Abstract

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HYSTERECTOMY

Iman Jaafar Abbood* and Qismah Hasan Khudhair

Abstract

The current study was undertaken to evaluate various factors associated with hysterectomy observed in tertiary care institute. Total 40 cases of peripartum hysterectomy were enrolled in the study Maternal characteristics such as age, parity, gestational age, previous cesarean delivery, previous uterine curettage, history of antepartum bleeding, obstetric complication, mode of delivery and intrapartum complications were recorded on a prestructured proforma. The patients (52.5%) undergone peripartum hysterectomies were in the age group of 26-30 year. 82.5% were multipara and 55.3% of patients had a history of LSCS in previous pregnancies. All the patients (100%) who underwent hysterectomies were anemic in the antenatal period. 11 (27.5%) patients had placenta previa with 10 (25%) of pre via's being associated with previous LSCS.

Keywords: hysterectomy.