysterectomy for benign conditions in the hospital except women with prior psychiatric, bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunctions. All the patients were followed up for one year using a set of questionnaires to study short term and long-term complications.Results: No significant difference in short term post-operative complications concerning the mode of hysterectomy except for UTI was more common in vaginal hysterectomy group and haemorrhage in TAH route. Sexual dysfunction was noted even after 1 year of surgery in all modes of hysterectomy. Mild urinary dysfunction found statistically significant even at 1 year follow up in vaginal hysterectomy mode however there was no bothersome urinary dysfunction persistent after one year.Conclusions: Sexual dysfunction is the most common persistent long-term morbidity following hysterectomy found in the present study.

Objective: To determine the diagnostic ability of the spleen and liver stiffness in predicting the presence of esophageal varices (EVs). Methods: A sample of cirrhotic patients, diagnosed with sonography, was recruited. The cohorts’ liver stiffness (LS) and spleen stiffness (SS) were measured with the Philips’ Elast PQ technique. Platelet count and spleen size were also documented. The endoscopic report was used as the diagnostic gold standard. Singular and combined parameters were assessed to determine the presence of EV using an independent variable t test, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, and multilogistic regression analysis statistical tests. Results: In predicting the presence of EV, there was a statistically significant difference in means of SS (2.13 ± 0.69 m/s vs. 3.23 ± 1.32 m/s) and LS (2.33 ± 1.20 m/s vs. 3.05 ± 1.4 m/s), as well as discriminating between groups of patients, with and without EV. The ability to diagnostically classify EV with SS and LS was fair while the remaining parameters were deemed poor, using a SS cutoff value of 1.99 m/s. Conclusion: Despite the difference in means, none of the assessed parameters demonstrated a better classification ability than endoscopy. LS and SS were equal in the prediction of EV in these patients. The LS estimate of fibrosis would have grossly predicted the presence of varices. However, the addition of SS, for the estimation of varices, provided no significant benefit.