NCT03692832

Laparoscopic vs Vaginal Hysterectomy for Benign Gynaecological Disease

Laparoscopic Versus Vaginal Hysterectomy for Benign Gynaecological Disease in Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ain Shams University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is designed to compare laparoscopic and vaginal hysterectomy in women with benign gynaecological disease in Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital.

Detailed description

The current trial evaluates the performance and short-term postoperative outcomes of these two approaches for hysterectomy in Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital, a major tertiary hospital in Greater Cairo, and one of Egypt's leading centers in terms of provision of public medical service. Eighty patients with benign indications, with no contraindications to neither laparoscopic nor vaginal approaches, were randomized into two equal groups, to undergo either of the two procedures: LH or VH.

Conditions

• Benign Gynecological Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	LH	Laparoscopic hysterectomy following AAGL class IV E, vault closed vaginally
PROCEDURE	VH	Vaginal hysterectomy following Heaney technique

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-01
• Primary completion: 2020-03-01
• Completion: 2020-03-01
• First posted: 2018-10-02
• Last updated: 2022-01-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt