Comparison of different sutures for suturing the cardinal ligament and uterosacral ligament during transvagi-nal hysterectomy
BAO Ai-ling
LIU Shun-Tao
Abstract：Objective To explore the effects of different sutures for suturing the stump of cardinal ligament and uterosacral ligament during transvaginal hysterectomy on vaginal stump healing .Methods A retrospective analy-sis was performed on the clinical data of 140 patients who received transvaginal hysterectomy .According to the time period,these patients were divided into observation group and control group with 70 cases in each group .The control group underwent the suturing of stump of cardinal ligament and uterosacral ligament with No 7 silk-sutures from Janu-ary 2010 to June 2011 .The observation group underwent the suturing of stumps of cardinal ligament and uterosacral ligament with No 10 silk sutures from July 2011 to January 2013 .The vaginal drainage at one month after surgery and vaginal stump′s polyps,granulation,thread rejection at three months after surgery were observed .Results After dis-charge, the control group showed vaginal drainage in 42 cases, of which the vaginal stump′s polyps granulation , thread rejection in 22 cases.After discharge observation group showed vaginal drainage in 7 cases,vaginal stump′s polyps granulation, thread rejection in 3 cases.There was significant difference between two groups (P<0.01).Con-clusion Between the vaginal stump healing after transvaginal hysterectomy and suture thickness for suturing stump of cardinal ligament and uterosacral ligament has a close relationship .
Keywords：Transvaginal hysterectomyCardinal ligament and uterosacral ligamentSuture thicknessVaginal stump healing
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 1041-1043 )