Comparison of Total and Supracervical Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for Benign Disease in a Collective of 200 Patients

摘要

THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF HYSTERECTOMY GOES BACK to 2000-year-old Greek manuscripts, which describe the necessity of hysterectomy when a prolapsed uterus "has become black."1 Since then, especially since the nineteenth century, new operating techniques for both total and subtotal removal of the uterus have continuously evolved and been improved. Today, hysterectomy is still one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in the world.2