Operative Gynecology
Operative Gynecology
Operative Gynecology
• Indications
• A. Dilatation of the cervix
• 1.A preliminary to curettage
• 2.Prior to hysteroscopy
• 3.As a step of other operations e.g. cervical
amputation or Fothergill repair
• 4. Insertion of IUD in stenotic cervix 5.
Introduction of intracervical or intrauterine
radium 6. Cervical stenosis 7. Spasmodic
dysmenorrhea 8. Drainage of pyometra or
haematometra
• B. Curettage of the uterine cavity
• 1.Diagnosis & treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding
• 2.Diagnosis of endometrial cancer
• 3.Diagnosis & treatment of endometrial hyperplasia,
endometrial polypi & submucous myoma
• 4.To detect ovulation & its defects in infertility
• 5.Removal of IUCD
• 6. Fractional curettage
• 7. Endocervical curettage
• 8. In pregnancy:
• Abortion: therapeutic, missed, incomplete,
inevitable, septic
• Molar pregnancy
• Postabortive or postpartum bleeding
• Technique
• 1.Evacuate the bladder
• 2.Anesthesia
• 3.Vaginal speculum & grasp the cervix
• 4.Sounding
• 5.Dilate the cervix
• 6.Curette
• Complications
• 1.Cervical laceration
• 2.Cervical incompetence
• 3.Perforation of the uterus
• 4.Spread of infection
• 5. Asherman syndrome
• 6.Persistence of bleeding: missing of an endometrial
polyp or remnants of conception
• Perforation of the uterus Diagnosis: Sound,
dilator or curette is passed beyond the
pre-determined length of the uterus.
Management:
• 1.Avoid the part where perforation occurred (no
necessarily to stop)
• 2.Observation: hemorrhage, peritonitis
• 3.Laparotomy: intestine is exposed for possible
injury, uterine wound is sutured, peritoneal
• ANTERIOR COLPORRHAPHY
• Indications:
• Cystocele Steps:
• 1. Anterior vaginal wall incision
• 2. The anterior vaginal wall is separated from the bladder &
the bladder is pushed to its normal position as a pelvic
organ
• 3. Plication of the the pubovesical fascia beneath the
bladder to form a shelf
• 4. Redundant vaginal wall is removed
Posterior colpoperineoraphy
• Indication: Rectocele Steps
• 1.Incision at the mucocutaneous junction.
• 2.The posterior vaginal wall is separated from the
rectum
• 3.The 2 levator ani are approximated in front of the
rectum
• 4.Redundant vaginal wall is removed
• 5.The superficial perineal muscles are approximated in
the midline
• 6.The vagina is closed
• 7.The skin of the perineum is closed
FOTHERGILLS OPERATION
• 1.Abdominal
• 2.Vaginal
• 3.Laparoscopic
Types of abdominal hysterectomy