Table of Contents
List of Contributors, Introduction - Shirish Sheth and John Studd, 1. The history of vaginal hysterectomy - C.Sutton, 2. Indications and contraindications - D.K. Quinlan, 3. Preoperative assessment - S.S. Sheth, 4. Access to vesicouterine and rectouterine pouches - G.N. Allahbadia and S.S. Sheth, 5. Vaginal hysterectomy for genital prolapse - P.B. PaiDhungat and G.N. Allahbadia, 6. Simplified technique of vaginal hysterectomy - M.A. Pelosi II and M.A. Pelosi III, 7. The nulliparous patient - S.S. Sheth, 8. Uterine fibroids - S.S. Sheth, 9. Uterine debulking at vaginal hysterectomy - M.A. Pelosi II and M.A. Pelosi III, 10. Utilisation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist prior to hysterectomy - T.E. Snyder and T.G. Stovall, 11. Hysterectomy after previous abdominopelvic surgery - S.S.Sheth and G. Allahbadia, 12. Contraindicated abdominal route - S.S. Sheth, 13. The place of prophylactic oophorectomy at hysterectomy - J.F. Magrina, 14. Oophorectomy - S.S. Sheth, 15. Adnexal pathology - S.S. Sheth, 16. Subtotal vaginal hysterectomy - T. Miskry and A.Magos, 17. The difficult vaginal hysterectomy - S.R. Kovac, 18. Hysterectomy on high risk women - K.P. Paghdiwalla and S.S. Sheth, 19. Malignancy related to vaginal hysterectomy and laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy - J. M. Monaghan, 20. Technical minutiae of vaginal hysterectomy - D.K. Tank and J.D. Tank, 21. Newer perspectives - S.S. Sheth, 22. Associated urethral sphincter incompetence - C.F.I. Jabs and S.L. Stanton, 23. Associated non-gynaecological surgery - S.K. Bhansali and S.S. Sheth, 24. Opportunity to initiate prophylaxis - H.K. Basu, 25. Place of sacrospinous colpopexy at vaginal hysterectomy - M. Hefni, 26. Hysterectomy and hormone replacement therapy - G. Khastgir and J.W.W. Studd, 27. Psychological outcome of hysterectomy - G. Khastgir, J.W.W. Studd and J. Catalan, 28. Hysterectomy and sexuality - C.L. Domoney and J.W.W. Studd, 29. Vaginal or abdominal hysterectomy? - S.S. Sheth, 30. Vaginal hysterectomy versus laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy - C. Sutton, 31. Vaginal hysterectomy versus transcervical resection of the endometrium - A.H. DeCherney and C.M. Tarnay, 32. Complications, morbidity and mortality of vaginal hysterectomy - S.S. Sheth and V. Salvi, 33. Decision-making for vaginal and abdominal hysterectomy - F. Wadsworth and J.W.W. Studd, Index
