Clinical Course of The Patient who Had the Gynecologic Operation Using Minilaparotomy.

Cho, Yoon Sung; Seo, Kyoung Yun; Yoon, Won Sik; Seo, Kyoung A; Kim, Hee Young; Chung, Seo Ho; Jo, Hyun Hee; Kim, Jin Hong

Original Article

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2003;46(3):632-636.
Published online March 1, 2003.

Clinical Course of The Patient who Had the Gynecologic Operation Using Minilaparotomy.

Yoon Sung Cho, Kyoung Yun Seo, Won Sik Yoon, Kyoung A Seo, Hee Young Kim, Seo Ho Chung, Hyun Hee Jo, Jin Hong Kim

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the clinical course of the patient who had the gynecologic operation using minolaparotomy. METHODS: We reviewed the chart of the patient who had the gynecologic operation using minilaparotomy in department of obstetrics and gynecology of St. Mary's hospital during Jan. 2000 Sept. 2002. RESULTS: Postopertive diagnosis is myoma (154 cases), adenomyosis (41 cases), ovary cyst (89 cases) and so on. We had performed hysterectomy (225 cases), myomectomy (86 cases), cystectomy or adenexectomy (85 cases) for these patient. There is no significant difference in clinical course between two total hysterecomized groups, one who had the operation history and the other who had not the operation history. CONCLUSION: In gynecological operations, minilaparotomy is the useful methods in any kind of the indication of operation, and show good clinical course.

Key Words: Minilaparotomy, Clinical course, Hysterectomy