Subtotal Versus Total Abdominal Hysterectomy for Benign Gynecological Conditions

Peripartum Hysterectomy

“…Subtotal hysterectomy may be preferable because it may be technically easier with shorter operating time, less blood loss, less urological injury and low morbidity, added to the fact that the cervix may be difficult to identify, especially if the patient has laboured and whose cervix is fully effaced, dilated and soft. This is important in the setting of severe acute haemorrhage [67,68].…”

“…The abdominal wound was closed with silver wire. Various modifications followed, such as those of Godson in 1884 and Lawson in 1890 [6].…”