VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY FOR PROLAPSE: A SNAPSHOT OF PRACTICE IN A PAKISTANI TERTIARY CARE CENTER

Introduction: Vaginal hysterectomy is one of several surgical procedures for the correction of symptomatic prolapse. The vaginal route is less used in Pakistan for such indications, which justifies doing this study for our experience in our local population. Objective: To determine the frequency of vaginal hysterectomy in women presenting with utero-vaginal prolapse in Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad. Methods: This Descriptive Cross Sectional Study was conducted at Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad from 1st October 2021 to 1st April 2022. A total of 102 women presenting with utero-vaginal prolapse were included in the study. All women were followed and managed as per standard departmental protocol and vaginal hysterectomy was noted as per operational definition. Results: Age range in this study was from 30 to 60 years with mean age of 43.411±5.70 years, mean duration of complaints 5.715±1.66 days and mean parity was 4.297±0.78. Vaginal hysterectomy was done in 23.5% of patients. Conclusion: In conclusion, vaginal hysterectomy is one of the major most practiced operation for women with uterovaginal prolapse.